Documentary letter of credit When a buyer in one country wants to pay a seller abroad he asks his bank to «issue» or to «open» a letter of credit. It means that the buyer’s bank issues a documentary letter of credit. It is an agreement with banks‚ made by a buyer‚ provided certain conditions are fulfilled. The issuing bank asks its correspondent bank — usually in the seller’s country — to advise and confirm the credit. The advising bank informs the seller that the credit has been opened. As soon
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of leading French direct marketer 3 Suisses international. Before 1981‚ 3 Suisses offered its customers a payment card managed by Cetelem. That was used for 12% of catalog sales. However‚ unless 3 Suisses agreed to pay Cetelem FF 5 million per year‚ new restrictive credit regulations in France were forcing Cetelem to withdraw in 1981. 1n 1982 after two unsuccessful attempts at accruing a small bank‚ 3 Suisses international decided to create an independent credit company called Cofidis. Cofidis was
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SOURCES OF SHORT TERM FUNDS Referring to any investment‚ financial plan‚ or anything else lasting for one year or less. Short term investments and financial plans usually involve less uncertainty than long-term investments and financial plans because‚ generally speaking‚ market trends are more easily predictable for one year than for any longer period. Likewise‚ short-term financial plans are more easily amendable as a result of the short time frame. Short-term financial plans usually involve investing
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the mutual funds and their influence on funds’ performance on the example of Centras Securities Investment Company Instructor: M Mujibul Haque‚ Ph.D. Prepared by: Jumasheva Sulushash‚ 20070299 Sergey Savinykh‚ 20074290 Fall 2009 Table of Contents Acknowledgement 3 Introduction 4 1. Investment opportunities in Kazakhstan 5 2. Mutual funds in the world
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No-Load Mutual Funds Mutual funds can be classified into two types - Load mutual funds and No-Load mutual funds. Load funds are those funds that charge commission at the time of purchase or redemption. They can be further subdivided into (1) Front-end load funds and (2) Back-end load funds. Front-end load funds charge commission at the time of purchase and back-end load funds charge commission at the time of redemption. Large cap funds Large cap funds are those mutual funds‚ which seek capital
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defaulting on their loans. When people started defaulting this caused lenders to toughen their credit criteria for people requesting loans. The mortgage companies had to make the criteria tougher because they were not receiving funds from households. Due to them not receiving funds‚ the interest rates for mortgages rose; this allowed the mortgage companies to still receive a profit. According to the Loanable Funds theory‚ mortgage companies such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae had to raise their interest
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INVESTIGATING MUTUAL FUNDS IN GHANA: IT’S RISK‚ RETURN AND PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT Over the years‚ investors have been attracted to mutual funds. This study seeks to do an-depth analysis of the Ghanaian mutual fund industry between the years 2006 and 2010. An exhaustive literature review on mutual funds and portfolio diversification will be conducted. An assessment of the performance of mutual funds will be done using the Sharpe and Sortino ratios as well as the Jensen Alpha. Comparisons will be made
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“Comparative Study on Performance Evaluation of Mutual Fund Schemes and Equity of Indian Companies” A MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) SUBMITTED BY GAURANG SHAH UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. HARDIK SHAH CENTRE FOR MANAGEMENT STUDIES DHARMSINH DESAI UNIVERSITY NADIAD
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The Risk and Return of Venture Capital John H. Cochrane1 Graduate School of Business‚ University of Chicago March 19‚ 2004 School of Business‚ University of Chicago‚ 1101 E. 58th St. Chicago IL 60637‚ 773 702 3059‚ john.cochrane@gsb.uchicago.edu. I am grateful to Susan Woodward‚ who suggested the idea of a selection-bias correction for venture capital returns‚ and who also made many useful comments and suggestions. I gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Shawn Blosser‚ who assembled the
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Running head: Credit Agricole and BP Credit Agricole PARIS (AFP) – French bank Credit Agricole‚ one of the biggest European banks by capitalisation‚ reported a doubling of net profit to 1.0 billion euros ($1.42 billion) in the first quarter‚ on Friday. The price of shares in the bank showed a gain of 1.40 percent to 11.23 euros in a market up 0.57 percent overall. The outcome‚ marking an increase of 112 percent from the result 12 months ago‚ was in line with average estimates of analysts as
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