The continuing debate regarding the lease versus disguised security interest issue: did the Edison court correctly find a true lease?

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The bankruptcy court in Delaware ruled in In re Edison Brothers Stores, Inc. that a secured transaction was a true lease. This conclusion favored United and ParcTec and the debtor as required to timely perform its obligations under the lease agreement. Th Edison court 's ruling was an implicit statement to the debtor that it could not recharacterize the transaction from a true lease to a disguised security interest by changing the accounting treatment midcourse.

Cases, Secured transactions, Leases

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Mutual fund advisory fees: the cost of conflicts of interest

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Whether mutual fund managers systematically overprice their professional investment advice is discussed. The focus is on advisory fees imposed on equity mutual funds. Proposals for the competitive environment in which fund advisory fees are set and disclosed are given.

Investment advice, Investment Advisory Services, Prices and rates, Mutual funds, Investment advisers

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Demystifying the use of beta in the determination of the cost of capital and an illustration of its use in Lazard's valuation of Conrail

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The author discusses business capital valuation techniques with a focus on the use of beta. Lazard Freres and Co.'s Conrail valuation is used as an example. Several technical charts, tables, and graphs are included.

Statistical Data Included, Methods, Analysis, Accounting and auditing, Capital assets, Valuation, Capital assets pricing model, Capital asset pricing model, Lazard Freres & Company L.L.C., Consolidated Rail Corp., CRR

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