Barings Bank & the “Rogue Trader” Founded in 1762‚ Barings Bank (previously known as Baring Brothers & Co.) was the oldest merchant banking company in England. Barings collapsed on February 26‚ 1995 as the result of the activities of one of its traders‚ Nick Leeson‚ who lost $1.4 billion by investing in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) with primarily derivative securities. This was actually the second time the bank had been faced with bankruptcy. Following the collapse‚ Barings
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dealing of illegal drugs‚ drunk driving‚ and bank robbery. Crime is an act that has been timeless and committed practically since the start of time. "Daddy‚ when are you going to buy a new car?" I asked my father‚ looking at my old car. "Very soon"‚ my dad said. It was a Monday morning‚ and I was having summer vacation. My dad took out his cheque book and wrote something on it. I asked him what was he writing. He told me that he was going to the bank for cash to buy a new car. I asked him if I
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PAPER NO. - 204 SPATIAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS IInd SEMESTER TERM PAPER ON CENTRAL AMERICAN COMMON MARKET Submitted By: Aman Kumar Saini Kamlesh Singh Kirti Lohani Md. Safir Ahmad Neharika Poumita Das Purva Bhalla Ram Kumar Dan Ritu Gautam Sheena Tangri Tarini Mishra Pradeep Kumar Sharma CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Member States 3. Historical Background 4. Economic Background 5. Aims & Objectives 6. CACM Free Trade Agreement 7. Success &
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This is damn serious! Really Russell? According to an undisclosed news source‚ rapper Azealia Banks claimed something that is unexpected. It’s not good news‚ but it’s really bad. She claimed that legendary and well-respected actor Russell Crowe just assaulted and choked her in his hotel room. Not only that‚ he even called her a "N****R"‚ choked and threw her out. She even said that the men in his room allowed it and felt terrible on that day. She can’t believe that none of those men are going to
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IDBI BANK LIMITED Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter/ half year ended September 30‚ 2013 ( ₹ in Lacs) Sr. No. Particulars Quarter Ended September June 30‚ 30‚ 2013 2013 (Reviewed) 1 (a) (b) (c) (d) 2 3 4 5 (i) (ii) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (a) (b) (c) (d) (v) 18 19 (a) (b) Interest earned (a)+(b)+(c)+(d) Interest/discount on advances/bills Income on investments Interest on balances with Reserve Bank
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| Daiwa Bank | A Case Study | | Background and History Daiwa Bank‚ or Osaka Nomura Bank as it was first called‚ was founded in 1918 in Osaka‚ Japan by Tokushichi Nomura. It was created mainly to take advantage of the new capital Japan had amassed from foreign commercial ventures and domestic industrialization. Its securities division experienced huge growth in volume and profits that it almost functioned as different entity. Japanese industry spectacularly grew in the 1930s‚ but after
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value and the issue price‚ is the cost of borrowing to the issuer and the gain for the buyer of the P note. The roles of the parties to a P-note issue are dealers and lead managers. Most P-note issue is done by major commercial banks‚ investment banks and merchant banks. The lead manager would arrange for a dealer panel of market participants. The roles of the dealers are to distribute the notes in the market and to have good success with investors and to also oversee a secondary market for the
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Why do banks and other financial intermediaries exist in modern society‚according to the theory of finance? There are multiple approaches to answering this question. The traditional view of banks as financial intermediaries sees them as simultaneously fulfilling the financial-service needs of savers (surplusspending units) and borrowers (deficit-spending units)‚ providing both a supply of credit and a supply of liquid assets. A newer view sees banks as delegated monitors who assess and evaluate
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking‚ credit cards‚ corporate banking‚ investment banking‚ wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe‚ the Americas‚ Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking‚ Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs nearly 147‚000 people. Barclays moves‚ lends‚ invests‚ protects money for more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide
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None of the options is correct 2. ROE for a bank is calculated by: A. dividing net after-tax income by total equity capital. B. dividing total operating revenue less operating expenses by total assets. C. dividing net pre-tax income by total equity capital. D. noninterest income less noninterest expenses divided by total earning assets. E. None of the options is correct. 3. The employee productivity ratio for a bank is equal to: A. net operating revenue less
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