DUKE UNIVERSITY Fuqua School of Business FINANCE 251F/351 Individual Assignment #1 Cost of Capital at Ameritrade Prof. Simon Gervais Spring 2010 – Term 1 In this case, you have to use data from comparables to estimate the cost of capital at Ameritrade. The process involves a few stages that this handout will guide you through. First, we need to determine which set of firms to use as comparable firms. You should try two different sets. The first set will include three discount brokerage firms: Charles
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Together they discuss and negotiate a price for the security and the timing of the issue.Depending on the size of the issue, the investment banker may invite other firms to join in sharing the risk and selling the issue.Generally used in corporate stock and most corporate bond issues. 2) Best efforts offering Under this arrangement, the investment bankers agree to sell only as many securities as they can at an established price. They have no responsibility for securities that remain unsold. In
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FCX’s management. But the key to their fee bonanza was the risky commitment to provide bridge loans if placement was not possible in the capital markets. 2. What was the role of the leveraged finance group at JPMorgan and why was its involvement important to the acquisition? The leveraged finance group was responsible for making the bridge financing commitment on behalf of JPMorgan that allowed FCX to make a firm bid for Phelps Dodge. To ensure that the M&A transaction could be completed
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT- 12MBA25 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 12MBA25 VTU SECOND SEMESTER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT- 12MBA25 MODULE -1 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Financial management is an academic discipline which is concerned with decision-making. This decision is concerned with the size and composition of assets and the level and structure of financing. In order to make right decision, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the objectives. Such an objective provides a framework for right kind of
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Money market debt: short, term, highly marketable(市场的), usually low credit risk 3. Capital market debt: long term bonds, can be safe or risky 4.Subject to Interest Rate movements (Yield Curve) and Credit Risk Equity Securities: 1.ownership of a corporate entity 2.secondary markets liquid and low cost 3.Residual claim on assets after debt 4. Limited liability (no resource for debtors) 5. Receive dividends& franking credits 6.most volatile asset class (30% typical) 6.most volatile asset class(类别)
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them create value for CCI? How can the FP securities be accounted for in calculating the leverage ratio and the Cox familys equity stake in CC? What is the correct value of the familys economic equity stake after the issuance of FPs? ANSWERS 1. Because of the rapid growth of cable industry and technology innovations, cable companies needed to expand their business. They wanted to expand their customer bases via acquisition in order to reduce the huge amount of fixed costs. As showed
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American Economic Association The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment Author(s): Franco Modigliani and Merton H. Miller Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jun., 1958), pp. 261-297 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1809766 Accessed: 03-09-2015 15:21 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/ info/about/policies/terms
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with FCX’s management. But the key to their fee bonanza was the risky commitment to provide bridge loans if placement was not possible in the capital markets. 2. What was the role of the leveraged finance group at JPMorgan and why was its involvement important to the acquisition? The leveraged finance group was responsible for making the bridge financing commitment on behalf of JPMorgan that allowed FCX to make a firm bid for Phelps Dodge. To ensure that the M&A transaction could be completed
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Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring II MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring Edited by Chandrashekar Krishnamurti Vishwanath S.R. Copyright © Chandrashekar Krishnamurti and Vishwanath S.R., 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval
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