I hope to report back to the FSA on the reasons why financial services require regulation – rules and directions made and enforced by an authorising body – and the consequences that occur if they are not followed. Various issues will be covered including ethics; moral principles that a person or a group of people abide by‚ regulation; rules or directions maintained by an authorising body and law; rules that are enforced by a particular country where penalties and fines are issued If the rules are
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Was the financial crisis‚ which led to the austerity measures now being followed by the coalition government‚ caused by investment bankers or by government? A lot of economists stated that the recent financial crisis was the worst crisis since Great Depression‚ which resulted in the collapse of a number of large financial institutions followed by the government’s bailout and austerity measures. It has affected billions of people globally‚ which made bankers and politicians very unpopular. Though
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general and its information technology sector in particular when he confessed fraud running into millions of dollars in a letter he wrote to the company’s board of directors (Ramachandran‚ 2009). This report is going to focus on‚ an overview of the events that happened in Satyam‚ its consequences on Satyam’s stakeholders‚ the auditors involved and their role in the scam and the current situation of those responsible for the fraud. OVERVIEW OF EVENTS IN SATYAM FROM 1987-2009 Raju formed Satyam in 1987
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1. Introduction A new report has shown that almost half of the Asia-Pacific companies are confident of their internal fraud controls (Singapore Press Holdings Limited 2005). But here’s the fact: Only 16 per cent of economic crimes in the region were detected by risk-management systems. In fact‚ the vast majority of incidences of economic crime were detected by accident‚ tip-off‚ and internal and external audit (PriceWaterhouse Coopers 2003). Here in the case study of Informatics Group (Singapore)
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Current Ratio * A liquidity ratio that measures a company’s ability to pay short term obligations. Current Ratio 2011 Current Assets Current Liabilities 35‚343‚809 35‚774‚652 =0.99 The ratio of 0.99: 1 means that for every ringgit of current liabilities‚ Hwa Tai has RM0.99 of current assets. Current Ratio 2010 Current Assets Current Liabilities 36‚746‚539 37‚634‚489 =0.98 * The ratio of 0.98 : 1 means that for every ringgit of current
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Financial Institution In financial economics‚ a financial institution is an institution that provides financial services for its clients or members. Probably the most important financial service provided by financial institutions is acting as financial intermediaries. Most financial institutions are regulated by the government. Broadly speaking‚ there are three major types of financial institutions: Depositary Institutions : Deposit-taking institutions that accept and manage deposits and make loans
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QUESTION 1 i. Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liability = $ 14‚651‚000/$ 19‚639‚000 = 0.750 ii. Quick Ratio = (Current Assets – Inventory) / Current Liability = ($ 14‚651‚000 – $ 6‚136‚000) / $ 19‚539‚000 = 0.436 iii. Total Assets Turnover = Sales/Total Assets = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 108‚615‚000 = 1.540 iv. Inventory Turnover = COGS/Inventory = $ 117‚910‚000/$ 6‚136‚000 = 19.216 v. Receivable Turnover = Sales/Account Receivables = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 5‚473
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gula Regulation of Financial Markets BA (Hons) Business Management Word Count: 2750 ------------------------------------------------- Q: Explain the main reasons why financial markets are regulated? To what extent do you think that recent problems in the financial markets are the result of too little regulation? Introduction: Since the inception of this world‚ people are following rules in one way or the other. Every aspect of our lives follows a pattern. The best patterns and practices
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Financial Market and Financial Instruments Market is simply defined as an area for potential exchanges. Thus market is a group of buyers and sellers interested in negotiating the terms of purchase or sales of goods and services. Similarly‚ financial market is that market is traded- loaned or borrowed-in-terms of different financial assets or instruments stocks and bonds are traded. "Securities" means shares‚ stock‚ bond‚ debenture‚ debenture stock issued by a corporate body or a certificate to unit
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Azham Md. Ali Due to the outbreak of financial scandals involving Bursa Malaysia listed companies Transmile and Megan Media‚ it may be argued that 2007 was a “challenging” year for the auditing profession in Malaysia. The “ripple” effect of the scandals caused turbulence in the auditing industry which spilled over to 2008 when the auditing profession was once again in the limelight‚ in the case of Oilcorp Berhad. he negative publicity connected with these financial scandals could very easily damage
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