Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 21, 2022

If you are curious about the content of these classes, and may want to partake, I will use this post to lay out my teaching philosophy, to describe the classes that I teach and provide options that you may be able to use to take them. If you are prepared for your class, you are well on your way to being a good teacher.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 10, 2023

The intense investor and public pressure on companies to have strong ESG stories, coupled with the historically “voluntary” nature of many ESG disclosures, has heightened the risk of allegations that a company is not “walking the walk” with respect to its ESG statements. intra-jurisdictional implications (e.g.,

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Musings on Markets

JULY 14, 2021

Some of this surge can be attributed to companies becoming more complex and geographically diversified, but much of it can be traced to increased disclosure requirements from accounting rule writers and market regulators. The first is the 10-K, an annual filing that all publicly traded companies have to make, in the United States.

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M&A Leadership Council

MARCH 2, 2022

This course is built on a topical overview structure and provides a solid grounding in best practices, failure factors, and success principles across a wide range of subjects including, but not limited to: The ROI of effective integration. Third, both culminate in a capstone case study exercise of a real (and recognizable) prior deal.

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Reynolds Holding

MARCH 24, 2024

On the other hand, companies that don’t have good news wouldn’t disclose, and everyone would know the company didn’t have a good story. I hope Columbia one day might invite me back to celebrate your career, Professor Fox. Caveat inviter, though, at the SEC, we are Merritt neutral. Jack was focused on mandatory vs. voluntary disclosure.

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Appraisal Rights

JULY 5, 2018

Cayman appraisal has become a notable topic recently , with major decisions coming down from the Cayman courts and an uptick in investors using the appraisal remedy. Appraisal is a creature of statute, including in the Cayman Islands. Similarly, authors writing about Delaware have noted that quasi-appraisal is getting traction.

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Equilest

OCTOBER 1, 2022

These events bring together hundreds or thousands of professionals from across the country for discussions and networking opportunities about specific topics related to your field of expertise. This post will offer some great ideas that you can use to grow your business. 1: Focus On A Niche. Why should you focus on a niche? Email marketing.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Second, I learned there is some learning that is better delivered online, than in a physical setting, and I believe that there are some topics that I will continue to deliver online, even after this virus passes on. The combination of speedy internet access and delivery platforms (Zoom, Teams, Skype, Blue Jeans etc.)

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Brian DeChesare

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

midterm elections, but it’s a boring story with a low direct impact on the finance industry. In the days after the elections, a much more interesting story emerged with the bankruptcy of FTX following massive fraud and a “liquidity crisis” at the company. I thought about writing an article on the 2022 U.S.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 12, 2021

For a class to resonate and be remembered, it has to be more than a collection of topics, and with each of my classes there is a core narrative that animates and connects the class sessions. As we approach the turn of the calendar year, I have my own set of rituals that prepare me for the new year. What I teach. Don't get me wrong!

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2021

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market's response to that news was to push up Twitter's stock price by almost 10%. In this section, I will begin by looking at the mythology behind this push, and why it does not hold up to common sense questioning.

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Musings on Markets

JUNE 9, 2021

For decades, the process that companies in the United States have used to go public has followed a familiar script. The company files a prospectus, providing prospective investors with information about its business model and financials, and hires an investment banker or bankers to manage the issuance process. What is a SPAC? Going Public?

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 29, 2021

As you undoubtedly know, the last few days have been filled with news stories of how small investors, brought together on online forums, have not only pushed up the stock prices of the stocks that they have targeted (GameStop, AMC, BB etc.), But what if you think a stock is too highly priced and is likely to go down?

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Farrel Fritz

MARCH 7, 2022

The National Rifle Association has long been a politically charged topic for its fans and critics. As Justice Cohen commented in the opening sentence of his decision, the allegations in the AG’s 184-page Amended Complaint , if proven, tell a grim story of greed, self-dealing, and lax financial oversight at the highest levels of the [NRA].

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IVSC

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The two-story home measures about 2,700 square meters on a 6,000 square meter site in downtown Tokyo. Without going into detail, imagine that with 280 locations outside the United States, and all that is happening in the world, there are real estate stories you just don’t come across at home. Department of State. embassy in Nine Elms.

