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  • Crowd funding – easy capital or legal nightmare?

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Reece Walker examines whether crowd funding is a viable source of capital or plagued by too many issues to make it worthwhile. Crowd funding has come a long way from its origins of backing struggling rock bands. It has proven a highly successful vehicle to raise funds for disaster relief,...

  • Capital raisings for small to mid-cap companies

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    John Price explains how new capital raising rules for small to mid-cap listed companies will work and the issues their directors should consider. Share placements have been a popular way of raising funds in recent years, particularly for smaller companies. Australian Securities Exchange (...

  • In search of equity

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2012

    Tony Featherstone reports on a new tool, available later this year, that will bring more transparency and fairness to equity capital raisings. A new tool from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) will help the boards of listed companies better meet their corporate governance obligatio...

  • Testing times ahead for junior mining directors

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Tony Featherstone warns that over the next 12-18 months, the directors of some junior miners could find themselves severely tested as they look to raise capital at a time when resource stocks may be out of favour and commodity prices are falling. Australia’s resource sector has had a forg...

  • Fail to prepare, prepare to fail

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Selling a business is tough work and market conditions are making it tougher. Paul Sweeney and Jamie Irving provide some tips on how owners can prepare their businesses for sale in volatile times. Business owners often want to wait for the ideal time to sell their business, but generation...

  • Small explorers need a governance boost

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Feb 2012

    Tony Featherstone believes directors of small explorers in search of capital face a difficult year ahead and should lift their governance game.  Boards of small mining companies must be on their game in 2012. Higher market, commodity and regulatory risks could threaten cash-strapped explo...

  • Feature The pros and cons of leasing

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2010

    Janine Mace examines the leasing versus purchasing issues directors should consider in the current market where access to finance remains tight. The pros and cons of leasing In an environment where competition is tough and credit difficult to ...