Debt Policy at UST 1. How well is UST doing? * UST has been doing extremely well. Revenues and earnings are growing at 9% and 11% respectively. * Named by Forbes as one of the top companies in terms of profitability. ROC‚ ROE and GPM one of the industry highest. * Paying back generous dividends of $2.2b and repurchasing $2b from 1988 to 1998. * However‚ they seem to be losing market share in the premium market to competitors and have not been able to make an impact in the
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Investment Risk in Stock Market Securities Introduction: Stories of people making fortunes from the securities market have enticed many others into risky investments. Congress created the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to protect investors. Many corporation managers became greedy and made self-serving decisions that created the principle-agent problems. The solutions for these problems lead to more unethical behavior from management. The creative use of financial statements even tricked
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7 Transfer Pricing LEARNING OBJECTIVES : After studying this chapter students will understand. * Purpose of transfer pricing * Responsibility of a division as responsibility centre * Conflicts between the divisions * Setting of transfer price where the profit of the organisation can be higher. 7.1 Introduction The whole organisation can be divided into a number of divisions‚ the performance of each division can be measured in terms of both the income earned and the
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the banks are aggressively pursuing their marketing strategy to take hold of new segments with purpose to discover new opportunities because the tremendous market competition makes the companies feel constantly improve their marketing mix. Thus‚ offering innovative products and service in the market are remarkably increasing. Consumer loan‚ credit card‚ online banking‚ mobile banking‚ ATM card etc are some of the outcomes of this continuous innovation and improvement. The technological innovations make
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International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management Emerald Article: Financial market risk and gold investment in an emerging market: the case of Malaysia Mansor H. Ibrahim Article information: To cite this document: Mansor H. Ibrahim‚ (2012)‚"Financial market risk and gold investment in an emerging market: the case of Malaysia"‚ International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management‚ Vol. 5 Iss: 1 pp. 25 - 34 Permanent link to this document:
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monetary shocks considered are shocks to the interest rate reaction function equal to 1% compared to the steady-state value for one year. The temporary scal policy shocks correspond to an increase in spending or a decline in revenue for the government of 1% of the baseline GDP‚ for two years. A permanent shock‚ instead‚ consists on a permanent increase in government spending equal to 1% of the steady-state GDP. Benchmark Case: Response to Interest Rate Shocks The authors
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Economic stimulus using low interest rates – a fantasy or reality? Low interest rates are observed in developed economies as an attempt to discourage savings and encouraging borrowing from banks or other financial institutions . It further aims to create wealth for citizens‚ while boosting consumer and investor confidence. The economy is believed to grow and inflation to increase when interest rates are low. On the other hand‚ high interest rates cause consumer spending to decrease‚ putting a hold
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Introduction Transfer pricing is one of the key factors of a management control system‚ which helps a company to achieve its goals‚ including profit maximization and tax minimization. There are several methods of setting transfer prices among profit centers within the same organization. Each profit center tries to set transfer prices which maximize their own profit. The buying and selling profit centers’ profits are largely affected by transfer prices. For example‚ when a high transfer price is charged
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I. CREDIT OVERVIEW Credit is derived from the Latin word “credo” meaning “I believe.” Credit is when goods‚ services‚ or money is received in exchange for a promise to pay a definite sum of money at a future date. The lender “trusts” the borrower to repay the money. A lender is the person or organization who has the resources to provide the individual with a loan. A borrower is the person or organization that is receiving the money from the lender. When the privilege of borrowing has been extended
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Credit Rating (CR) as financial service‚ has come a long way‚ since John Moody first introduced the concept 1909. In India it started in 1988. Credit rating is has been used to rate debt instrument viz. Fixed Deposit‚ Commercial Paper Credit rating is a technique of credit risk valuation for the corporate debt instruments reflecting borrower’s expected capability and inclination to pay interest and principal in a timely manner. * In evaluation both qualitative and quantitative criteria are
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