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Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here's how to protect them

  • Written by Kevin Davis, Emeritus Professor of Finance, The University of Melbourne
Small shareholders can be left worse off when companies raise funds. Here's how to protect themTK Kurikawa/Shutterstock

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The way it did it depleted the wealth of quite a few retail shareholders.

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