Finally, increasing financial leverage means that the firm uses more debt financing relative to equity financing.

This has come at the expense of sectors that are more dependent on equity financing.

At the same time, China s corporate sector relies excessively on debt financing, rather than equity.

Use more cheap debt, and equity becomes riskier and costlier, keeping overall financing costs the same.

This form of financing is often used by private equity investors to reduce the amount of equity capital required to finance a leveraged buyout or major expansion.

Other facilitative measures through various agencies to promote OFDI include grants, loans, tax incentives, and equity financing.

Use more equity, and equity becomes less leveraged and less risky, which causes investors to demand lower returns to hold it, and again the overall financing cost remains the same.

It would also reduce numerous efficiency reducing distortions in the US tax code, including substantial tax advantages for debt financing over equity financing and for non corporate businesses over corporate businesses.

According to the Modigliani Miller theorem, the mix of debt and equity that it uses to finance its assets does not alter its average cost of financing.

The EDB's SEEDS also provides similar equity financing to encourage development of new better products or processes that are innovative, scalable and have potential for global markets.

Start with equity.

i. Gender Equity Policy

Promoting greater gender equity.

In South Africa, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, are involved in, for example, equity financing of private sector projects in the Southern African region and elsewhere in Africa.

Taming the Private Equity Locusts

Employment equity and workplace diversity

Of course, curbing future debt accumulation is also vital to China s long term prosperity. That is why China must reduce local governments dependence on banks to meet their financing needs, by nurturing bond and equity markets.

Equity structures have also benefited from logistical support (computers, office facilities) and from technical assistance (National Equity Committee).

Higher equity capital requirements, for example, require banks to fund themselves with relatively more equity and relatively less debt.

Subprogramme 4 Social development and equity

As a further enhancement to the Australian Government's equity provisions for higher education students, the Higher Education Equity Support Programme was introduced in 2005 following a review of higher education equity measures under the reforms.

Increase of access to education and equity

Gender Equity Policy and The Nine Benchmarks

Indeed, if, as some believe, only a fraction of the banks equity is at risk, the potential debt equity swaps would be minuscule.

Financing

The Pay Equity Act was adopted in 1996.

Equity in the Schools Project 1998 1.1 billion.

Development in equity and democracy is the formula.

Equity interest the Equity interest, which shall take effect at the time the applicant applies for a contract for exploitation, shall include the following

Under Chapter 11, companies with a solid underlying business generally swap debt for equity. Old equity holders are wiped out and old debt claims are transformed into equity claims in the new entity which continues operating with a new capital structure.

Regulators might consider imposing pro cyclical equity requirements increasing the equity percentage in boom times in order to offset losses in the inevitable bust times.

Banks often oppose higher equity asset ratios, because equity capital is more expensive than debt capital. But this is precisely because of the lemon effect.

(c) Good governance and equity at the international level

Many countries tax systems hugely favor debt over equity.

Equity markets were subjected to disclosure and transparency requirements.

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Special communiqué on violence against women and gender equity

Tina Ilo Assistant Equity Officer, Department of Strategic Management

To effect these plans, an Equity Desk was established under the Department of Strategic Management and a Social Equity Task Force with representatives from both Government and civil society organizations were appointed to monitor the development and implementation of the Gender Equity Policy.

Terrorist financing

Financing challenges

The critics arguments about the benefits of equity are equally unsatisfying. Of course, given a set of bank assets, more equity would reduce the risk of failure.

Equity owners in banks should not get a free ride.

This may be good on efficiency and even equity grounds.

Undercapitalization can be cured by an infusion of new equity.