Long-Term Capital Management‚ LP. (A) (HBS Case No. 9-200-007) Long-Term Capital Management‚ LP. (A) Hedge Funds According to the book‚ “Financial Markets and Institutions” by Anthony Saunders‚ hedge funds are financial intermediaries that pool the financial resources of individuals and companies and invest those resources in (diversified portfolios of assets. In other words‚ they are a type of investment pool that solicit funds from (wealthy) individuals and other investors (e.g.‚ commercial
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ASSIGNMENT OPTION 1 The financial statements for David Jones Ltd can be accessed from the following website http://www.davidjones.com.au/For-Investors/Presentations-and-Reports-2010/Annual-reports- 2010. Examine these statements and answer the following questions: * What were David Jones’s main operating activities during 2010? What were the main differences between the accrual and cash flow effects of these activities? * If you owned 10‚000 of the company’s shares‚ what would
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1888 The First National Manual Cash Register In 1883 on January the 30th James Ritty receives a Patent for inventing the cash register. Ritty owned a cafe in Dayton in the 1870s it was a popular cafe but somehow always lost money Ritty then blamed the bartenders and other workers for stealing. What Ritty dealt with was very common in the late 1800s. Ritty later went on a vacation on a ship whist on the ship he observed the workings of an automatic device that recorded the revolutions of the ship’s
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The Difference Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory Short-term memory differs from long-term memory in two fundamental ways‚ with only short-term memory demonstrating temporal decay and capacity limits. Long-term memory however‚ can store vast amounts of information and is permanent. Short-term memory gives the ability for the human brain to keep information in the mind for a very short period of time‚ such as remembering a phone number long enough until you are able to dial it on our phones
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WORKING CAPITAL STRATEGIES Working capital measures the availability of liquid assets that are needed to run the day to day activities. Proper management of this working capital is a key element to business success and a number one way to prevent business failure. Businesses can maintain a better position in paying their short term debts and also to fund the operational needs of the organization through different working capital strategies. Indeed‚ making working capital works for the
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8/30/2013 Long-term financing‚ g g‚ corporate capital structure Advanced Corporate Finance 4.1 5 + 6 September 2013 Corporate finance: (1) managing the balance sheet Cash + Liquid assets Accounts receivable Inventory Short t Sh t term liabilities li biliti - short term debt - accounts payable Long term liabilities LT assets - fixed - non-fixed - financial Equity 1 8/30/2013 Corporate Finance at different levels + (2) managing the cash flow needs • Long term finance (LT
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Short-Term Financing There are numerous diverse sources offered for short term financing which is significant for companies to go on with the corporation’s day-to-day procedures. The important sources for short-term financing are overdrafts‚ trade credit‚ and short-term loans. These sources can be used for many reasons. Installment loan is the most confusing financing loan which requires equal payments of the loan life (Block‚ Hirt‚ & Danielsen‚ 2009). A mortgage is an example of installment
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Name at least two advantages of corporate organization. Answer: The primary disadvantage of the corporate form is the double taxation to shareholders of distributed earnings and dividends. Advantages include: limited liability; ability to raise capital; and unlimited life 【Agency Problem】 Who owns a corporation? Describe the process whereby the owners control the firm’s management. What is the main reason that an agency relationship exists in the corporate form of organization? In this context
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Workshop 2‚ week 3 Syndicate 1 1. The collapse of Trio Capital demonstrated the way in which hedge funds and funds of hedge funds can be overly complex‚ unclear and lacking in transparency‚ particularly for retail investors. a. Briefly summarise what has happened in the case of Trio Capital last year in 2012 in Australia The collapse of Trio Capital is the biggest superannuation fraud in Australian history. Trio Capital was the trustee of a numbers of super funds governed by the APRA
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Subject: Cash Pooling Supervisor: Dr. Nasser Abu Mustafa University: NYIT Cash Management: Cash pooling Abstract The role of the corporate cash manager has been continuously revised over the past few years‚ as a result of the demand for more effective and efficient ways to support the core needs of the organization. This has resulted in new responsibilities for the corporate treasurer and cash manager. The cash management function is demanding
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