NATIONAL COMPANIES TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction………………………………………….3 2. Executive Summary…………………………………3 3. Business environment……………………………….4 4. Macro Economic Scenario………………………….5 5. A Brief History………………………………………6 6. The Company Environment………………………..6 7. PEST Analysis……………………………………….6 7.1. Political Factors………………………………….7 7.2. Economic factors………………………………...7 7.3. Social factors……………………………………..8 7.4. Technological Factors…………………………..11 8. Challenges ahead………………………………….
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The HSBC Money-Laundering Scandal Case Facts HSBC is one of the largest financial institutions in the world‚ with assets over $2.5 trillion‚ 89 million customers‚ 220‚000 shareholders‚ operations/affiliates in 85 countries‚ and 2011 profits of nearly $22 billion (HSBC‚ 2011a). Drawing upon evidence revealed following a year-long investigation into HSBC (Levin et al.‚ 2012)‚ seven areas of case fact illustrating key anti-money laundering (AML) and terrorist financing problems can be seen including:
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CASE PROBLEM: President’s Advisors President gets advice from his pool of advisers every time he needs to make a decision. He has 13 top advisers that he really relies on. But if all of them are involved in any decision‚ they always end up in an argument where more often than not‚ the final decision is not achieved. To resolve this‚ a scheme was devised where only 5 of the 13 will be randomly chosen to decide on a certain matter. They achieved this by having the 13 advisers arrange themselves
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FN2 Module 1 Multiple Choice Questions MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. a) Which of the following is least likely to increase market efficiency? 1) Governments relax restrictions on foreign investment 2) Corporations disseminate more information to investors 3) More new investors choose to invest in individual stocks on their own rather than invest in mutual funds 4) More stock transactions are conducted online than
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1. There are two identical firms EQT Corp and DBT Corp except for their capital structure. For example none of the firms pay taxes‚ and EBIT is $22‚000 per year for both firms. There is no growth for any of the firms. EQT is an all equity firm with 1‚000 shares outstanding and expected return of 22%. Since there is no growth‚ EQT will pay out all earnings to shareholders as dividends. In contrast‚ DBT has $40‚000 worth of debt outstanding with interest rate of 5%. There are 500 shares of equity
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Hamlets Problem In the play Hamlet‚ Hamlet is described as daring‚ brave‚ loyal‚ and intelligent‚ but he is consumed by his own thoughts. Hamlet’s inability to act on his father’s murder‚ his mother’s marriage‚ and his uncle assuming of the thrown are all evidence that Hamlet doesn’t know what is going on in his own life. “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder‚” demands the ghost in (Act I‚ Scene 5‚ line 23). The fact that his own uncle could kill
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The market research process Market research is the collection and analysis of information about a business”s markets. This can cover features such as market trends‚ customer behaviour and opinions and the business strategies of competitors. Its purpose is to help a business decide its marketing mix. This is sometimes known as the four Ps: Types of research There are different types of market research. One important classification is between primary research and secondary research. •
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REPORT ON HSBC History of HSBC HSBC ( Hongkong Shangahai and Banking corporation) is among the largest banks in the world. It came into being in the year 1865 to enhance the growing trade between India‚ China and Europe. The idea of forming the bank came from the mind of Thomas Sutherland who had envisioned the growing demand of banking facilities in Chinese market and consequently the bank was opened in 1865 in Honkong and Shangahai. Very soon the bank had opened up branches around the world
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Racism is an ongoing problem in this country America. There has been racial problems sciences the 1700s when it was only the thirteen colonies! In the beginning of the United States of America it was legal for African people to be enslaved. When Abraham Lincoln was elected in March 1861 all the way till his assassination in April 1865. During the time he was president‚ the civil war‚ act started in April 12‚ 1861 – May 9‚ 1865. The Civil is also known as the “The War Between the States‚” was an
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By: Christine Corpuz October 15‚ 2014 CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction HSBC (Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) was founded in 1865 to finance trade between Asia and the West‚ today HSBC is the world’s second largest banking and financial services organizations serving some 125 million customers. Its aim is to be acknowledged as the world’s leading international bank. HSBC has its four business groups namely: Commercial banking‚ Global Banking
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