Insider dealing in Hong Kong Although insider dealing has been a criminal offence under section 291 of Chapter 571‚ Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO) in Hong Kong since 2003‚ the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) was initially slow to prosecute offenders‚ commencing its first criminal insider dealing prosecution only in January 2008. Factors to be considered to commence criminal proceedings In deciding whether to commence criminal proceedings against an alleged insider dealer
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Case Questions Case #5 – Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital 1. Are the four components of Marriott’s financial strategy consistent with its growth objective? 2. How does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? 3. What is the weighted average cost of capital for Marriott Corporation? a. What risk free rate and risk premium did you use to calculate the cost of equity? b. How did you measure Marriott’s cost of debt? 4. If Marriott used a single corporate
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Chapter 8 The Cost of Capital 236 CHAPTER 8—THE COST OF CAPITAL TRUE/FALSE 1. Capital refers to items on the right-hand side of a firm’s balance sheet. 2. The component costs of capital are market-determined variables in as much as they are based on investors’ required returns. 3. The cost of debt is equal to one minus the marginal tax rate multiplied by the coupon rate on outstanding debt. 4. The cost of issuing preferred stock by a corporation must be adjusted to an after-tax
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Understanding corporate value: managing and reporting intellectual capital Intellectual capital Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Definitions of intellectual capital 6 2.1 2.2 Classifications of intellectual capital Why is intellectual capital so difficult to measure? 3 IC measurement 8 Generic models 3.1 Balanced scorecard 3.2 Performance prism 3.3 Knowledge assets map approach Individual company models 3.4 The Skandia navigator 3.5 Ericsson’s cockpit communicator
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1. List the ideal role of each financial intermediary Here the answers are not including the information intermediaries since we can differentiate intermediaries into two types in the capital market‚ one is financial intermediaries such as venture capital firms‚ banks‚ mutual funds‚ and insurance companies‚ and the other is information intermediaries such as auditors‚ financial analysts‚ bond-rating agencies‚ and the financial press. a) Venture Capitalists (VCs) There are several types of
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Capital One Financial Corporation 1. How is Capital One’s use of IT different from other mass customization strategies? Capital One uses IT through its information-based strategy (IBS) to “record‚ organize‚ and analyze data on the characteristics and behaviors of their customers‚” as stated by CEO Richard Fairbank. Their philosophy was to exploit information by constructing scientific models that could be used to both assess the creditworthiness of potential cardholders through
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Reasons for Voluntary Attrition in Credit Cards at Citibank Pakistan for the period Jan. ’10 to Jun. ’10. Prepared for Mr. Sibghatullah Hussaini Submitted by Ahmed Hassan July 28‚ 2010 Sponsor’s Name/Client Professor Sibghatullah Hussaini‚ Faculty Member‚ IBA. Advanced and Applied Business Research‚ Summer 2010 Contact Person Same as above Background 1) Industry/Category In today’s competitive credit card market card cancellations or “voluntary attrition” is a genuine
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Capital Valuation FIN419 May 22‚ 2012 Dan O’Shea Capital Valuation Write a 1‚050- to 1‚750-word paper in which you justify the current market price of the organization’s debt‚ if any‚ and equity‚ using various capital valuation models. Complete the following in your paper: The valuation of a company is planning‚ making decisions‚ and strategy. A way of building confidence and worth in a company is by putting a value on it‚ so that it shows sustainability. We will use the P&G annual report
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CHAPTER 1 The Basic Theory of Human Capital 1. General Issues One of the most important ideas in labor economics is to think of the set of marketable skills of workers as a form of capital in which workers make a variety of investments. This perspective is important in understanding both investment incentives‚ and the structure of wages and earnings. Loosely speaking‚ human capital corresponds to any stock of knowledge or characteristics the worker has (either innate or acquired) that contributes
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LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE EMERGING CHURCH: TRUTH OR DARE? A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. JAMES WOODDELL IN FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE THEO 510 ONLINE LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY BY MILTON T. MOHR (STUDENT ID#24580889) LYNCHBURG‚ VIRGINIA August 18‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 The Whos and What of the Emerging Church Movement-------------------------------------3
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