Recently, the subprime mortgage crisis and the European debt problems spread all over the world. Many companies were influenced by all kinds of problems and faced with risk loss. Therefore, corporate risk management becomes more and more important in operating business. There are several kinds of risk management strategies. However, insurance is the most common […]
1. Introduction An attempt to elaborate the relationship between the bad model problem and the Efficient Market Hypothesis or the Equity Risk Premium needs to necessarily commence with a short overview of the hypothesis. The Efficient Market Hypothesis, (EMH) was first developed by Eugene Fama of the University of Chicago, in the 1960s, to explain […]
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Get help with your assignmentNo one can deny that expand the business activity and entering new market as much as having new market for its resources is valid to survive This decision face obstacle which has variety of importance levels, some of them are reach a level of risks and other stay at uncertainty level and have to be […]
When interest rates rise, bond prices fall; conversely, rates decline, bond prices rise. The longer the time to a bond’s maturity, the greater its interest rate risks. This risk can be reduced by diversifying the durations of the fixed-income investments that are held at a given time. Interest rate risk affects the value ofA bondsA more directly […]
Companies have always been facing many risks that gained complexity with the passage of time. Such risks became impossible to be managed by a single person and required the assistance of experts to deal with them. The trend of adopting the globalization policy and exploiting the advantages offered by the international markets has caused many […]
The purpose of this essay is to examine the implications, risks, and returns associated with foreign security investments. Analyzing these factors associated with investing in foreign securities has become extremely important due to the increasing number of foreign security investments in recent years. This essay introduces analytical factors to determine the attractiveness for investing in […]
Financial sector plays an indispensable role in the overall development of a country. The most important constituent of this sector is the financial institutions, which act as a conduit for the transfer of resources from net savers to net borrowers, that is, from those who spend less than their earnings to those who spend more […]
Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is the largest bank in Canada in terms of the assets and market capitalization. It provides diversified financial services including Canadian and international banking for personal users and commercial users, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking, capital markets and transaction processing services. Risks are lack of certainty of […]
According to research by Mello, JR (1999) was defined FDI as a form of international, inter-firm co-operation that involves significantly equity stake and effective management decision power in or ownership of foreign enterprises. FDI also considered as desirable because it can enhance the productive to the country, in order to bringing into new technology and […]
Risk is present everywhere. It is an important player in any financial system. As such, the banking institution should manage their risk efficiently in order to survive in this highly uncertain world. . It can be said that “Banks are in the business of managing risk, not avoiding risks” or “a bank’s success lies in […]
In Georgia, as in the world’s most ancient civilized countries, the monetary-credit relations, the existence of different credit facilities and banks have a very long history. Different types of credit institutions, such as credit unions appeared in the VIth century BC in ancient Georgian kingdoms of Colchis and Iberia. These institutions were the precursor of […]
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (BOCHK) is the second-largestA commercial banking groupsA inA Hong Kong with more than 300 branches. In spite of its magnitude and systematic risk management, 2008 has witnessed a decline in operational income and a negative shock to BOCHK. In this report, I will first investigate the overall risk management of BOCHK followed […]
INTRODUCTION TO UNDERWRITING Underwriting is an agreement, entered into by a company with a financial agency, in order to ensure that the public will subscribe for the entire issue of shares or debentures made by the company. The financial agency is known as the underwriter and it agrees to buy that part of the company […]
A Brief about ING Vysya Bank. NG has gained recognition for its integrated approach of banking, insurance and asset management. Furthermore, the company differentiates itself from other financial service providers by successfully establishing life insurance companies in countries with emerging economies, such as Korea, Taiwan, Hungary, Poland, Mexico and Chile. Another specialisation is ING Direct, […]
The need for a money market arises because receipts of economic units do not coincide with their expenditures. Money market instruments are generally characterized by a high degree of safety of principal. Maturities range from one day to one year; the most common are three months or less. Active secondary markets for most of the […]
