Revisions Questions – ACFI2005 Question One Banks invest in financial securities that they hold in their securities portfolio. A proportion of these securities may be government securities. Government securities are regarded as essentially risk-free and therefore pay a low rate of return. Why then do banks invest in this type of security? • primary source of liquidity—government securities easily converted into cash • invest short-term surplus funds—securities provide a return‚ cash does
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Barings Bank Case Study 1. Nick Lessons sold numerous short straddles for each long futures contract he bought because he need the cash created by the premiums he received by selling the short straddles. Lesson’s needed large sums of cash to fund his margin calls‚ which forced him to sell disproportionate numbers of short straddles for each long future position he took. 2. The doubling strategy allowed Leeson’s the opportunity to recoup losses suffered ‚ which required him to double his bets
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT MGT 2132 FOUNDATION OF BUSINESS ORGANISATION DEEI JANUARY 2013 SHORT SEMESTER SESSION: APRIL 2013 EXAM Instruction: Read the article below and answer the 4 questions accordingly. ARTICLE: WHAT DRIVES EMPLOYEES AT MICROSOFT? The reality of software development in a huge company like Microsoft – it employs more than 48‚000 people – in that a substantial portion of your work involves days of boredom punctuated by hours of tedium. You basically spend your time
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Star Wars Saga. It is the most recognizable of John Williams’s music and also his signature line of music. The “Force theme” is also known as the “Binary Sunset‚” “Ben Kenobi’s theme‚” “Obi-Wan’s theme‚” or in a music book‚ “May the Force be with you.” This musical theme is most notably heard in the very first Episode IV: A New Hope‚ in the cue “Binary Sunset‚” but also appears in all six movies. The scene where it is most memorable is where Luke Skywalker watches a pair of suns set on the horizon
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Traveling Options Different Factors Help Determine Which Is Better Jama Meeks English Composition EN140 After the family decided to go to San Diego California for the family vacation the very next question that was asked‚ “Should we fly or drive?” A minor detail in the planning of our vacation‚ and yet it became a major decision. This minor detail had the most taught and research put into it This decision had many different factors involved in it; such as the cost‚ how much time will we have
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Option 1 To what extent can cognitive development be understood in terms of specialisation of function in specific structures of the brain? INTRODUCTION In relation to what extent cognitive development can be understood in terms of specialisation of specific structures of the brain‚ this assignment will observe and use developmental cognitive neuropsychology which explains and seeks to understand a functional relationship between the human brain and its function. In this assignment I will produce
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I think is the smartest move because l ocation is what they specifically oversee so who better than them to do the job? It gives the company the perk that it needs to expand like they want to as well. Promoting a exsiting manger is a great option but only with certain requirements‚ if the current manger has the experience‚knowledge and drive theres no problem with promoting form within. I feel that prominting from within is a great aspect to any job or career‚ because if you’re with a company
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IPS ACADEMY INDORE Synopsis On “An Exploratory Study on Investor’s Attitude Towards Indian Derivative Market” For partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of MBA (full time) Batch 2011-2013 Submitted by: Submitted To: Susheel Rathore Prof. KavitaTiwari MBA - III SEM TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Margin Call Margin call was a compelling movie that illustrates an early view of the businessmen who discovered early on the fatal truths of the mortgage-based securities during the crash of 2008. A risk analyst Peter Sullivan discovers that current volatility in the market has threatened these mortgaged-based securities‚ which were generating most of the firm’s profits. The losses according to the data would cause trillions of dollars to vanish and close the bank completely. The movie displays
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Debt with Warrants Like a convertible security‚ debt with warrants attached is issued with a feature that allows its holder to purchase a given number of shares at a certain price. Warrants act as a “sweetener” when attached to debt securities. It adds its marketability and lowers its required interest rate. Usually‚ the holders (of warrants) will not exercise their warrants until the market value of the security exceeds the exercise price because they can purchase the said security in a cheaper
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