Establishment: It was founded in 1903 in Georgia as a manufacturing of disposable paper cones for the growing textile industry. Employees: Westfield employed more than 1000 person in operations throughout the United States. Position: Westfield was the leading manufacturing of paper tubes for the paper industry, the 3rd largest manufacturing of composite cans, and one […]
Emirates NBD is a bank which came into being on 16 October 2007 after the merger of Emirates Bank International and National Bank of Dubai. Since, the two banks were among the top four banks of the region; their merger made them the leading banking group with the largest asset base. It is the fastest […]
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Get help with your assignmentIn this report it has been critically done the analysis of financial statements of PepsiCo along with the comparison of close and distant competitors existing in the industry. In this report it has also been tried the way how to calculate financial statements ratios with definitions and their calculated ratios interpretations in an easy language […]
Sarbanes-Oxley Act An audit is an examination and verification of a company’s financial and accounting records. It also supports documents by a professional, such as certified public accountant. Until the 90’s, the audits did not focused on controls like they do today. Because of the early 21st century scandals of Enron Corp, WorldCom Group Inc., […]
The Central Bank of Greece is called the Bank of Greece. Its head quarter is in Athens. It is established in 1927. It is preceded by National Bank of Greece (1928) and succeeded by European Central Bank (2001). The Bank of Greece is still exists but most of the functions are performed by the ECB.The […]
Introduction The growth of businesses is noted to be one of the main factors behind economic development of many countries. The success of business sectors especially small and medium sized enterprises (SME) has positive impact on the economic development of most countries, more notably in the developing countries. Business sectors including SME do not only […]
Imperial Tobacco Company Plc is the world’s fourth largest tobacco company in the world with a market share of over 5%. The UK market share for 2010 was 45%. The group primarily operates in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asian regions. It has a presence in over 160 countries worldwide, operates 51 manufacturing sites and […]
One of the reasons why the financial crisis has led to such negative consequences for the world economy is pay-for-performance systems that were being used in financial institutions. In order to prevent this scenario from happening again, financial regulators have developed remuneration rules and guidelines that aim to mitigate the negative consequences that are associated […]
QuestionA¼Å¡What obstacles face the further improvement of corporate governance practices in China’s large companies? Introduction With the popularity of the globalisation and increase of international transaction, China is trying its best to adopt the trend of this development. Since the economic reform in 19**, China has changed its model of company governance step by step, […]
Besides of Equities, Bond, Property, Fix Deposit, Hedge Fund, Unit Trust Fund and etc.A A new asset class investment option has emerged with potential fair return of investment in Malaysia.A REIT Also known as Real Estate Investment Trust.A With the concept like Unit Trust, by gather pool of money from all sizes of investors.A REIT […]
5.1 What is the significance of Islamic Banking in a post recession world? Islamic banking is gaining popularity in emerging markets after helping some financial institutions avoid the worst of the economic meltdown. [1] Islamic banks have been less affected than many conventional banks in the current global recession. [2] This is mainly because unlike conventional banks, […]
The study of Dahlquist, Stefan and Paul (2000) analyzed the fund performance in Swedish. The study was conducted on the basis of Swedish mutual funds from the end of 1992 to the end of 1997. The study estimated the performance of Swedish funds from 1993 to 1997. The estimated the study then evaluated the relation […]
Quantitative finance started in the U.S. in the 1930s as some astute investors began using mathematical formulas to price stocks and bonds. Harry Markowitz’s 1952 Ph.D. thesis “Portfolio Selection” was one of the first papers to formally adapt mathematical concepts to finance. Markowitz formalized a notion of mean return and covariances for common stocks which […]
Corporate governance is concerned with the resolution of collective action problems among dispersed investors and the reconciliation of conflicts of interest between various corporate shareholders. In this coursework we review the theoretical and research on the main mechanisms of corporate control, discuss the main legal and regulatory institutions and global standards. GENERAL INFORMATION ON CORPORATE […]
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) is a United States telecommunications corporation headquartered in Texas. Founded in 1983 as SBC Communications, it became AT&T Inc. upon purchase of AT&T Corporation in 2005. It is the leading U.S. provider of wire-line and wireless communications. AT&T delivers 3G wireless services through AT&T Mobility LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary. Other major […]
