Barings Bank & the “Rogue Trader” Founded in 1762‚ Barings Bank (previously known as Baring Brothers & Co.) was the oldest merchant banking company in England. Barings collapsed on February 26‚ 1995 as the result of the activities of one of its traders‚ Nick Leeson‚ who lost $1.4 billion by investing in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) with primarily derivative securities. This was actually the second time the bank had been faced with bankruptcy. Following the collapse‚ Barings
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Sample Homework: Bank of America Case Assignment: 1. What are the core business processes1 (high level; major business and financial services) performed at Bank of America as part of its product and service offerings? Core Bank of America Business Process: Activities within the Core Process people management recruiting performance management staff development payroll benefits administration financial management general ledger accounts payable accounts receivable reporting and compliance
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remarked as one of the six great powers in Europe‚ it was the oldest merchant bank in the United Kingdom at the time of its collapse (Robert 2002). Initially its main business was financing foreign trade. After the deregulation of financial market in 1986‚ Barings expanded aggressively into derivative trading and recruited some extreme risk takers. Aiming at being the pioneer in speculative derivative trading‚ The Bank appointed Nick Leeson who seemed to understand financial market as the Chief trader
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What is Bank:- A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities‚ either directly or through capital markets. A bank connects customers that have capital deficits to customers with capital surpluses. A bank is a financial institution which deals with deposits and advances and other related services. It receives money from those who want to save in the form of deposits and it lends money to those who need it
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Introduction Macquarie Bank has been recognised as one of the most prestigious banks in Australia and around the world. Macquarie was established in Australia in 1969‚ it began operations in Sydney in January 1970 with only three staff. Macquarie Bank first opened its doors for business on 1 March 1985 with a retail branch in Sydney. Today‚ Macquarie Bank operates in a range of investment banking‚ commercial banking and selected retail financial services markets both in Australia and overseas
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Mel Lazo ISDS 7540 – Marketing Analytics Module Dr. Black 7 December 2012 Pilgrim Bank Case Analysis Introduction and Defining the Relationships The business analyst at Pilgrim Bank‚ Alan Green‚ was tasked with guiding the marketing team to a better understanding of customer profitability. With the help of his supervisor and the IT department‚ he has access to an extensive data set of over 30‚000 customers‚ both old and new. Included are continuous variables for Profit‚ Tenure‚ and Satisfaction
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Bottle bank What happens to the bottle we throw into the bin? Everything starts with a bottle which is thrown into the bin or‚ to be more specific‚ into the bottle bank. Bottle bank is a special container‚ used for recycling many types of bottles‚ from plastic bottles to glass bottles. There are also bottle banks which are separated by colour of bottles like brown bottles‚ green bottles‚ clear bottles and so on. But what is recycling anyway? Recycling means turning materials from waste into something
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BANK OF JAPAN’S MEETING IN MARCH 2006: AN END TO THE QUANTITATIVE EASING POLICY? Japan underwent a decade-long odyssey with deflation and the zero-bound problem. Economic activity in Japan slowed precipitously following the collapse of the socalled bubble economy in December 1989‚ and Japan began to experience deflation by early 1995. During this initial period‚ while the economy was slowing‚ forecasters and policymakers consistently underestimated the extent of Japan’s economic malaise. Consequently
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BRITISH BANKS: CRACKING THE OLIGOPOLY Student: Aruni Dileepa Wijeweera - 16639300 Student: Elie Gharib - 16443365 Student: Ying Sheng - 17903022 Lecturer: Dr. Neil Perry Economics 200425 Due Date: 18th November 2013 United Kingdom (UK) banking industry started in 1694 with the establishment of Bank of England‚ with the main purpose of funding the war against France. Throughout the years and with the expansion of the banking industry‚ many private banks invaded the
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