Peak Frameworks

MAY 22, 2023

Components of the Accounting Equation Assets are resources owned by a company that has economic value and can be converted into cash or provide future benefits. Liabilities represent the obligations a company has to outside parties, such as debts, loans, and accounts payable. For example, Apple Inc. reported total assets of $338.16

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Accountant Equities Debt Private Equity 52

Peak Frameworks

OCTOBER 30, 2023

When Facebook went public in 2012, it needed an investment bank to handle the Initial Public Offering (IPO). Provisioning for Bad Debts: Banks use sophisticated models to predict the amount of loan defaults they might experience in a given period.

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Bank Banking Proprietary Trading Investment Banking 52

Cooley M&A

MARCH 1, 2019

These include prevailing market sentiment, current appetite for acquisitions in a particular sector and the political and economic environment, all of which can change well within a given transaction timetable. These include how debt and equity can be used by the business to optimize its cost of capital.

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IPO Valuation M&A Business 52

Cooley M&A

JANUARY 25, 2023

Although there were 104 initial public offerings of biotechnology companies in 2021 that raised nearly $15 billion in funds, 2022 saw only 22 such IPOs collectively raising less than $2 billion. Let’s dig in. Novartis announced plans to spin off its generics and biosimilars division into a publicly traded stand-alone company.

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M&A Mergers and Acquisitions Pharmaceutical Collaboration 40