Introduction The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 sent ripples across the financial world. From the small shop in Montgomery Alabama started by Henry Lehman in 1844, that became the Lehman Corporation in 1920, its stocks began trading on the floor of the New York stock exchange in 1994 and posted record revenues in 2007 […]
The objective of this report is to monitor and analyse the trading performance of Westpac Banking Corporation 3 weeks prior and three weeks after adjacent to its media release of its 2009 Profit Announcement for the year ending 4th November 2009. This data recorded will be used to calculate the effect that Westpac’s accounting announcement […]
Every organization has its financing strategies to operate their business. The term capital structure and leverage are the similar terms that how the investments should utilize to manipulate the assets and the whole business in the long run. The essay covers determinants of capital structure with the help of trade off theory (Kim,1978; Kraus and […]
Derivatives It is a kind of financial Security whose price is derived from or dependent upon one or more underlying assets.A The derivative itself is simply a contract between two or more parties. ItsA value is determinedA by variationsA in the underlying asset.A Some common underlying assets includeA stocks, bonds,A commodities,A currencies and interest rates. Derivatives are mostly characterized by high leverage.A Forward contracts, […]
Most well- run companies make extensive use of ratios internally, to monitor and to ensure efficient running of the organisation. To analyse Burberry plc on manager’s perspective, first of all explain the role of the managers. Managers are people in charge of the day to day running of the business for maximum profitability and efficient […]
Over the last ten years, Islamic banking has developed significantly. It has evolveded global rates of 10-15 % per year and has gotten an increasing number of conventional financial systems. At present Islamic financial institutions have stretched through 51 countries all over the world. As a result, the modern banking system was introduced to Islamic […]
INTRODUCTION Principal-Agent Relationships for Investment Purposes Principal-Agent relationships occur in many forms in business. Understanding these relationships is crucial for investors in order to make better investment decision. Theory of Principal-Agent Relationships The relationships between and among multiple stakeholders is complicated and provides many opportunities for one party to gain at the expense of another […]
Diversification refers to the strategies of reducing economic risk by investing in assets whose performance is not affected by the same economic variables. A group of assets forms a portfolio. A company can have two types of economic risks; financial risks and total operating risks. Financial risk results from use of debt capital in the […]
This paper aims to analyze financial information quality through financial and economic ratios, detecting whether they are affected by financial reporting standards; as well as, determining a group of factors that allow proving the capacity of ratios to measure accounting information quality, and thus, facilitate the analysis process to the groups of users. Design / […]
The fundamental analysis of any stock generally begins from a macro-economic perspective and then moves down to the specific sector and finally narrowing down to the company analysis. The stock for fundamental analysis is MRF Tyres. The analysis will follow given below steps: Economic Analysis During the current global crisis, all the countries had suffered […]
JP Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) is one the biggest financial institutions in the United States and is one of the respected in the whole world. JP Morgan Chase & Co stand today for over 200 year back history and here’s JP Morgan Chase stand today:A Leading world financial services institution with assets of […]
1.What are agency costs, and how are agency costs of financial distress different from agency benefits of leverage? Explain their impact on calculating the value of a firm with financial distress. Agency costs arise when conflicts of interest occur among stakeholders and must be paid out to an agent acting on behalf of a principal. […]
The production of aluminium started in India in 1938 when the Aluminum Corporation of India’s plant was commissioned. The plant which was set up with a financial and technical collaboration with Alcan, Canada had a capacity of producing 2,500 ton per annum. Hindustan Aluminum Corporation (Hindalco) was set up in UP in the year 1959; […]
In Australia, the superannuation industry has undergone a rapid expansion since the introduction of a compulsory pension system in 1992. Superannuation assets grew from $245 billion to 942 billion in 10 years (Benson et al., 2010). Investors and consumers now have vast choice in their ability to pick a pension fund, ranging from non-profit funds, […]
Question 1 Agency-Relationship is a relationship in which one person has legal authority to act on behalf of another. Agent has a legal and ethical responsibility to make decision that furthers the interests of the shareholders. When the interests of the agents and shareholders conflicts each other, an agency problem will be appeared. There are […]
