Be cautious about share placements

In equity offerings to raise new capital, a corporate has two options. The first is, of course, is to call for a rights issue and the second is via private placements.

HOW does a corporate raise funds from the capital market? As they say, there is more than one way to skin a cat, there is also many ways to raise funds for a listed entity.

A company can either raise funds via debt or equity or even via a hybrid structure, which are debt in nature but convertible to equities based on certain defined parameters.