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(Bloomberg) -- Equity sales to raise funds for mergers and acquisitions should remain strong in Australia and New Zealand through yearend, with traditional initial public offerings still far from picking up, according to UBS AG. Some of the largest share sales in both countries …

Ricegrowers Limited (ASX:SGLLV) shareholders might be concerned after seeing the share price drop 13% in the last quarter. On the bright side the returns have been quite good over the last half decade. After all, the share price is up a market-beating 79% in …

What financial metrics can indicate to us that a company is maturing or even in decline? Typically, we'll see the trend of both return on capital employed (ROCE) declining and this usually coincides with a decreasing amount of capital employed. This reveals that the …

Every investor in Sylvania Platinum Limited (LON:SLP) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. We can see that individual investors own the lion's share in the company with 58% ownership. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock …

The analysts covering Regional REIT Limited (LON:RGL) delivered a dose of negativity to shareholders today, by making a substantial revision to their statutory forecasts for this year. Revenue estimates were cut sharply as analysts signalled a weaker outlook - perhaps a sign that investors …

Just because a business does not make any money, does not mean that the stock will go down. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a …

Insiders who acquired UK£62k worth of Aquis Exchange PLC's (LON:AQX) stock at an average price of UK£5.13 in the past 12 months may be dismayed by the recent 14% price decline. This is not good as insiders invest based on expectations that their money …