The project is an
underperforming asset that is still recovering from the economic downturn and was sold at or below replacement cost with embedded value in the current rent roll.
It is in the asset-purchase phase (receiving full or greater value for an
underperforming asset) that value is created for the company.
Meanwhile Sebi also has set up a committee to scrutinise
underperforming asset managers and set long-term policy on the Mutual Fund,or MF, sector, the head regulator said, as government concern mounts over fund redemptions and the sector's stunted development.
If we presume an
underperforming asset profit margin of half the 20% corporate margin shown in Table 1, together with a 5% incidence rate (the percentage of all stores that underperform), the company margin impact would be 0.5%.
"Having acquired an
underperforming asset in 2008, we recognized the inherent value of Keystone Summit Corporate Park, including its highly strategic location and distinctive design, which allowed us to execute a successful capital-improvement program to bring this business campus to class-A status," said Bill Glazer, founder and president of Keystone Property Group.
"Whether it's paying more for an
underperforming asset or funding slotting fees, we find values that companies may be missing," says Emmert.
"Mentorn has to be the main focus for us at the moment - it was the great
underperforming asset at Television Corporation," he said.
"Miller is likely to be an
underperforming asset for some time," Robert Campagnino, an analyst at Prudential Securities, told the Journal, noting that it's not a business in which Philip Morris is "willing to invest the resources -- in either money or management time -- to fix."
Although this suggests that it may be good to have some gold around, it's pretty thin reasoning for holding a majority of the country's foreign exchange reserves in an
underperforming asset. And it's downright maddening when you consider that by hoarding gold the Fed creates scarcity in the market, drives gold to an artificially high price, and gives companies incentives to dig up and spray cyanide on valuable land to extract virgin ore.
It's essential that Congress and the Bush administration avoid creating a dumping ground for every
underperforming asset held by banks and brokerages.
"ICON's corporate barter programs add value to the bottom line: Whether it's paying more for an
underperforming asset or funding slotting fees, we find value that companies may be missing.