All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Corporate Treasury & Finance

Pensions Are Nothing Compared to Health Care Costs

November 6, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Yes, Red Wine Holds Answer. Check Dosage. | www.nytimes.com

1. Healthcare expenses are rising and can potentially depress reported earnings in a significant way.

2. Extended life spans will cost companies more money if they offer post-retirement healthcare benefits to employees.

3. The "pension problem," as bad as it is expected to be, could be dwarfed by the looming healthcare crisis. 

4. Companies that can help to keep healthcare costs from escalating out of control will likely be very appealing to investors.

Sick Accounting profession wants liability relief like Doctors

November 3, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Booming Audit Firms Seek Shield From Suits | online.wsj.com

1. Other than payroll costs, legal costs are the largest expense in an accounting firm.

2. Doctors got medical malpractice relief last year and now the accountants want the same treatment.

3. But are the accountants willing to lower their billing rates, if they have less legal exposure?

Nitish GroverPrincipal, OwnerNitish Grover and Associates

Carbon Credits - The new confusing investment instrument

November 3, 2006

Analysis of:Offshore Tax Proposals May Deter Carbon Credit Trading | www.ft.com

There  is  complete  confusion  about  how  carbon  credits   are  to  be  traded. This  analysis  looks  at  some  of  the  aspects  of  this  new  carbon  confusion  regime, its  operation  and  effects  on  industry  and  investment.

Nitish GroverPrincipal, OwnerNitish Grover and Associates

Kyoto Protocol - Carbon Trading - The New Industrial Currency

November 2, 2006

Analysis of:The Carbon Economy | www.cfo.com

The  environment  and  the  effect  of   industrial  pollution  on  the  ozone  layer  and  the  air  we  breathe  has  been  recognized  as  a  global  problem.

The  ability  of  industries  and  nations  to  manage  within  their  assigned  limits  on  emission  of  greenhouse  gases  is  a  major  threat  as  well  as  opportunity  to  the  development  of  industries  and  the  growth  of  employment  opportunities  across  the  globe.

The  Kyoto  protocol -  an  agreement  to  reduce  greenhouse  gas  emissions across  the  globe - also  provides  for the  trading  of  carbon  credits  across  countries.

This  analysis  takes  a  look  at  the  possible  effects  of  the  Kyoto  protocol  on  global  industry  and  the  emergence  of  the  market   in  carbon  credits.

Reference:
http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/kpeng.html

Kyoto  Protocol  to  the  UN  Framework  Convention on  Climate  Change

Lucky Strikes: The Conference

November 1, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:SEC's Cox hails corporate handling of stock-option scandal | www.marketwatch.com

An academic conference sponsored by Stanford University addressed a number of issues in the backdating scandal that have not yet emerged strongly, and also broached the subject: who's at fault here?

Nitish GroverPrincipal, OwnerNitish Grover and Associates

Hedge Funds - Going Public - The smokescreen dissolution

November 1, 2006

Analysis of:Fortress Plans First Hedge Fund IPO in US | www.ft.com

The  report  that  Fortress  Investment  Group  plans  to  go public  with  a  hedge  fund  IPO marks  a  major  milestone  for  the  hedge  fund  industry.

The  fact  that  a  major  hedge  fund  is  going  public  is  not  as  important  as  the  fact  that  the  hedge  fund  industry  is  amenable  to  subject  itself  to  public  regulation.

Hedge  funds  control vast  amount  of  private  investors  funds  as  well  as  funds  of  various  trusts.  This  analysis  looks  at  the  challenges  facing  this  all  important  and  fast  evolving  global  industry  as  it   takes  the  first  nascent  steps  towards  using  public  money  and  being  subject  to  public  regulation.

Great article from the tax conscience acquirer view

November 1, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Tax-Efficient Cross-Border M&A | www.businessfinancemag.com

During an international acquisition, an acquirer must consider several areas, before completing the purchase. This article collectively highlights several areas to consider such as tax credits, structure, pre-existing subsidiary structure, foreign tax laws, and wording in the LOI/definitive agreement. But what should the acquiree do to make itself more attractive?

M&A strategies run deeper than the press headlines

November 1, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:M&A Synergies? Don't Count On It | www.businessfinancemag.com

This article, like most others written about M&A’s, assumes acquisitions are conducted purely to enhance a company’s revenue stream. Most purchases of this nature are in fact completed to either take out a competitor (negating market share erosion), expand a product line (which may be unproven depending on the stage of the acquiree), expand international markets (assuming traction and synergies), or use of idle funds.

DA! You must be dumb, blind and stupid

October 31, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Cheney Echoes Recent Concerns on Sarbanes-Oxley | online.wsj.com

1. Sarbanes Oxley has cost US businesses billions of dollar, making the cost of doing business in the US higher than other capital markets around the world.

2. The biggest benefactor of Sarbanes Oxley is the big 4 accounting firms who also got a windfall from the demise of Arthur Andersen. The combination of expanded scope and smaller pie has increased their profitability to record levels.

Minority Shareholders of Arcelor: Engage

October 30, 2006

Analysis by: GLG Expert Contributor

Analysis of:Mittal Makes Below-Market Offer to Buy Brazil Unit | www.bloomberg.com

Minority Shareholders of Arcelor got really disapointed with the suggested Tender Offer price for Arcelor Brazil shares and are ready to discuss it before Brazilian courts.
Shares have been traded recently for R$ 39,00. Tender offer corresponds to about R$ 32,70. Expected price was R$ 52,00. If Brazilian Securities Exchange Comission fails to protect them, who will do so? Once again we are about to see some big dogs' fight here.

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