Capital Insights

By: Shuo Yang Investment Analyst at Microequities  The All Ordinaries has returned approximately 24% including dividends in the last 12 months. The strong performance has encouraged more privately owned companies to consider listing on the market. Whether they are government privatisations, private equity exits or privately owned firms, institutional fund managers have shown a surprisingly […]

Have you read the latest essay from Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator? The premise of investing within 24 hours clearly has some merit but, I think it remains out of reach for most Angel investors. It can work for those who are very, very rich and those who live deep in the heart of their […]

Despite the sector making solid gains, the IPO market for biotech is struggling. By Tony Featherstone Capital-seeking life science companies might find more life through so-called backdoor listings in 2013, as a weak float market stifles emerging ventures. There was only successful life science initial public offering (IPOs) in 2012 (Osprey Medical) and no such IPOs […]

All over the world entrepreneurs are singing the praises of crowd funding and politicians are jumping on the associated media band wagon. If you are an early-stage investor and haven’t heard about crowd funding I hope you enjoyed the sand in your eyes, ears and nostrils. Surely you’ve heard about the broader phenomenon of crowd […]

More reverse takeovers expected in 2013 as capital-seeking companies find new avenues to list. By Tony Featherstone The old saying, “as one door shuts, another opens”, aptly describes the sharemarket for capital-seeking companies. As the market’s front door, initial public offerings (IPOs), becomes even harder to budge in a bear market, there has been a […]

Simon Baker has an interest or is advising a business in every continent “except for Antarctica.” The entrepreneur made his name as chief executive of the REA Group – which operates realestate.com.au  – but hasn’t slowed down at all since he left the role in 2008. Baker’s achievement at REA was to take the market […]

By: Lee Hausner, Phd.  FIRST FOUNDATION ADVISORS Legacy Families are families who remain productive and contributive four to five generations past the original wealth creator. To read a full article, please download a document below.

By: Dr Jim Walker The outlook covers the following topics: Asianomics Global Investment Strategy (1st Half 2012) America and Eurozone round-up Bank credit relatives in the US and Europe It’s not just about public debt No recession looming in the US Asianomics Asian investment strategy (1st Half 2012) Asian round-up: Upside or downside? Despite Japan’s […]

By: Dennis T. Jaffe     Dennis T. Jaffe examines the unique challenges that wealthy families face in raising their children as well-adjusted individuals, productive members of their family enterprises and responsible members of the society at large. To this end, Mr. Jaffe details a five stage plan that begins in the child’s first years […]