We recently met with the owners of a business that had been making losses for a number of years. They had been holding on for a couple of years hoping to ride out the storm, not wanting to admit the business was in trouble. I think many business owners can empathise with this situation at the moment...
Readmore »In Simon Franklin’s article back in June 2010 he examines the Key Person risk issue which of course is a major consideration, especially for investors. At Dequity Partners we are very keen to ensure that all our clients have adequate risk management strategies, management plans and mitigation p...
Readmore »I was reading an interesting article entitled “Shell shocks market with Woodside selldown” in the Australian Financial Review on 9 November 2010. This article reminded me of questions I frequently get asked by investors considering investing in small and medium private companies. They want to kn...
Readmore »Fear of risk, like fear of spiders is mostly irrational and based on lack of understanding. Sure, if you poke the wrong type of spider and annoy it enough it may bite you and a certain few species will actually hurt you. However, most of our hairy eight-legged friends will actually shy away and l...
Readmore »I was reading an article in the Australian Financial Review on Friday 15 October 2010 entitled “Shareholders can’t run public companies”. It goes on to discuss what shareholders can do to control companies. This article coincided with a conversation I had with a major shareholder in a public c...
Readmore »Many business owners are thinking of exiting their businesses in the next few years as the baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. They wish to realise the value of the equity in their business. The question many of them ask is "how can I exit at a fair price?". Perhaps backdoor listing is ...
Readmore »Corporations have been advised a hundred times before that key persons to the success of our businesses must be protected. From the tragedy of the Busby Babes, to the announcement that we lost six of Australia's top mining executives, all from one company, we are still ignoring that advice. Why?...
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