Archive for April, 2009

Corporate Finance in Brunei

// April 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // Business

Skimming the newspaper yesterday I caught sight of UOB’s one-page advert (in both the BB and the BT) about its award-winning Asset Management division. So I thought of reading up a bit on on Brunei’s financial services industry – particularly in the Corporate side of things. For example … who should Brunei SMEs consult when seeking advice on how to best arrange their Treasury operations? Or how about for SMEs that are struggling with managing cash flows, and need ways to finance the acquisition for badly needed income-generating assets and arrange the insurance thereon? Or how about for SMEs that need expansion capital and want to seek ways to invite more Equity participants in to their business?

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Cost of Equity estimates in Brunei

// April 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Business

How does one estimate a Cost of Equity (Ke) for a business in Brunei?

Here’s a rough-and-ready way to estimate a Cost of Equity, using the timeless Capital Asset Pricing Model:

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