Reported in The Business Time (4/8/06)

“Debt funding for Asian buyouts has exploded this year and bankers expect borrowing activity to intensify as a growing flow of private equity seeks returns from leveraged buyouts in the region.

Buyout houses such as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts and Carlyle Group are among a growing number of investors to set […]

Reported in The Business Times(4/8/06)

The results for the annual award from FinanceAsia, a financial business magazine published in Hong Kong for last year have came out.

Basic details on this financial award:

This award is based on 253 responses from institutional investors, fund managers and equity analysts from 15 countries, as it searched for the best companies […]

THE Securities Commission (SC) has set up on its website the reasons for rejecting the listing plans for initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first six months this year. Incidentally, since January to June this year, 28 companies out of 51 proposals submitted were rejected by the SC.
Of those rejected, 20 were meant for the […]

In my earlier articles on Bonus issue, we have place a lot of emphasis on understanding what is bonus issue and its purpose, mechanism and accounting treatment of bonus issue. I have also attached some local scenes on corporate round-up on bonus issue to reinforce a greater and practical understanding of bonus issue.
Next, we look […]

The following excerpts were from fund manager, Aberdeen Asset Management who manages about US$23billion of Asian assets which complements my article on dividend payout versus stock prices:

Reported in The Star (25/7/06):
“Malaysia’s stock market has risen this quarter as share prices across Asia have fallen, and the relatively high dividends paid by local companies may lead […]