Price earnings (P/E) multiples are commonly used by corporate financial managers as a measure of corporate performance and as a measure of corporate value. With this article an analysis of 74 companies is presented. Each company significantly changed its P/E multiple over a period of three...

In this research a survey was used to gain insight into the factors that affect the choice of capital structure, from the perspective of investment advisors. Content analysis of responses to open-ended questions in the questionnaire and interviews showed a clear support for the optimal capital...

The article reports the results of an investigation into the level of predictive accuracy required to benefit from a market-timing strategy using unit trusts as the investment medium. Three unit trusts within the same management company were used as the assets between which a market timer could...

Listed companies can acquire capital through a rights issue where existing shareholders have a preference in buying additional shares at a discounted rate, in proportion to their existing holding. When implemented, share prices tend to react to the announcement and the realization thereof....

Black Economic Empowerment has been the South African government's primary mechanism for addressing the economic imbalances of the apartheid era. Voluntary sector ldquo;chartersrdquo;, and more recently legislation, have required the largely white owned business enterprises to become more...