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Good Intentions, Perverse Outcomes: The Impact of Impact Investing!

Musings on Markets

The effect of impact investing in the inclusionary and exclusionary paths is through the stock price , with the buying (selling) in inclusionary (exclusionary) investing pushing stock prices up (down), which, in turn, decreases (increases) the costs of equity and capital at these firms.

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ISS Discusses Largest Securities-Related Class Action Settlements of 2023

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in August 2019, wiping out about $36 billion in market capitalization. In the asserted transaction valued at $24 billion, Dell’s controlling shareholders – Michael Dell, Egon Durban, and the private equity firm Silver Lake – allegedly expropriated $10.7 in November 2015 to $26.50

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ISS Discusses the Largest Class Action Settlements of 2022

Reynolds Holding

settlement within this report to resolve in a state court, this breach of fiduciary duty action is related to allegations Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC, a private equity firm, secured a $2.6 billion loss in market capitalization after December 2017 disclosures. The only top U.S.

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Cooley’s 2023 Activism Year in Review: Wolfpacks at the Gate

Cooley M&A

a sale, divestiture, change in strategy or management, return of capital to shareholders, etc.). To that end, many top activists stay close to private equity firms (or even activist buyout funds) to assess targets ripe for an M&A campaign. Preparing “break the glass” communications plans.

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Weekly Valuations: Morrissons

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Earlier this month British grocer Morrisons rejected a £5.5bn takeover bid by US Private Equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket, with 118,000 staff, said the offer “significantly undervalues” the firm. link to the valuation ).

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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I will look at another initial public offering, Birkenstock, that is likely to get more attention in the next few weeks, given that it is targeting to go public at a pricing of about €8 billion, for its equity, in a few weeks.

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The Indian Smartphone Revolution: Paytm's Coming of Age IPO!

Musings on Markets

To assess how this uncertainty will play out in my estimates of overall equity value, I did a Monte Carlo simulation, with my point estimates on total GMV, take rate, operating margin and sales to invested capital replaced with distributions: Crystal Ball used for simulation There are lessons, albeit some obvious, that emerge from this simulation.