Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Valutico

APRIL 17, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Valutico

APRIL 12, 2023

Determining a company’s “Cost of Capital” is vital in corporate finance and valuation, and the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) provides a specific way of doing so. These costs are then combined into a “weighted average” which represents the overall cost of financing a business.

Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

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Banking

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

Your answer to that question will determine not just how you approach running the business, but also the details of how you pick investments, choose a financing mix and decide how much to return to shareholders, as dividend or buybacks. The End Game in Business If you start a business, what is your end game? trillion ($1.8

Equity

Brian DeChesare

DECEMBER 6, 2023

There are only a few dozen large funds in this category worldwide, but they’ve greatly impacted the markets and finance careers. Beta-Neutral Portfolios: For example, if the S&P 500 goes up or down by 5%, your team’s portfolio should move by ~0%.

Start-ups

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

We performed a detailed linear regression analysis, considering the betas and credit spread of listed companies, regressed against their ESG scores, for the universe of listed companies globally. Who is ValutECO for?

Discounted Cash Flow

Valutico

APRIL 25, 2023

We performed a detailed linear regression analysis, considering the betas and credit spread of listed companies, regressed against their ESG scores, for the universe of listed companies globally. Who is ValutECO for?

Discounted Cash Flow

Brian DeChesare

JULY 19, 2023

But this is extremely difficult because very few sizable companies have negative Betas – and when they do, it’s usually due to an anomaly or special situation. Recruiting and Interviews At both long/short equity and long-only hedge funds, most recruits come from equity research or investment banking backgrounds. lower intensity).

Equity

Brian DeChesare

JULY 27, 2022

See the Structured Finance article for more; subcategories include mortgage-backed securities (MBS), asset-backed loans (ABL), and collateralized loan obligations (CLO). 4) Moderate Net Exposure and Beta – Most credit funds are in the middle of the pack here, with Betas to equities and bonds in the 0.4 – 0.5 Research: 3%.

Equity

Appraiser Newsroom

JUNE 4, 2024

Kevin holds an MBA in finance from Georgia State University and a Bachelors in Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Finance Professor | Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Craig R. Everett is a finance professor at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School. a Software as a Service company.

Business Valuation

Brian DeChesare

MAY 24, 2023

“Event-driven hedge funds” is one of the more confusing labels in finance. 4) Moderate Net Exposure and Beta to Bonds and Equities – The image below shows the full spread of these variables: activist funds are highly correlated with equities, merger arbitrage is much less so, and everything else is in the middle.

Equity

Brian DeChesare

AUGUST 10, 2022

With the possible exception of FIG , oil & gas investment banking generates the highest number of panicked emails and questions. But before delving into the exit opportunities and the long-term outlook, let’s start with the fundamentals: Oil & Gas Investment Banking Defined. Recruiting into Oil & Gas Investment Banking.

Banking

Value Scope

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The second inflection point was triggered by the “Fundamental Reshaping of Finance” open letter to CEOs on January 14, 2020, by BlackRock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink. “In Adjustments to Beta can accomplish this. The re-levered Beta for the private company we were valuing was 0.56.

Intangible Assets

Startup Valuation Blog

AUGUST 2, 2022

Expect to show investors a detailed business plan with crucial finance terms, marketing strategies, financial projections, and market research. How much cash does the company have in the bank? Because the business is new, the founders must have the skills, experience, and character to achieve a successful business plan. . Financials.

Beta

Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

People usually start this discussion by comparing S&T exits to investment banking exit opportunities and saying that S&T exit options are “worse.”. Traditional investment banking exit opportunities such as private equity , venture capital , and corporate development are highly unlikely , with a few exceptions for certain desks.

Banking

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Note that this framework applies for all businesses, from the smallest, privately owned businesses, where debt takes the form of bank loans and even credit card borrowing and equity is owner savings, the largest publicly traded companies, where debt can be in the form of corporate bonds and equity is shares held by public market investors.

Equity

Brian DeChesare

JUNE 29, 2022

Similar to private equity firms, they operate on longer time frames, influence companies’ operations and finances, and might catalyze major changes, such as spin-offs or acquisitions. The short answer is: “Work in investment banking , private equity , or both, and then use your deal experience to recruit for activist funds.”.

Private Equity Firm

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JULY 20, 2025

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Start-ups

Brian DeChesare

APRIL 30, 2025

But there is one lower Beta alternative: Corporate venture capital (CVC). If you consider the top independent funds, the same types of people that get into traditional VC firms get in: Bankers, consultants, people with sales/product/finance experience at startups, and some from private equity and growth equity roles.

Start-ups

Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 6, 2025

Singapore International Platform on Sustainable Finance Publishes Common Ground Taxonomy The International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) presented its Multi-Jurisdictional Common Ground Taxonomy (M-CGT) on November 14, which highlights the interoperability of the EU, China, and Singapore green taxonomies.

Treasury

Equidam

APRIL 22, 2025

Venture Capital (VC) Financing: This is perhaps the most common context. 10] , [23] , [2] Discount Rate: The rate used to discount future cash flows is typically the cost of equity, calculated via the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM): Cost of Equity = Risk-Free Rate + Beta * Market Risk Premium. [23]

Discounted Cash Flow