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FE International

MARCH 23, 2022

Which SaaS Metrics Matter Most? Stories of wildly high revenue multiples for unicorn SaaS businesses can seem at odds with the modest earnings multiples for smaller SaaS businesses, which serves to confuse the information in the marketplace. How To Value a Business. Finding The Multiple. How Much Are SaaS Businesses Usually Worth?

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Benzinga

APRIL 28, 2023

Asset Quality On January 1, 2023, Mid Penn adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (ASC Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments , which replaces the incurred loss methodology, and is referred to as CECL. million, or $0.71 per common share basic and diluted, respectively. "As million to $26.1

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In this first post, I will use the investor debate about Facebook to talk about corporate governance , what it is, why it matters and how I think governance disclosure research, rules and scoring services have lost the script in the last two decades.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering , and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk capital stands in the market, right now. Within the investment community, there has always been a clear recognition of the importance of intangibles in driving investment value.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The second is that these disclosures have become less readable and more difficult to navigate, partly because they are so bulky, and partly because disclosures with big consequences are mingled with disclosure with small or even no consequences, often leaving it up to investors to determine which ones matter.

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Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

In this post, I will value Zomato, and rather than just make a value judgment (which I will), I will also tie the value per share to macro expectations about the overall market. While Zomato's revenue slice varies across restaurants, decreasing with restaurant profile and reach, it remains about 20-25% of gross order value.

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Brian DeChesare

APRIL 12, 2023

candidates memorize obscure technical questions, and interviewers ask about these topics and dig in until they find something the interviewee can’t answer. At some banks and groups in the U.S., But this behavior is less common in any region that uses ACs. OK, But Why Do Investment Banking Assessment Centers Exist? I am not 100% certain.

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Appraisers Blog

JULY 27, 2023

I also included Joans spaghetti map of appraisal related regulatory authority as a reference to this complicated topic matter. Additionally I mentioned how regulatory structure never actually encompassed the amc industry properly, the amc industry coming in after all other regulatory structure development.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Which brings me to my next topic: the Fraud Section’s enforcement results over the past year. But they don’t tell the full story. But one thing has remained constant: I’ve been surrounded by exceptional colleagues – from whom I continue to learn. to California, no one is above the law. So, let me share some numbers.

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FE International

MARCH 14, 2018

What Is an App? While the term “app” is often associated with mobile applications, we have seen numerous different kinds of monetizable applications be sold, and so want to be sure that we encompass the full spectrum of what an app might be in this article’s discussion. Marketplace Apps. The Three App Types.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By the Commission’s logic, narrowing the filing window should enable uninformed traders to share in profits created by the diligent efforts of more informed investors. But, absent a compelling reason, people who lawfully possess information should not have to hand that information over to their uninformed counterparties. Hence, a market is made.

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Reynolds Holding

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As a result, the traditional understandings of capitalism and activism in American life have changed, a topic that I explore in a recent article and a new book. Tens of millions of people can be reached, millions of dollars raised, and thousands gathered to heighten awareness or protest an issue in a matter of hours. Throughout U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Consistent with trends in recent years, technology transactions continued to play a significant role in the M&A story in 2022, with tech deals responsible for approximately 20% and 32% of overall global deal volume and U.S. Senate and U.S.

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Reynolds Holding

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To be sure, these changes can matter, but they are not the kinds of rules most people have in mind when they are assessing rulemaking activity of an agency. The data tell a different story. Here, the story and trend are quite different. Also excluded are exemptions and interpretive statements. That trend, too, is flat.

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Reynolds Holding

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Investigations of this topic by German prosecutors (and also the SEC ) are ongoing. A story by Fortune focused on allegations of greenwashing against DWS was also published at this time. The a2 Milk Company was founded in New Zealand in 2000 by a scientist, Dr Corrie McLachlan, and his business partner, Howard Paterson. authorities.

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Reynolds Holding

JULY 27, 2022

I would like to address three topics: first, I will touch on three areas of particular interest to our Division; second, I’ll mention two specific developments confronting the investment management industry in the coming months; and, third, I’ll focus on one of our largest projects and a topic of recurring interest, money market funds. * * *.

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