Discuss the importance of direct and indirect financing for the flow-of-funds function of the financial system. Bottom of Form Content Page 1. Executive Summary 4 2. Introduction 5 3. Flow of funds 5 4. Direct Financing 6 4.1 Advantages 7 4.2 Disadvantages 8 5. Indirect financing 9 5.1 Advantages 9 5.2 Disadvantages 11 6. Global Financial Crisis 11 7. Conclusion 12 8. Referencing and citation 14 9. Appendix 16 1. Executive Summary This report mainly
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A financial market is a market in which people and entities can trade financial securities‚ commodities‚ and other fungible items of value at low transaction costs and at prices that reflect supply and demand. Securities include stocks and bonds‚ and commodities include precious metals or agricultural goods. There are both general markets (where many commodities are traded) and specialized markets (where only one commodity is traded). Markets work by placing many interested buyers and sellers‚ including
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The Primary Purpose Of Financial Markets. Borrowers and lenders of funds use financial markets for buying necessary goods or for saving. Borrowers (or deficit units) require funds and this is provided by lenders (or surplus units). Generally deficit units will require large amounts of funding for buying goods such as cars or houses‚ however most surplus units will not have enough money to lend out to them standalone. Because of this‚ a financial institution is used to facilitate the flow of funds
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bond in August for a period of 6 months. Zero-coupon bond of similar quality is currently yielding 4%‚ a cost‚ which the treasurer finds acceptabl(e) The treasurer is of the view that interest rate will rise before the company will issue the debt‚ hence will increase the cost of debt. So to hedge the interest rate risk the treasurer decided to hedge the risk using September Eurodollar futures contract. September 90-day Eurodollar futures contracts are currently trading at 96.25. You are required
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Discuss the effectiveness of using interest rates to control the rate of inflation. In 1997 the Bank of England was given independence over monetary policy in the UK. It was given the role of setting interest rates on a monthly basis for the purpose of achieving an inflation target of 2% (+/-1%) as measured by the CPI. The diagram above shows a short run aggregate supply curve and how an increase in interest rates may affect it. If the change is successful consumption‚ investment‚ and exports
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Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap In 1983‚ both B.F. Goodrich and Rabobank needed to execute external financing in order to raise 50 million dollars for ongoing operations. Goodrich wanted to raise the money through debt financing‚ but because their bonds were BBB- rated‚ they would have to pay a steep interest rate for a fixed rate. However‚ the Solomon brothers had an idea. Goodrich could borrow with a floating rate that was tied to LIBOR and then swap interest payments with a Euromarket
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Financial Institutions and Markets 2.1 Outline the roles of the various monetary authorities that regulate the Australian financial system. What is the role of Council of Financial Regulators? In Australia‚ the role of monetary authorities is split between three independent statutory agencies with specific responsibilities in the Australian financial sector: 1. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)‚ Australia’s central bank‚ is responsible for monetary policy‚ systemic stability and the payments
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Lim Jun Xian Clarence Ph: 81118338 Business Computing 1 ISYS 2059 Lim Jun Xian Clarence s9104475G Presents: MONTEGO BAY APARTMENTS Workshop Lecturer: Dr Lawrence Sim Workshop Timing: 12-3pm (Note: Windows 7) * 1 Executive Summary 3 2 Body 3 2.1 Why create the spreadsheet? 3 2.2 What the spreadsheet says. 4 2.3 The What If Analysis 6 3 Appendices 8 4 Conclusion/Recommendations 9 * Executive Summary The
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1) A $100 deposit today that earns an annual interest rate of 10% is worth how much at the end of two years? Assume all interest received at the end of the first year is reinvested the second year. 2) An investment of $100 today is worth $116.64 at the end of two years if it earns an annual interest rate of 8%. How much interest is earned in the first year and how much in the second year of this investment? 3) Which of the following investments has a larger future value? A $100 investment
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Part I – Relation between BI rate and banks interest rate A. BI rate We take the BI rate‚ as the variable being estimated‚ from the period of 2006 until 2012. We then take the average rate in each year‚ rather than taking the rate in each month. As a note to the year 2012‚ we take the average rate that ranges only from January until August. Figure 1. BI rate (Percent per Annum) Source : Indonesian Financial Statistics‚ Bank of Indonesia‚ http://www.bi.go.id/web/en/Statistik/Statistik+
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