PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

In what is said to be one of the final investments prior to the trading of its shares publicly, Palantir Technologies Inc. Palantir has previously garnered praised for assisting firms such as Merck KGaA in the quest for new pharmaceuticals and the American military root out terrorists.

Pharmaceutical 56

Pharmaceutical Valuation Investments Technology 56

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook's recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders.

Accounting 74

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. Investment Implications: Asset Classes, Geographies and Companies. There are two things to note in this valuation.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation. To estimate key person value, there are three general approaches: 1.

Valuation 113

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. Returns on Invested Capital (or Equity).

Marketing 130

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In the context of valuing companies, and sharing those valuations, I do get suggestions from readers on companies that I should value next. Applications : When valuing businesses in developed markets, we tend to assume that these businesses have insured themselves against most catastrophic risks and ignore them in valuation consequently.

Investments 74

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Future CFO

APRIL 11, 2021

High-growth, new economy companies will still be the most well-received investments given their important roles demonstrated during the pandemic, the firm noted. But, in general, as investors deepen their understanding about the new economy businesses, their valuations are expected to return to a more reasonable level, Deloitte China added.

Marketing 40

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Musings on Markets

MARCH 19, 2022

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. to 25% for the Eurozone. lower than the traded value of 4766.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Munchery came on the scene in 2010, and hit a valuation of $300 million in 2015. Careem will now provide food delivery services in Dubai and Jeddah, but the company sees the service eventually expanding to include pharmaceuticals. Careem plans to invest a sizable amount of money into the new service — to the tune of $150 million.

Pharmaceutical 72

Pharmaceutical Valuation eCommerce Retail 72

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. A slew of existing backers boosted the investment as well. The company could be looking for an additional investor to secure unicorn status, with the Series D funding landing the firm with a valuation of $945 million, according to reports.

B2B 47

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar.

Hurdle Rate 80

Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 80

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The resulting debate among accountants about how to bring intangibles on to the books has spilled over into valuation practice, and many appraisers and analysts are wrongly, in my view, letting the accounting debate affect how they value companies.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

David Conrod, what a fascinating career in the world of capital raising and private equity from Guggenheim Partners to FocusPoint Capital, he really has seen just a little bit of everything and is very, very knowledgeable about how that side of the investment world works. HSBC sponsored the team to invest in India and South Asia.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Though it did not disclose how much it raised, Singapore FinTech platform Nium announced a new investment round led by Visa and several existing backers. million investment round, reports in ProlificLondon said. million in Series B funding, VCCircle reported this week, with Singapore’s Beenext leading the investment.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

in Western Europe, in Asia, India, Japan, this is just a tour de force education on how to invest in global real estate. RITHOLTZ: And how did you shift into real estate principal investment at Goldman Sachs? But I’d say, overall, folks are more kind of corporate-oriented, you know, investing in companies.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 14, 2023

He was the chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch where he worked for more than 20 years. If you’re at all interested in thinking about asset allocation, top-down analysis, how to think about the world of investing, not as a stock picker, but as a broad macro perspective, none better than Rich Bernstein.

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Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

You fell in love with investing as an 8-year-old. But in the New York Times, there was an advertisement that the value line investment survey needed analysts. Things get worse at one of the companies that I’ve invested in. I’m curious how your investing philosophy has evolved over, over the past 30 plus years.

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