A Summary of the case “Coping with Financial and ethical Risks at American International Group (AIG)” Background American International Group‚ Inc. is a company whose operation began back in 1919. It was established back then by Cornelius Vander Starr as an insurance agency in Shanghai‚ China. AIG left china in 1949 after Starr had established himself as the westerner the sell insurance to the Chinese people. AIG headquarters then shifted from china to New York City‚ which is still
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Peregrine Financial Group- Case study Last July 2012‚ a new financial fraud came out and hit the news headline‚ déjà vu‚ perhaps of other famous scandals‚ but not. This time a medium size financial institutions‚ name “ Peregrine Financial Group Inc” accused of shortfall of funds for around $200 million‚ where its CEO‚ Russell Wasendorf managed to misstated financial record for over 20 years‚ and finally in July 2012 filed for Bankruptcy. CEO‚ Russell Wasendorf‚ was no different than others high
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The midnight of August 15‚ 1947 is memorable for every Indian on earth‚ as it is the time‚ when India gained independence from the stranglehold of the mighty British. The otherwise suppressed tri-colored flag of India was given its due respect‚ when it was hoisted in the midnight on the Independence Day. Since then‚ the red-letter day is celebrated with pomp and gaiety‚ across the length and breadth of India. Cultural programs and flag-hoisting ceremonies are the predominant affair of the day‚ while
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AIG American International Group‚ or AIG‚ started out as a company that represented American insurance companies in Shanghai. The company moved on to become a reinsurance company in the United States that would hekp insurance companies disperse their liabilites and therefore aid those companies to grow faster. In 1968‚ Maurice Greenberg took over as CEO and AIG grew and expanded into countries around the world. Today‚ AIG does not only provide reinsurance services anymore but also financial services
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AIG Contents Introduction This report deals with the American International Group (AIG) scandal of 2008. Before the collapse of AIG and its credit reduction‚ AIG was the largest insurer in the world with total annual revenue of $110 billion. On September 2008‚ AIG’s credit rating was downgraded‚ and AIG was without enough collateral for credit default swaps sold to banks around the world forcing AIG to accept a massive federal bailout package from
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Peregrine Financial Group What went wrong? Keller Graduate School of Management August 18‚ 2012 Fraudulent financial reporting has always been and will always be present in the financial world. They are shocking when they come to light and at the same time‚ consumer starts doubting the system that were supposed to be watching out for these frauds. These financial scandal is another reminder of how incompetent government overseers have been at detecting financial fraud and how ill equipped
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Table of content Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 American International Bank background………………………………3 Analysis AIB of the issues……………………………………………………3 - No sound integrated information technology system……………………………………3 - No communication tools between branches ……………………………………………4 Recommendation for AIB……………………………………………………4 Upgrading information technology system………………………………………4 -Database management system…………………………………………………………4 -Vendor technology product solutions for AIB- Database Management
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an overview of financial risk ( A ) The meaning of financial risk Financial risk is the risk of financial performance of all enterprises ‚ the financial activities of enterprises in the process‚ due to a variety of unpredictable or uncontrollable factors that effect ‚ is the company’s actual return and expected return deviation occurs ‚ which may suffer economic losses possibilities. ( Two ) the characteristics of financial risk The occurrence of an enterprise financial risk characteristics
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remains the most common method for conducting banking transactions‚ internet technologies has changed the way personal financial services are designed and delivered to customers. Shih and Fang (2004) describe internet banking as a new type of information system that uses the innovative resources of the internet and WWW (World Wide Web) to enable customers to effect financial activities in virtual space. For example‚ it allows customers to perform a wide range of banking transactions electronically
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3. Coping Strategies – The concept of coping strategies‚ “highlights the active or even proactive role played by the poor in providing for their own sustenance despite their lack of access to resources and services to an adequate income’’ (Schmink‚ 1984 cited in de Haan and Zoomers 2005‚ p.28). To cope with water deficit‚ both women and men were found carrying out a plethora of these strategies‚ with positive as well as negative outcomes. Some of these were noted during field visits. • In village
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