AFF5230 Questions for Workshop 4 Ratings- Week 5: Syndicate 1 1. Identify the key reasons why did the rating agencies fail? 2. CRA assign sovereign ratings to countries. Why is sovereign risk important? Why should countries care about their sovereign debt rating? Included in your description must be a definition of sovereign risk and a list of the determining factors that affect sovereign risk 3. Summarise the recent changes implemented by the Dodd Frank Act‚ with regards to CRA
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[pic] BE413 International Business Environment 1st Assignment 2009-10 (Module weight: 45%) 1) Compare and contrast two theories of international trade‚ of which one must be a ‘classical’ theory. Please explain the logic and evidence for each theory and what you think are its strengths and weaknesses‚ drawing on the sources recommended by the BE413 module. Word limit: 1000 words. 2) From the perspective of the two theories chosen for part 1 above‚ examine whether the strike action that
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capital market and securitization business‚ but also relies on the reforms in its financial system. Over the past 14 years‚ the development of Hong Kong basically followed the process of gradual relaxation of financial regulations and enhancement of supervision‚ which led to a more free‚ open and resilient market. More importantly‚ these ‘relaxation and enhancement’ reforms further improved financial sector’s capital and operational efficiency‚ largely because the development of capital markets broadened
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stating precisely what you don’t know. Popular Conceptions: Facts Demographics Census Counts Product Sales Touchdowns in American Football Runs scored in British Cricket Economic Projections Sales Forecasts Market Projections Consumer Price Index Probability Odds Gambling “Lies‚ Damned Lies‚ and Statistics” (Mark Twain) Actually‚ “Statistics” encompasses all of the above Popular Concept: You can prove anything
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1. How ICT affects developed countries In developed countries‚ people have enough money to purchase the latest equipment and gadgets. They are also highly knowledgeable as they have money to spend on training to improve their skills. Due to CAD and CAM software‚ work is becoming more efficient. The medicine field is also advancing and new cures to diseases (Eg: cure for HIV) are being found due to the improvement of technology. The number of crimes (Eg: identity theft‚ hacking‚ credit card fraud)
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Case Problem 1: Measuring Stock Market Risk As indicated by the case study S&P 500 index was use as a measure of the total return for the stock market. Our standard deviation of the total return was used as a one measure of the risk of an individual stock. Also betas for individual stocks are determined by simple linear regression. The variables were: total return for the stock as the dependent variable and independent variable is the total return for the stock. Since the descriptive
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[pic] BАBS Legal environment of business Home Assignment Seminar leader: Margit Racz Student name: Nurlаn S. Kurmаlаyеv Contents 1. Introduction………………………………..……………..…….…………3 2. The constitutional order of Hungary……..……………..…………..…….3 1. Legislation…………………………..…………..………………… 3 2. Execution tasks……….......................................................................3 3. Judicial power…………………….……………..….……………...4 3. The constitutional order
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Short Notes on Environment versus Heredity‚ Optimist versus Pessimistic‚ Reactive vs Proactive Environment versus Heredity this refers to the same as nature versus nurture. Nature refers to heredity: the genetic makeup or "genotypes" referring to information that is encoded and imprinted in a person’s Deoxyribonucleic acid otherwise called DNA. The notion of nature‚ therefore‚ refers to the biologically prescribed tendencies and capabilities individuals possess‚ which may unfold themselves throughout
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1. What environmental issues does the New Belgium Brewing Company work to address? How has NBB taken a strategic approach to addressing these issues? Why do you think the company has chosen to focus on environmental issues? New Belgium Brewing strives to reduce negative impact on the natural environment through cost-efficient energy-saving alternatives. New Belgium Brewing commissioned a study found that their largest amount of carbon dioxide actually came from the coal-fuelled power plant that
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