2013 Hong Kong Financial and Banking system Table of content p. Hong Kong Bank System History of Bank in Hong Kong 1 Bank activities 2 Concentration of bank system 2 Bank main activities 2 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) 3 Crisis facing 3 Risk measurement 4 Influence from global financial crisis 4 Hong Kong Financial Markets Stock market 5 Trade organization 6 Blue Chip 7 Shares Percentages 7 The influence of global financial crisis 7 Reference
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Chapter 1 – Why are Financial Institutions (FI) special? * information costs: the aggregation of funds in a FI provides greater incentive to collect information about customers and to monitor their actions. The relatively large size of the FI allows this collection of information to be accomplished at a lower average cost (economies of scale) than would be the case for individuals * liquidity and price risk: FIs provide financial claims to household savers with superior liquidity attributes
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Monash University Semester One Final Examination 2012 Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Accounting and Finance EXAM CODES: AFC2000 TITLE OF PAPER: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS EXAM DURATION: 3 hours READING TIME: 10 minutes SOLUTIONS ONLY SECTION A (20 Marks) In questions requiring a day count convention‚ assume 365 days unless otherwise stated. 1. The term structure of interest rates: *a. describes the relationship between maturity
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recent banking crisis affecting the financial sector are now being observed in the wider economy. In January 2009‚ it was confirmed that the UK is officially in recession as the criteria of two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth has been met. Gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 1.5% in the last three months of 2008 following a 0.6% drop in the previous quarter. Many events leading to the current situation have stemmed from the managerial decisions made within various financial institutions
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Introduction to Financial Management Chapter 5 Risk and Rates of Return FIN 254 (Instructor- Saif Rahman) Introduction to Risk and Return Risk and return are the two most important attributes of an investment. Research has shown that the two are linked in the capital markets and that generally‚ higher returns can only be achieved by taking on greater risk. Risk isn’t just the potential loss of return‚ it is the potential loss of the entire investment itself (loss of
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Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce An open access Internet journal (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce‚ August 2011‚ vol. 16‚ no.2 (http://www.arraydev.com/commerce/jibc/) E-Banking Security Issues – Is There A Solution in Biometrics? Amtul Fatima Scholar‚ Jawaharlal University of Technological studies‚ A.P.‚ India Postal Address: Tallakunta‚ Chandrayangutta x-road‚ Hyderabad -500 005‚A.P.‚ India Email: brackishsea@gmail.com ABSTRACT The
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS’ ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS Aliyev E. V.‚ 3rd year‚ Institute of Economics‚ Management and Environmental Studies‚ Siberian Federal University Supervisor- Berezova K. G. One of the most actual tendencies associated with globalization is a growing influence of multinational corporations (MNCs) on local economical environments. During recent decades‚ Russia turned from an isolated economic unit to a host country for foreign capital flows. Multinational
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ITC e-Choupal Weakness of e-choupal Although e-choupal helps eliminate the middleman and therefore allows farmers to get a better price for what they grow‚ it does nothing to solve the more fundamental problem of the inherent inefficiencies created by so many tiny farms. In addition‚ it relies on infrastructure‚ which is often lacking in rural communities. Electricity and telecommunication services can sometimes be less than 100 percent reliable in some of the places where echoupal has been implemented
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THEATRE ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Afolabi Taiwo Okunola (Department of Theatre & Film Arts‚ University of Jos‚ Nigeria) Abstract The business of theatre management is business of management. It is a culmination of the directive principles‚ canons and protocols governing theatre and management together to form a formidable team which thus makes a theatre entrepreneur. Being a theatre entrepreneur in Nigeria entails many dilemmas‚ challenges and hurdles. Thus
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buy a share of Polaroid stock in the following situations: Your wealth level falls You expect it to appreciate in value The bond market becomes more liquid You expect gold to appreciate in value Prices in the bond market become more volatile (MO1.4) “If stock prices did not follow a random walk‚ there would be unexpected profit opportunities in the market.” Is this statement true‚ false‚ or uncertain? Explain your answer.
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