Besides providing funding, equity investors can be helpful in other ways. But companies that rely mostly on bank loans to run their business are burdened with regular payments.
Since the government-induced recapitalisation and consolidation in the banking sector in late 2005, the tide has changed as regards financing businesses. Also, the exercise helped the stock market to gain acceptability and global recognition.
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