In an acquisition, sometimes it’s advisable to look at the option of buying all/parts of its business assets, contracts, patents,etc instead of owning the company.
Reasons might be:

that acquirer might not want to entangle itself with the existing liabilities in the acquired company;
off-balance sheet liabilities that might be omitted during the due diligence( quite messy to […]

In Malaysia, selling off business assets is not very often heard of. Some Malaysian companies that practice divesting of business assets are  Berjaya  /Hong Leong group who takes profit not only from trading within its core business but includes the divestment of any business assets re: investment in associates/subsidiaries.
So do we really have a concern here? […]

There will come to a stage when you might be needed to assist Management to build up a Business Plan for the following purposes: 

To seek fund whether for working capital or capex requirements from financial institutions/joint venture capitalist,

To dispose off a subsidiary to a third party and

others
Append below is a simple Checklist to ensure that […]

Reported in The Business Time (25/9/06), the IPO listing has been rather slow compared to previous years. ( refer below table)

“As at September 7, the number of IPOs had fallen by more than half to 31 listings from 79 last year, mainly due to a drastic drop in Mesdaq debutants, data from Bursa Malaysia show.”
However, […]

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In the Edge, Malaysia (3/8/06) there was a very interestingly article pertaining to the importance of cash flow. This is especially useful when it relates to your own personal investment. The keynotes: […]