Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management - Case of study: Kaplan Capital Introduction For organisations operating in unpredictable and competitive markets‚ it becomes a challenge for fund managers to create an optimal investment portfolio for their companies and their clients. Fund managers are presented with various prospects in emerging markets‚ equities‚ real estate‚ corporate bonds‚ government bonds‚ hedge funds‚ financial derivatives‚ and other alternative investments options. With
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Unilever’s portfolio Before the analyzed period the brand portfolio of Unilever was characterized by major vertical and horizontal integration processes. The production of low-cost consumer goods required significant control over raw materials. Moreover‚ the production of some goods (e.g. soap) served as a basis for a new business development (chemicals) and related diversification was the managerial decisions. At that time Unilever was also a huge packaging and shipping company. End of 1980s
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(2013)‚ “The hidden cost of fast fashion”‚ Bloomberg Businessweek‚ February 11‚ pp Ehnert‚ I.‚ Harry‚ W. and Zink‚ K.J. (2014)‚ Sustainability and Human Resource Management‚ Springer‚ Heidelberg. Gratton‚ L. (2000)‚ Living Strategy: Putting People at the Centre of Corporate Strategy‚ FT Prentice Hall‚ London. Greenhouse‚ S. (2013)‚ “Bangladesh fears an exodus of apparel firms”‚ The New York Times‚ May 2‚ p Guerci‚ M. and Shani‚ A.B. (2013)‚ “Moving toward stakeholder-based HRM: a perspective of Italian
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about the Samsung Electronics Co. The Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. It is the world’s largest conglomerate by revenue with annual revenue of US$173.4 billion in 2008 and is South Korea’s largest chaebol. The meaning of the Korean word Samsung is "Tri-Star" or "three stars". Samsung Group formed several electronics-related divisions‚ such as Samsung Electronics Devices Co.‚ Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co.‚ Samsung Corning Co
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the demand for handset products‚ from businesses to consumers continues to rise. The question is how handset manufacturers have fit their global marketing strategies to win widespread acceptance as competition intensifies. Thus‚ this analysis highlights Samsung’s recent success as a very typical case in point to the above question. In more focus‚ the purpose of this analysis is to examine: - Samsung handsets’ approach to product‚ pricing‚ distribution and promotion. - Samsung handsets’ future prospects
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Fixed-Income Analysis Lectures 8 and 9: Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Joëlle Miffre 1 Active Bond Portfolio Strategies Market Timing: Trading on Interest Rate Predictions Riding the Yield Curve Timing Bets Based on Interest-Rates Level When Rates are Expected to Decrease When Rates are Expected to Increase: Roll-Over Strategies Bets on Specific Moves of the Yield Curve Barbell‚ Bullet‚ Ladder‚ Butterfly Other Semi-Hedged Strategies: Ladder Hedged against Slope Movement Active Fixed-Income
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two years later‚ would go on to become one of Kolkata’s most venerated landmarks. The Company’s ownership progressively Indianised‚ and the name of the Company was changed to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. In recognition of the Company’s multi-business portfolio encompassing a wide range of businesses - Cigarettes & Tobacco‚ Hotels‚ Information Technology‚ Packaging‚ Paperboards & Specialty Papers‚ Agri-Exports‚ Foods‚ Lifestyle Retailing and Greeting Gifting & Stationery - the full stops in the Company’s
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Chance and Strategy Portfolio Unit Problem The chance and strategy unit problem was to find a strategy for the game Pig that gives you the most points in the long run. The game of pig is where you roll a die for however many rolls as you want to. Each number you roll gets added to your score‚ the person with the highest score wins. However if you roll a one‚ then all the points you won that turn are lost. Content Probability is any fraction or percent going from 0 to 1. There are two
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The new Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park and with offices in Korea and Israel is led by Young Sohn‚ President and Chief Strategy Officer of Device Solutions‚ Samsung Electronics. "We see tremendous opportunities and transformations over the next five years driven by Big Data centered around mobility‚ cloud‚ and the Internet of Things‚ and Samsung will be a significant part of this revolution‚" said Sohn. "This is an exciting opportunity for us to
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 QUESTION ANSWERING 3 1. Question 1 3 2. Question 2 6 SWOT analysis of Samsung 6 TOWS matrix analysis 8 3. Question 3: 8 4. Question 4: 10 Conclusion 11 Executive Summary 11 Personal experiment 11 List of References 13 List of Tables Table 1: Brand ranking by value in 2005 5 Table 2: SWOT of SAMSUNG 7 Table 3: TOWS matrix of SAMSUNG 9 List of Figure Figure 1Brand Value from 2001 -2005 5 INTRODUCTION In every successful business‚ marketing plays an important role
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