A trade sale is one of the strategies commonly used when a company is looking to divest its interest in a particular asset. As the name suggests, it involves finding a particular buyer to trade with. Once a buyer is found, the controlling interest in the asset in question is handed over in exchange for…
Capital calls are an essential instrument of private equity, and occur with regularity between investment firms and their limited partners. In essence, they are mobilizations of capital prompted by the firm and funded by the investors. Historically, they have been used primarily by real estate funds, but they are becoming more commonplace across all types…
A divestiture occurs when a company sells off an asset. The asset could be anything with an established monetary value: a service, a product or product line, or a piece of property. Divestitures are a common practice among businesses, and are particularly essential during the merger and acquisition process, when creating or retaining value is…
Microsoft Excel is the industry standard for organizing and laying out data sets. Not only do Excel files often hold some of your most important and sensitive information, but that information is presented neatly in spreadsheet form, making it an easily exploitable asset for anyone with bad intentions. This means you must control who gets…
The working capital ratio is one of the most basic measures of a company’s liquidity, or, in other words, a company’s ability to meet its short-term financial obligations. The ratio is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities (it is sometimes referred to as the current ratio). If you are considering…
Wherever you work, it is very likely that your company is at least somewhat reliant on Google Drive to do business. This makes perfect sense when you consider the general ubiquity of Google products and user familiarity. (Can you remember the last time you used another search engine?) But the easy choice is not always…