FINANCE 2 ASSINGMENT 2011-2012 Nikesh Hindocha (10044607) Part A. Introduction As part of my assignment‚ I have been asked to discuss the following statement “Mergers and acquisitions can be value destroyers or value creators”. A merger can be defined as when two equal businesses in terms of profit margin and status‚ combine in order to become one legal entity. Initially‚ the fundamental reason for this merge is to produce a company that is worth more than the sum of its parts
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Ghauri‚P.and Gronhaug‚K.(2005)‚ Research Methods in Business Studies: A Practical Guide.(3rd Ed)‚Prentice Hall. Goovaerts‚ M.J.‚ Vylder‚F. & Haezendonck (1984)‚ Insurance Premiums. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Hodgin‚R.W Isimoya‚O.A (1999)‚ Fundamentals of Insurance‚ Management Science Publishing Limited. Jean‚ F. O.(1998)‚ Theory and Practice of Insurance‚ Springer. Jessie Scoth (2010)‚ Insurance A Complete Guide. Kohlberg‚ L. (1984)‚ The Philosophy of Moral Development‚ Harper and Row Publishers
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INTERNATIONAL FINNACE: International Finance is an area of financial economics that deals with monetary interactions between two or more countries‚ concerning itself with topics such as currency exchange rates‚ international monetary systems‚ foreign direct investment‚ and issues of international financial management including political risk and foreign exchange risk inherent in managing multinational corporations. OR International finance is the branch of economics that studies the dynamics of
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asset pricing model (CAPM) and the security market line Risk and Return M K Lai Page 2 Introduction to Risk and Return finance can be complicated‚ but it can be reduced to three basic concepts cash flows Risk and Return time value of money risk and return M K Lai building blocks in finance Page 3 Basic Assumptions in Finance people are rational people prefer more wealth to less (higher expected return) people are risk averse investors require compensation
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SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1. Globalization and the Multinational Firm Suggested Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions 3 2. International Monetary System Suggested Answers and Solutions to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems 12 3. Balance of Payments Suggested Answers and Solutions to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems
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Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 was passed to: Establish auditing standards. 4) In general‚ what is changing as you read down the left hand side of a balance sheet? The assets are becoming less liquid. 5) Early in the history of finance‚ an important issue was: Liquidity 6) When shareholder A sells its Ford stock to shareholder B in the secondary market‚ such as on the New York Stock Exchange‚ how much money is received by Ford? Ford will receive nothing. 7) The appropriate
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Question One: What are the potential investment risks involved with interest rate securities? Interest rate securities can be traded on the ASX‚ e.g. floating rate notes‚ convertible notes‚ and hybrid debt securities. This type of security is a form of bond which pays a coupon payment‚ either fixed or floating‚ plus it pays the face value upon maturity. The main risk associated with these securities is that the coupon payment (cash flow) is fixed for the life of the security unless it is a
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The Fundamentals of Macroeconomics Before being able to grasp what economics has to offer it is important to understand the terms and concepts that are frequently used in economic. This paper will consist of two parts‚ part one will explain six terms; gross domestic product (GDP)‚ real GDP‚ nominal GDP‚ unemployment rate‚ inflation rate‚ and finally interest rate. Part two will consist of describing how three economic activities‚ such as purchasing of groceries‚ massive layoff of employees‚ and
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Faculty of Management Technology Accounting & Financial Control Department Corporate Finance for BI FINC505 Chapter -1- The Role of Managerial Finance Problem Sheet -1P1 True/False 1. Financial managers actively manage the financial affairs of many types of business— financial and non-financial‚ private and public‚ for-profit and not-for-profit. 2. In partnerships‚ owners have unlimited liability and may have to cover debts of other less financially sound partners. 3. The board of directors
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PGM 1033 FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT NAME : Muhammad Rahimy Mubin Bin Abdul Ghani. (PTM 120112363) NO.IC : 930316-01-6617 SECTION : 6 NAME LECTURER : Zulrina Efriza Zardi CONTENT TITLE PAGE CONTENT 1 GENERAL MANAGER BIOGRAPHY 2-3 COMPANY PROFILE 4-7 COMPANY
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