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Equity investment includes private equity (PE) investment and venture capital (VC) investment. In 2009, there were 542 equity investments occurred in China, including 114 PE investments and 428 VC investments; the equity investment valued US.4 billion, average PE investment was US4 million, and average VC investment was US.8 million. The remarkable 19:1 gap between average PE and VC investments mainly resulted from the fact that PE investments are often made in the enterprises that are making profits and need larger amounts of money for mergers and reorganization, while VC investments mostly are financial investments made in the enterprises that are developing or expanding their .. more»

Hedge funds are pools of money invested by individuals or groups of qualified investors who met federal requirements, which are determined by the US Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) in the United States. Today, there is much talk about regulations in the hedge fund market. The two leading financial market regulators, the SEC, and Financial Services Authority (FSA) seem to be slowly but steadily moving in direction of controlled regulation. As hedge funds popularity grows year after year, the major concern is how such growth would impact broader markets in unforeseen ways. According to Richard Herring, finance professor at Wharton and co-director of the Wharton .. more»

Simply put, Software Asset Management is a business process that can help you reduce your licensing costs and optimize your software assets. The business benefits of Software Asset Management are: Reduce software licensing costs - only purchase/renew licenses for software that is used. Track all your license rights, such as upgrade, downgrade and transfer rights to optimize the way you account for and use your software assets. Reduce help desk costs - on average, 50% of the time spend troubleshooting computer issues is spent on obtaining the computer configuration Minimize unauthorized software usage, security risks - SAM empowers you to use the right software for you. Ensuring that your employees are using .. more»

Teak Investments - An Intransparent Market Teak is a prime tropical hardwood and requires 20 to 25 years to grow in a commercial forestry plantation. The plant origins from Asia but today teak plantations can be found in various tropical climates such as Central and South America, Asia and Africa. Teak investments in a plantation are said to be one of the most attractive investment opportunities in the long term, avoiding deforestation of natural prime forest and producing investor returns in excess of 10% and thus are claimed to beat the stockmarket. When looking at concrete available teak investment opportunities, the individual investor is faced with a jungle of different providers and 'Best Buy' .. more»