INTRODUCTION Financial Services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance market. Financial Services is also the term used to describe organizations that deal with the management of money. Examples are the Banks‚ investment banks‚ insurance companies‚ credit card companies and stock brokerages. These are the types of firms comprising the market‚ that provide a variety of money and investment related services. Financial services are the largest market resource within the world
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Important Financial Ratios in Investment Analysis Introduction Financial ratios are derived ratio numbers from the financial statements of a company. Depending on the task‚ financial ratios can serve to various purposes in accounting‚ legal‚ M&A uses‚ etc. For investors‚ financial ratios are very powerful in two ways: indentifying the company’s unique competitiveness and evaluating its stock price level. The first part helps investor find a truly valuable company and the second part helps investor
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FINANCIAL RATIOS AND THE STATE OF HEALTH OF NIGERIAN BANKS Onyeiwu Charles University of Lagos‚ Lagos State‚ Nigeria Email: chasonyeiwu@yahoo.com Tel: 2348023206015. And Aliemeke Goodluck Guarranty Trust Bank Plc‚ Nigeria Email:goodluck.aliemeke@gtbank.com Abstract
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A modern financial system: an overview The introduction of money and the development of local markets to trade goods were the genesis of the financial system of today. Money is a medium of exchange that facilitates transactions for goods and services. With wealth being accumulated in the form of money‚ specialised markets developed to enable the efficient transfer of funds from savers (surplus entities) to users of funds (deficit entities). A modern financial system comprises financial institutions
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country around 40% of people lack access to even basic financial services like savings‚ credit and insurance facilities. So an inclusive sector should not only serve the bankable clients‚ but also integrate the "unbankable" clients by making them "bankable". Many actions taken by the government like Nationalizing of Banks‚ 40% of credit targets to priority sector‚ opening of RRBs and LABs‚ etc for past three decades are one form of financial inclusion‚ but still around 80 % of rural households do
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technique”. Critically evaluate this statement. Compare and contrast between MBO and MBE. Pg 85 1.2 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 1. “The profit maximization is not an operationally feasible criteria.” Do you agree? Illustrate your views. Pg 6 2. “The function of Financial Management is to review and control decisions to commit or recommit funds to new or ongoing uses. Thus in addition to raising funds‚ financial Management is directly concerned with production‚ marketing and other functions within an enterprise
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Managing financial resources Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Past Financial Performance of Elim Limited A. Purpose of this Analysis B. The Importance of Standards C. Descriptions of Past Performance 3. Implications of Elim’s Past Performance 4. Information Needs & Its Importance D. List of Decisions E. Information Needs of Different Parties 5. Analysis of Different Strategies F. Cost Control G. New Product Development
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INTRODUCTION - FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS In today’s world of Globalization‚ we are witnessing free trade agreements between different countries‚ international exchanges are multiplying‚ and commercial barriers are falling. Hence competition is measured on global scale. In this wave of globalization‚ financial instruments have been growing at an incredible pace. We are currently witnessing a rapid expansion phenomenon of the use of the financial instruments in the international financial market. These
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------------------------------------------------- Financial Risk Management using Derivatives; A case of selected financial institutions in Uganda ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Abstract The RAP examines the management of financial risks using derivative instruments in the selected financial institutions in Uganda. Three key research
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ros57395_ch01.qxd 12/21/04 2:45 PM Page 1 Part 1 The Global Financial System in Perspective Try to imagine living in a world in which there are no financial institutions‚ no financial markets‚ and no financial assets. In such a world‚ there would be no opportunity to borrow against future income in order to purchase a home or an automobile‚ or to finance an education. Nor would you be able to save some of your current income (and‚ thereby‚ accumulate wealth over time) to handle the future
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