legal business structure which does not have enough capital to support itself due to its lack of equity investors. The financial support for the variable interest entity is provided by an outside source‚ such as another corporation. A variable interest entity is often created by a corporation to serve as a holding company‚ which will hold assets or debt for the creating corporation. A corporation can use such a vehicle to finance an investment without putting the entire firm at risk. In years past
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University of Southern California Global Investors‚ Inc. Teaching Note Purpose of Case This case was written to illustrate a transfer pricing problem in a service setting‚ here an investment management company. The issues and solutions are not as obvious as in a manufacturing setting where one division produces parts that are transferred to another division for further processing. The case is a disguised version of a real conflict in which emotions were running high. The case exposes
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Corporate Governance The Role of Institutional Investors in Promoting Good Corporate Governance Corporate Governance The Role of Institutional Investors in Promoting Good Corporate Governance This work is published on the responsibility of the Secretary-General of the OECD. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries. This document and any map included herein are without
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STUDY 30 ➢ TARGET POPULATION 30 ➢ RESEARCH DESIGN 30 ➢ DATA COLLECTION 31 ➢ QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN 31 ➢ SAMPLING 33 ➢ PROCEDURE FOR DATA COLLECTION 34 • FINDINGS & ANALYSIS 51 • INVESTOR SURVEY ANALYSIS 54 • CONCLUSION 68 • LIMITATIONS 69 • QUESTIONNAIRE 70 • BIBLIOGRAPHY 73 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT On the completion of this project I would like to take this opportunity as a platform to thank all the people who
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Finance Working capital management in heavy engineering firms — A case study Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay An investigation into the effectiveness of working capital management of an organization with particular reference to its short term liquidity and solvency and impact on commercial operations of the organization. I ntroduction : The importance of working capital in any industry needs no special emphasis. Working capital is considered to be life-giving force to an economic entity. Management
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Investor Profiles When it comes to investing‚ it is crucial to determine one’s risk tolerance‚ expectation for capital appreciation‚ income requirements‚ preferred portfolio volatility‚ time horizon‚ and of course‚ the expected overall potential return. These characteristics are generally summed together to form the investor profile of a particular investor. It will allow an individual to make clear of their goals and objectives‚ determine their comfort level with risks and uncertainties‚ as well
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and Cost of Debt Capital for Private Firms: Evidence from Finland Jukka Karjalainen Department of Business University of Eastern Finland April 10‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the perceived audit quality in terms of who audits‚ as well as the audit outcomes in terms of the auditor’s opinion and accruals quality‚ in the pricing of debt capital for privately-held firms by examining a large sample of privately-held Finnish firms. The findings indicate
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The word ‘equity’ can be seen to have a wide range of meanings- to many it is a synonym for ‘fairness’ or justice’. Those within the legal community recognise equity as the body of rules developed and applied by the Court of Chancery; a court previously presided over by the Lord Chancellor with rules developed under his authority. The law of equity developed due to the inflexibility of the common law. Before the development of equity‚ The law was rigid (which was often cited as a weakness) for example
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How Good Are Private Equity Returns? This article by Robert Conroy and Robert Harris researches the historical successfulness of investments in firms from the private sector as opposed to investments in firms traded publicly. The article begins by referencing how private equity investment has grown from what they believe is a correlation to huge management fees‚ reduced transparency and concern over job loss. More institutions are taking this path in search of higher returns and diversification
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facilitate foreign private capital flows in the form of portfolio investments‚ developing countries have been advised to develop their stock markets. It was suggested that these investments would help the stock markets directly through widening investor base and indirectly by compelling local authorities to improve the trading systems. While the volatility associated with portfolio capital flows is well known‚ there is also a concern that foreign institutional investors might introduce distortions
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