A company with low gearing is one that is mainly being funded or financed by share capital (equity) and reserves‚ whilst the one with a high gearing is mainly funded by loan capital. Now the question to address is which of the two (equity and debt) is cheaper to the company? The answer is that cost of debt is cheaper than cost of equity. This is because debt is less risky than equity and the tax advantage of debt over equity as discussed below: Risk: debt is less risky than equity because: • the
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Asian Journal of Finance & Accounting ISSN 1946-052X 2012‚ Vol. 4‚ No. 1 Capital Structure and Firm Performance in the Financial Sector: Evidence from Australia Vedran Skopljak School of Economics and Finance‚ La Trobe University Kingsbury Drive‚ Bundoora‚ Vic 3086‚ Australia Tel: 61-3-9479-1111 E-mail: vedran.skopljak@latrobe.edu.au Robin H. Luo (Corresponding author) Department of Finance‚ Wuhan University Luojia Hill‚ Wuhan 430072‚ China Tel: 86-27-6875-2740 E-mail: robin.h.luo@gmail.com
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30017 Corporate Finance Hannes Wagner The included PDF files are examples of case study write-ups made by students of the 30017 Corporate Finance course in 2012-2013. The underlying case was “Hutchison Whampoa Limited: The Capital Structure Decision”. The write-ups were evaluated as “excellent” and the students have agreed for their work to be distributed. All rights to their work remain with them. The instructions that students received were the following: “Your assignment is to provide a written
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Application of Capital Structure‚ Costs of Capital for Multiple Division firms Case Analysis: Pioneer Petroleum Corporation (PPC).1 Submitted by: Joseph Donato N. Pangilinan‚ FICD Date Presented: April 12‚ 2012 Introduction: This landmark case seeks to break the risk-reward trade off involved in calculating Capital Cost. The object of the solution must be to minimize project risks while maximizing project opportunities available. We want a rate and a rating system that does not unnecessarily
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Holdings PLC (HSBC) is ranked 46th on the Fortune 500 company listing in 2011 (Fortune 500 2011). With an international presence of offices and establishments in leading financial cities (Scott Mark 2008) such as New York‚ London‚ Zurich‚ Sydney and Tokyo‚ HSBC provides an array of financial services to approximately 89 Million customers. As one of the largest banking and financial service organizations in the world‚ HSBC values their commitment to all their stakeholders (HSBC 2012). HSBC believes
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About HSBC Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. We are the world’s local bank. Headquarter: London Network: HSBC’s international network comprises around 8‚000 offices in 88 countries and territories in Europe‚ the Asia-Pacific region‚ the Americas‚ the Middle East and Africa. Shareholders: With listings on the London‚ Hong Kong‚ New York‚ Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges‚ shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held
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Technology-HSBC Case Study March 10‚ 2012 Professor Shaw Argosy University How has the company chosen to improve its knowledge of customers and therefore its decision making? Analyze the management‚ organization‚ and technology dimensions of the solution. HSBC‚ as with other banks‚ took advantage of many poor consumers looking to own their own home. These consumers had low credit scores‚ are in default or have low income‚ which means there was a higher probability of them not paying back
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Smart Seniors with HSBC programme. HSBC launched Smart Seniors with HSBC programme last month‚ an employment drive designed to give local retirees the opportunity to get “back to work”. The reason for launching this programme is that Hong Kong’s over 60s are due to becomes one of the largest segments of the local population. HSBC recognizes their importance to the community and has designed special services targeting their needs. Target Market Pls take a look of the tables. We can see
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TITLE: HSBC HUMAN RESOURCE MNAGEMENT PRACTICES AND POLICIES IN EAST ASIA FROM: AYANTAYO IBRAHIM ID NUMBER: 1230070 ADDRESSED TO: PAULINE LOEWENBERGER DATE: 5th April‚ 2013 CONTENT PAGE Title page Content page Executive Summary Introduction Literature Review: * Recruitment and Selection * Global talent management * Training and development * High performance work practices * Reward Rewards References EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main focus of implementing human
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based recruiting‚ succession process. HSBC uses some external sources for recruitment. These are: •Internet •Off shoring •College recruiting •Referrals •Advertising Internal recruiting is very high in HSBC. HSBC’s training and development activities are very high in quality so the recruiters emphasize to recruit internal capable candidates for the respective post. HSBC also uses HRIS for succession planning. It also a method of the internal recruitment of HSBC SELECTION HCBC
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