Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Super Group: Acquisition and Delisting from the Singapore Exchange
Ruth S.K. Tan; Allaudeen Hameed; Weina Zhang; Zsuzsa R. HuszarCase IVEY-9B20N033-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyOn November 3, 2016, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) launched a bid for Singapore-based food and beverage company Super Group Ltd. (Super). JDE had already acquired 60 per cent of the shares but needed another 30 per cent in order to delist the company and takStarting at €8.20
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CapitaMalls Asia: A Buyout Offer from CapitaLand
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina Zhang; Shao Yu HongExercise IVEY-9B19N012-EFinance, StrategyOn April 14, 2014, CapitaLand Limited, a Singapore-based real estate company, launched a voluntary conditional cash offer of SG$2.22 for each share (SG$3.06 billion in total) of its subsidiary commercial property development and management company, CapitaMalls Asia Limited (CMA). CMA’s principal business strategy was to invest in, develop, and manage a diversified portfolio of real estate used primarily for retail purposes in Asia. CapitaLand’s o...Starting at €8.20
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Bumbox: Choosing a Business Model for a Start-Up
Doreen KumCase IVEY-9B20A053-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn early 2015, the chief executive officer of Bumbox Logistics Private Limited (Bumbox) faced a challenge. The company, launched in Singapore, provided smart lockers for use by delivery companies and consumers to ensure the safe and timely receipt of onliStarting at €8.20
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Compassion Web
Wee Yong YeoCase IVEY-9B12M039-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThis case is about an ambitious “technopreneur” with ideas that were at the forefront of technology, such as in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Compassion Web had been successful initially, then swamped with challenges, and the original business model needed major changes in order to work in the fast-changing environment. At the same time, the company was facing a lawsuit with a major client, which could threaten its survival. To make...Starting at €8.20
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Standard Chartered PLC: Riding the Market During Corporate Restructuring
Weina Zhang; Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. HuszarCase IVEY-9B18N004-EFinance, StrategyIn early 2014, Standard Chartered PLC, a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England, announced its restructuring plan. The announcement triggered positive reactions in both stock and bond markets. Nevertheless, the eventual profitability was not what was expected. Moving forward into 2015, how would a rational investor have taken advantage of such a corporate restructuring event?Starting at €8.20
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Singapore Airlines Limited: Dividends
Emir Hrnjić; David ReebCase IVEY-9B18N018-EFinance, StrategyA new analyst has been asked to forecast the upcoming dividends for Singapore Airlines Limited. However, unlike most dividend-paying firms, which typically maintain stable, transparent, and simple dividend policies, Singapore Airlines maintained an opaque, complex, and irregular pattern of dividends. Further, the company did not respond to requests for information about expected dividends or the company's dividend policy. The analyst decided to g...Starting at €8.20
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Kimly Limited: Initial Public Offering
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina Zhang; Ling YueExercise IVEY-9B18N026-EFinanceOn March 8, 2017, Singapore-based food outlet operator Kimly Limited (Kimly) announced its intention to go for an initial public offering (IPO). Through this IPO, it aimed to raise SG$43.5 million. Altogether, 173.8 million new shares would be issued at SStarting at €8.20
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Sembcorp Marine: Proposal to Restructure
Allaudeen Hameed; Ruth S.K. TanCase IVEY-W27820-EFinanceOn June 24, 2021, Keppel Corporation (Keppel) and Sembcorp Marine Limited (Sembmarine) announced that they had signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to enter into exclusive talks to merge Sembmarine and Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M), a division of Keppel. Separately, but on the same day, Sembmarine also announced an intention to raise S$1.5 billion through a three-for-two renounceable rights issue (up to 18.83 billion new sha...Starting at €8.20
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FinBook: Designing a Decentralized Marketplace for Structured Crypto Assets
Wee Yong Yeo; Weiqi ZhangCase IVEY-W25332-EFinance, StrategyFinbook Pte. Ltd. (FinBook), a financial technology (fintech) start-up, started in July 2017 in Singapore as a decentralized marketplace for structured products on the blockchain. The founders obtained seed funding of approximately US$200,000 that allowed it to introduce and incorporate structured funds, short sales, and financial options in the crypto space using smart contracts under the distributed ledger system.
In May 2018, FinBook la...Starting at €8.20
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WWF-Singapore: Promoting Sustainable Seafood
Doreen KumCase IVEY-W28199-EMarketing, StrategyIn February 2021, the responsible seafood program officer for World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF-Singapore) was looking to encourage a collective change in the consumption of sustainable seafood. Promoting sustainable seafood in Singapore, however, had not been easy. Due to cultural influences and the nature of seafood trading, driving a change in the sourcing and consumption of seafood among stakeholders required significant effort and cr...Starting at €8.20