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Dissecting the Long-Term Performance of the Chinese Stock Market

Harvard Corporate Governance

The Chinese stock market started in 1990 with the establishment of two domestic stock exchanges (the “A share” market): the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE hereafter) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The A share market is the second largest in the world in terms of total market capitalization, trailing only the US equity markets.

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Do Activists Beat the Market?

Harvard Corporate Governance

Posted by Mary Ann Deignan, Rich Thomas, and Kathryn Night, Lazard, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023 Editor's Note: Mary Ann Deignan is Head of Capital Markets Advisory, and Rich Thomas and Kathryn Night are Managing Directors in the Capital Markets Advisory group at Lazard. This post is based on a Lazard memorandum by Ms.

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Murder on the City Express – Who is Killing the London Stock Exchange’s Equity Market?

Harvard Corporate Governance

As private corporations have found it easier in recent years to raise capital from the private markets, the number of public firms listed on U.S. Why tap public investors for finance, and become exposed to burdensome regulation and the vicissitudes of the public markets, when growth can be sustained with private capital?

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The Seven Samurai: How Big Tech Rescued the Market in 2023!

Musings on Markets

I was planning to finish my last two data updates for 2024, but decided to take a break and look at the seven stocks (Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla) which carried the market in 2023. In terms of dollar value added, Microsoft and Apple each added a trillion dollars to their market capitalizations, during the year.

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The Venture Corporation

Harvard Corporate Governance

Firms that launched as venture-backed startups dominate US capital markets in terms of market capitalization and proportional weight of leading market indexes, and significantly contribute to US job creation. In some nations, startups are also significant contributors to the economy.

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Tornetta v. Musk: Post-Trial Opinion

Harvard Corporate Governance

For a tranche to vest, Tesla’s market capitalization must increase by $50 billion and Tesla must achieve either an adjusted EBITDA target or a revenue target in four consecutive fiscal quarters. With a $55.8 billion maximum value and $2.6

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Shiba Inu Edges Out Litecoin As 13th Biggest Crypto With 19% Surge

Benzinga

Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB ) surpassed Litecoin (CRYPTO: LTC ) to become the thirteenth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization early on Wednesday. What Happened: At the time of writing, SHIB’s market cap stood at $6.9 billion, while Litecoin’s market cap was at $6.3