Financial Markets‚ Regulations and Ethics Ethics Coursework CFA Institute CASE 1 1. Are excerpts 2 and 3 of Clipper’s compliance procedures consistent with the CFA Standards of Professional Conduct? Why or why not? Manual excerpt point 2: This is partially consistent with CFA Standards of Professional Conduct because IV.C Duties to employers-responsibilities of supervisors states that Members and Candidates must make reasonable efforts to detect and prevent violations of applicable laws‚
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Capital structure describes how a corporation has organized its capital—how it obtains the financial resources with which it operates its business. Businesses adopt various capital structures to meet both internal needs for capital and external requirements for returns on shareholders investments. As shown on its balance sheet‚ a company’s capitalization is constructed from three basic blocks: Long-term debt. By standard accounting definition‚ long-term debt includes obligations that are not
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Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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Assignment Print View http://ezto.mhecloud.mcgraw-hill.com/hm.tpx 1. award: 0.50 points The APV method to value a project should be used when the: project’s level of debt is known over the life of the project. project’s target debt to value ratio is constant over the life of the project. project’s debt financing is unknown over the life of the project. Both A and B. Both B and C. 2. award: 1.00 point Calculate the Horizon Value in 2013 for XYZ Manufacturing Company if Free
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Chapter 11 Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents Introduction: Wal-mart Founder: Sam Walton Started in 1945 as proprietor of 2nd best variety store in small Arkansas town Over 2 million associates > 90% of American households shop at Wal-mart Wal-mart effect: multiple ways this organization influences consumers‚ vendors‚ employees‚ community‚ environment Example of Wal-mart’s political influence: disappearing cardboard packaging for deodorants; costing
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why not? TPG strategy is to invest in undervalued firms’ that usually have been poorly managed. The investments are made in privately hold firms that are either unlisted from the beginning or that is being delisted from the stock exchange under the LBO process. TPG wants to invest in firms with a “healthy” basis but that are experience some problems that TPG believes’ that they can fix. Does Ducati live up to this? TGP has the opportunity‚ if the deal goes through‚ to purchase a controlling stake
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The Mission Mission which indicates the purpose and activities of the business‚ for example‚ The following table contrasts hard and soft mission statements. Hard | Soft | What business is/does Primary products/services Key processes & technologies Main customer groups Primary markets/segments Principal channels/outlets | Reason for existence Competitive advantages Unique/distinctive features Important philosophical/social issues Image‚ quality‚ style‚ standards Stakeholder
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syndication. • In general‚ institutional investment in loans tended to concentrate in the leveraged segment of the market; i.e.‚ loans to non- investment-grade firms or non-rated firms with high committed or outstanding leverage including financings of LBOs. • In 2007‚ institutional investors funded 62% of primary leveraged loan issuance. That same year‚ leveraged lending represented 41% of the overall syndicated loan issuance.d Market Conditions (II) • According to Standard & Poor’s‚ CLOs represented
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lived the dream for a few years then skedaddled after getting the Associate promotion. Investment banks’ primary businesses are: Raising capital for corporations‚ governments or other financial institutions (Stock or bond offerings‚ loans for LBOs‚ e.g.). Old powerful banks like Salomon Bros.‚ JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs all got started doing this. Making markets in all sorts of securities‚ from stocks and bonds to CDSs and futures (so-called "Sales & trading"). Every bulge bracket plus hundreds
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Private Equity Alert January 2009 Weil News n n n n n n n n The 2009 Edition of Best Lawyers in America named our following partners in the areas of Leveraged Buyouts‚ Private Equity Law or Private Funds Law: Christopher Aidun‚ David Duffell‚ Shukie Grossman‚ David Kreisler‚ Steven Peck‚ Charles Robins‚ Jay Tabor‚ Jeffrey Tabak‚ Doug Warner‚ Glenn West‚ James Westra and Barry Wolf Weil Gotshal advised Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. in connection with the management buyout of Neuberger
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