Videos
Videos
Hi there! These videos are designed for educational purposes only—think of them as helpful guides to introduce you to different business concepts, practices, and associated risks on key topics. While we’ve done our best to provide useful information, please remember:
- Use carefully: The tips and examples shared are for general learning, so always adapt them to your specific situation.
- Get expert advice: We recommend consulting a professional to address your unique needs.
- Your responsibility: We can’t take responsibility for how you apply the content, so please use your best judgment!
Enjoy the course, and feel free to revisit the videos anytime for a refresher!
Improve Business Value - for Business Owners who plan to sell their businesses
When business owners contemplate selling their businesses, there is often a common misconception that strong financial performance alone will attract prospective buyers willing to offer a premium price. However, the reality is far more nuanced. While robust financials are undoubtedly a critical factor, they represent just one of many elements that influence a successful sale. Business owners must consider a comprehensive range of aspects to ensure their business is positioned attractively in the market. This video delves into the key areas business owners should evaluate before listing their businesses for sale. The goal is not only to secure a favorable valuation but also to mitigate the risks of transaction failures and streamline the sale process to ensure a timely and successful completion.
Principles to Be Maintained by Business Owners When Engaging with Prospective Buyers
When business owners decide to sell their businesses, thorough preparation is essential for a successful transaction. This involves forming a dedicated team to handle sale preparations and engaging professional M&A advisors. Adhering to the following principles is critical, as neglecting them can jeopardize the sale and pose significant risks to the existing business: (1) Avoid Oversharing Information (2) Maintain Strict Confidentiality (3) Focus on Key Priorities, Not Minor Details (4) Engage Multiple Qualified Buyers (5) Define a Clear Exit Value These principles ensure a structured and secure sales process while minimizing potential risks.
Tax Planning Fundamental - Part 1
Understanding the tax strategies employed by the world's wealthiest individuals can provide valuable insights into effective tax planning. By focusing on reducing taxable income, maximizing deductible expenses, and optimizing tax rates, individuals can minimize their tax liabilities. Additionally, strategic investments and the use of trusts can further enhance tax efficiency.
Tax Planning Fundamental - Part 2
As highlighted in Tax Planning Fundamental –
Part 1, to minimize direct income tax, taxpayers should focus on
(i) reducing taxable income,
(ii) maximizing deductible expenses, and
(iii) optimizing the tax rate. Optimizing tax rates means shifting from a higher to a lower tax bracket.
This video mainly deals with how multinational corporations shift income from a high-tax jurisdiction country to a lower-tax jurisdiction to create more tax savings from the tax rate differential, generating billions of tax savings for the world’s most profitable companies. Through acquiring the understanding of these tax planning strategies, ordinary corporations, in particularly, SMEs could also benefit profoundly should they follow the same route but on a smaller scale basis.
Financial Distress
Financial distress describes an organization's inability to meet financial obligations due to insufficient revenue generation. Understanding financial distress is not just about survival—it’s about positioning for recovery. Companies that monitor financial health, act decisively, and leverage professional advice are more likely to navigate crises successfully and emerge stronger.
The following topics are covered in this video, and we believe that these topics could equip entrepreneurs with actionable steps to identify and address financial distress.
(i) Early warning signs of financial distress;
(ii) Immediate recovery actions. These actions encompass Immediate Financial Diagnostic & Cash Flow Analysis, Strategic Working Capital Optimization, Strategic Stakeholder Negotiation for Business Turnaround, Strategic Cost Optimization & Operational Restructuring, and Enhancing Liquidity Through Strategic Measures
(iii) Directors' Legal Duties and Liabilities
(iv) Other Funding Options such as Government Funding Scheme
Corporate Functions Outsourcing
The outsourcing landscape has shifted from pure globalization to localized hybrid models, balancing cost efficiency with operational resilience while retaining core advantages like specialized expertise and elastic scalability. Organizations must now strategically manage multifaceted risks, such as supplier instability, knowledge attrition, and cross-border workforce complexities, to unlock outsourcing's full potential. This video aims to deliver a risk-aware methodology for structuring outsourcing partnerships, equipping enterprises with actionable insights to optimize vendor selection, contract design and development, outsourcing termination, and transition governance across functional domains.
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