Does a Financial Or Strategic Investor Better Suit Your Purposes?

If your business is one of the many businesses that needs additional equity capital, then you have a basic choice: do you seek the expertise and capital of a financial or strategic investor? The two have very different implications. Financial investors, broadly defined, include venture capital funds (for start-ups or companies early into their life … Read more

Creating Value and Managing Investors

Article by Paolo Cervini and Alberto Totaro, Tefen VC Italy What does “value creation” mean? How can companies prevent value improvement plans from culminating in value destruction? The answers lie in Value Based Management, a framework designed to manage internal corporate processes in order to maximize the created value. Why do value improvement plans so … Read more

Health Insurance Reform Latest News

Recently barred fast track resolution by the U.S. Supreme Court, opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have resumed their legal quest to derail the law through the traditional Circuit Court route. Twenty-six states last week filed a motion in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta urging the court to strike down the … Read more

Permanent Home Exchange

The recent troubles in the housing market have left many people stuck. It has affected every aspect of home ownership, from top to bottom. Lending institutions are having a hard time dealing with the problems that were created when the bubble burst, property sales and management companies such as real estate agencies can’t move their … Read more

Transactional Service Charges – 1031 Exchange Fees, Costs and Charges

Transactional Service Charges – 1031 Exchange Fees, Costs and Charges Evaluation of the 1031 exchange transaction fees and costs charges by Accommodators is a complex and intriguing subject. This article will help us to understand some of the intricacies of the 1031 exchange fees, costs and other charges. The article – presents facts from the … Read more