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Funds Flow in Southeast Asia, Giving Tech Unicorns Wings

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That fundraising activity brings the latest valuation of the firm to $10 billion. The money is concentrated, at least for now and at least in terms of where it is headed. But drill a bit deeper and the investments are revealed to be rather concentrated bets. And the commitment from the investors is substantial.

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Transcript: Tom Hancock, GMO

Barry Ritholtz

And Tom has helped with the introduction of GMO’s first retail product, the quality ETF stock symbol Q-L-T-Y-G-M-O has been institutional since they launched in 1977. This is the first time they’re putting out a product for retail. Just really, really interesting. So that’s where we get into trouble. In 2000, right.

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

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The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

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

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In this post, I will look at the levers that drive Paytm's value, and you can make your judgments on where you think this offering will lead in terms of valuation and pricing. In 2014, it introduced Paytm Wallet , a digital wallet that was accepted as a payment option by leading service providers and retailers.

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Hot Affirm IPO Points To Rising Competition And Demand In BNPL Segment

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Although Affirm has 6,500 merchant relationships, Bloomberg points out that just 10 of them account for nearly 40 percent of its business. Read More On Affirm: Affirm IPO Now On Track To Raise More Than $1.1

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Transcript: Luis Berruga, Global X ETFs

Barry Ritholtz

And definitely, their retail market participation is significantly lower than you can see in the U.S. We have retail clients. I think, obviously, the ticker is very important, particularly for the self-directed retail client base. And I think that the financial advisors are used, but not as widely used as they are in the U.S.

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Control, Complexity and Politics: Deconstructing the Adani Affair!

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The India Rising story hit some turbulence last week, as one of its biggest corporate success stories, the Adani Group, was hit with a report from Hindenburg Research, an investing group that specializes in targeting and shorting companies that it believes have dubious accounting and business practices.