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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Brian DeChesare

For more on the day-to-day tasks, please see the articles on the Corporate Finance Analyst , the FP&A Manager , and the FP&A Director. Can we speed up the data consolidation processes? Is it possible to use more FX hedging in one region to reduce our pricing risk there? Potentially, yes.

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Moonshots

Reynolds Holding

In my article Moonshots , I defend a more modest and specific short-termist argument, one that I hope the skeptics will embrace. Managers who anticipate these agency problems won’t invest in a moonshot even if they believe it has a positive net present value. Cardozo School of Law.

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Does the Threat of Securities Class Actions Add Value for Shareholders? Evidence from China

Reynolds Holding

Fourth, SCA can reduce management incentives to undertake positive net present value (NPV) investments that are innovative but risky and increase the difficulty of attracting and retaining high-caliber outside directors. Item 3 of Article 95 permits SCA suits in response to misrepresentations.

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Fraud on the Crypto Market

Reynolds Holding

It is based on his article, “Fraud on the Crypto Market,” available here. While fraud on the market is available to defrauded traders in Rule 10b-5 or Rule 180.1 This post comes to us from Professor Menesh Patel at the University of California, Davis, School of Law.

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ESG Valuation Considerations – Top Down or Bottom Up?

Value Scope

How do you justify making substantial investments and fundamental changes to corporate structures and culture without empirical evidence that it will make a direct impact on shareholder value, total shareholder return, net present value, and individual rates of return? Do ESG programs impact firm value?

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Discounted-Cash-Flow-Analysis: Your Complete Guide with Examples

Valutico

If you want to read to a step-by-step example of a DCF, skip to the end of the article here. This value is widely referred to as the “Net Present Value” (NPV). . which produces a Net Present Value of the Terminal Value of: $74 million. . Calculate the Terminal Value. . B = Beta.

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Discount Rate—Explanation, Definition and Examples

Valutico

In this article, we’ll cover the basics of what a discount rate is and where it’s used. Key takeaways: The discount rate is primarily used by central banks to manage the economy and investors to calculate the present value of future cash flows from an investment. In this article, we cover the latter.