Repo is a short for repurchase agreements, are contracts for the sale and future repurchase of a financial asset, most often Treasury securities. A contract in which the seller of securities agrees to buy them back at a specified time and price also called repurchase agreement or buyback. On the termination date, the seller repurchases […]
The Indian banking industry currently termed as strong, having weathered the global economic slowdown and showing good numbers with strong support flowing in from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) measures. A report “Opportunities in Indian Banking Sector”, by market research company, RNCOS, forecasts that the Indian banking sector will grow at a healthy compound […]
The stock exchange of Egypt is situated in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX) is one of the oldest stock markets established in Middle East, who traced its origin from the merger of two stock exchanges in Egypt namely, Alexandria Stock Exchange which was established in 1883 and Cairo Stock Exchange established in 1903, […]
Introduction In this chapter, the methodology being used to conduct this research will be explained. This will lead to the theoretical framework, data collection and the method of data analysis. Research design University of Texas at Austin (2010) states that. “Research design is a plan outlining on how to gathered information for an assessment or […]
Thailand was regarded as Asia’s Tiger in 1990’s, where the economic situation is thriving. Thailand had a strong growth in Gross Domestic Capital of 11.5% from year 1987-1996. However, Thailand was seriously affected by the Asian Financial turmoil. It is suggested that the great fall during Asian Financial turmoil is mainly caused by the poor […]
The Islamic bank is a financial institution which mediates between savers and investors within the framework of Islamic law. This definition highlights the bank’s role as a financial institution which aims to attract funds and investment banking services and to act as a financial intermediary within the framework of Islamic law. Islamic financial institutions are […]
There are two forms of purchasing power parity. The first one is according to the theory of law of one price which states that, the cost of an identical products sold in different countries should be the same expressing a common currency. The other one is the relative version of PPP, assumption of transport costs […]
NBFCs are purveyors of credit to the sectors where credit gap exists. It has been observed that in many places in India, the small and local entrepreneur goes first to an NBFC for funds even before approaching banks in view of the former’s convenient access, freedom from red-tape and hassle free transactions. The expansion of […]
The money usage spans thousands of years. Earlier many items have been used as commodity money such as precious metals, cowry shells, beads etc. as well as many other things that could be thought of as having some value. The first people didn’t buy goods from other people with money. They used barter. Barter is […]
The study under consideration Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance in India has been conducted to examine whether institutional investors and its constituents play an active role in corporate governance practices of companies and whether they do have any impact over financial performance of respective companies. This study is essentially empirical and exploratory in […]
The aim of this chapter is to develop the knowledge and understanding on the subject matter as well as providing the theoretical background for the study. Therefore, it was essential that a desk review be made on previous studies focusing on the topic of the risk taking propensity among entrepreneurs. The literature review included some […]
The effect of inflation on the returns to financial assets has been an important issue for many years. Due to the occurrence of high rates of inflation in Pakistan, this effect is now of considerable practical importance. Inflation is one of the most influential macroeconomic variables, which has negative impact on economic activities. It is […]
Financial literacy is the ability to understand finance. More specifically, it refers to the set of skills and knowledge that allow an individual to make informed and effective decisions through their understanding of finances.[1] By contrast, raising interest in personal finance is now a focus of state-run programs in countries including Australia, Japan, the United […]
Etisalat’s UAE unit remains the primary contributor to Etisalat’s overall value with a respective weight of 88.8%. The UAE’s growing expatriate population is driving, in particular, the mobile segment of Etisalat’s operation, which constitutes the bulk of Etisalat’s overall revenue. They forecast that Etisalat’s focus on mobile net subscriber acquisition should become secondary, as they […]
The purpose of this report is for potential investors who are considering buying shares in Tesco plc. The report creates an overall picture of Tesco’s financial position and provides an assessment of Tesco’s performance over the last three years. The information used to assess the financial position of Tesco was gathered from the Annual report […]
