FINANCIAL MARKETS AND EXPORT FINANCING SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL BUSSINESS PROFFESSOR: SEHER RAJANI GROUP MEMBERS ANKIT PREMANI 26 BHAKTI THAKKER 43 JAINY SHAH 33 NIYATI SHAH 34 PALLAKH SAWHNEY 32 ZISHAN SIDDIQUI 37 SR NO | TITLE | PAGE NO | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 4-5 | 2. | FINANCIAL MARKET | 6-10 | 3. | ROLE OF FM | 11 | 4. | FUNCTIONS OF FM
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During the second half of 1997‚ and beginning in Thailand‚ currencies and stock markets plunged across East Asia‚ while hundreds of banks‚ builders‚ and manufacturers went bankrupt. The Thai baht‚ Indonesian rupiah‚ Malaysian ringgit‚ Philippine peso‚ and nouth Korean won depreciated by 40% to 80% apiece. All this happened despite the fact that Asia’s fundamentals looked good: low inflation‚ balanced budgets‚ well-run central banks‚ high domestic savings‚ strong export industries‚ a large and growing
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Hard Water How can water be hard? Well‚ it can‚ but maybe not in the sense that one would think. Hard water refers to water with dissolved calcium and magnesium ions in it. Rainwater is naturally soft‚ but when the water runs through the ground or over rocks causing erosion‚ calcium and magnesium ions can be easily picked up. Most people prefer hard water to soft water for drinking‚ because the ions are good for you‚ and because soft water leaves a “dry” taste in one’s mouth (1‚2). Big businesses
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CHAPTER 14 INTEREST RATE AND CURRENCY SWAPS SUGGESTED ANSWERS AND SOLUTIONS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS QUESTIONS 1. Describe the difference between a swap broker and a swap dealer. Answer: A swap broker arranges a swap between two counterparties for a fee without taking a risk position in the swap. A swap dealer is a market maker of swaps and assumes a risk position in matching opposite sides of a swap and in assuring that each counterparty fulfills its contractual obligation
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Soft drinks. A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage typically containing water often carbonated water and a flavoring agent. Many of these beverages are sweetened by the addition of sugar or high fructose They may also contain ingredients such as caffeine and fruit juice. They are called "soft" in contrast to "hard drinks"that is‚ alcoholic beverages. Small amounts of alcohol may be present in a soft drink‚ but the alcohol content generally must be less than 0.5% of the total volume if the drink
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------------------------------------------------- Introduction The 50-bn-rupee soft drink industry is growing now at 6 to 7% annually. In India‚ Coke and Pepsi have a combined market share of around 95% directly or through franchisees. Campa Cola has a 1% share‚ and the rest is divided among local players. Industry watchers say‚ fake products also account for a good share of the balance. There are about 110 soft drink producing units (60% being owned by Indian bottlers) in the country‚ employing
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Soft drinks in India – Huge Potential Ahead According to the ‘Product Insights: Soft Drinks in India’ report‚ The global soft drinks market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.45% from 2005 to 2009 and was valued at $494.5 billion in 2009. New product launches in the global soft drinks market increased by 8.59% in 2009. The US was the top country by retail sales as well as by number of new product launches‚ followed by Japan which ranked second in both categories. Globally‚ India ranked
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ISSN 0825-5822 The texts published in the series "Cahiers du CETAI" are solely the responsibility of their authors. Cahier de recherche THE NONORTHODOX CURRENCY BOARDS: THE CASE OF BULGARIA Nikolay NENOVSKY* and Kalin HRISTOV* 2001-01 January 2001 * Bulgarian National Bank‚ Research Department; University of National and World Economy‚ Department of Finance‚ Sofia‚ Bulgaria. Copyright © 2001. Centre d’études en administration internationale (CETAI)‚ École des Hautes Études commerciales
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Soft Drink Tax I am a very concerned parent because I don’t want my child drinking soft drinks and being unhealthy. My opinion is that they should introduce a soft drink tax to help people. I think if they do introduce a soft drink tax people wont be drinking soft drinks that regularly and will stop buying them. What responsible parent would put 16 teaspoons of sugar on their child’s cereal? This is what we are letting them consume when we give a child a 600ml soft drink‚ which contains 16 teaspoons
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Carry Trades and Currency Crashes Markus K. Brunnermeier‚ Princeton University‚ NBER‚ and CEPR Stefan Nagel‚ Stanford University and NBER Lasse H. Pedersen‚ New York University‚ NBER‚ and CEPR I. Introduction This paper studies crash risk of currencies for funding‐constrained speculators in an attempt to shed new light on the major currency puzzles. Our starting point is the currency carry trade‚ which consists of selling low interest rate currencies—“funding currencies”—and investing in
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