Indian Capital Markets Since 2003‚ Indian capital markets have been receiving global attention‚ especially from sound investors‚ due to the improving macroeconomic fundamentals. The presence of a great pool of skilled labour and the rapid integration with the world economy increased India’s global competitiveness. No wonder‚ the global ratings agencies Moody’s and Fitch have awarded India with investment grade ratings‚ indicating comparatively lower sovereign risks. The Securities and Exchange
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Economics 31 (2001) 105–231 Capital markets research in accounting$ S.P. Kothari* Sloan School of Management‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02142‚ USA Received 22 November 1999; received in revised form 8 March 2001 Abstract I review empirical research on the relation between capital markets and financial statements. The principal sources of demand for capital markets research in accounting are fundamental analysis and valuation‚ tests of market efficiency‚ and the role of
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Capital market OF Bangladesh 1. Introduction A capital market is a market for securities (debt or equity)‚ where business enterprises (companies) and governments can raise long-term funds. It is defined as a market in which money is provided for periods longer than a year‚ as the raising of short-term funds takes place on other markets (e.g.‚ the money market). The capital market includes the stock market (equity securities) and the bond market (debt). Financial regulators‚ such
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that they are now part of our everyday lives. Form the use of mobile phones to the cars‚ personal computers and their software and even the beverage we drink‚ most of these products are supplied by Multinational companies. Their existence has great impact on our lives. In the world today‚ Multinational enterprises are powerful companies and they own resources in excess that most host countries possess. These companies are so powerful that they turn out to be power centers that can manipulate the host
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Long term finance for corporate and government: The capital market is the market for securities‚ where companies and governments can raise long term funds. Selling stock and selling bonds are two ways to generate capital and long term funds. It provides a new avenue to corporate and government to raise funds for long term. Helps to bridge investment – savings gap: Capital market expand the investment options available in the country‚ which attracts portfolio investments from abroad. Domestic savings
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Capital markets:Meaning: Capital markets are markets where people‚ companies‚ and governments withmore funds than they need (because they save some of their income) transfer those funds to people‚ companies‚ or governments who have a shortage of funds(because they spend more than their income). Stock and bond markets are twomajor capital markets. Capital markets promote economic efficiency bychannelling money from those who do not have an immediate productive use for it to those who do.Capital markets
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STUDY Recent literatures on economic growth asserted that ex-ante development of the financial system facilitate ex-post economic growth (e.g. Rajan and Zingales). In recent time‚ the link between financial market development and economic growth has received much attention in the literatures (King and Levine 1993‚ Rajan and Zingales 1998‚ Calderon and Liu 2002‚ Sunday E. Ewah and Judey Bassey 2004‚ T.S. Osinubi 2000). This is not unexpected as the financial market provides the needed finance which serves
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Performance of Cement Industry in the Capital Market The cement Industry contributes 3.40% of total market capitalization and 3.13% of total turnover as of DSE December 2011 monthly review. Presently‚ six cement companies are listed in the Dhaka Stock Exchange amongst Lafarge Surma cement has the highest paid-up capital of Tk11‚614m and Aramit Cement Ltd‚ on the other hand‚ has the lowest paid-up capital of Tk154m. In terms of market capitalization‚ Lafarge Surma Cement Limited is the highest contributor
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south‚ Cameroun to the east and Benin Republic to the west. Its administrative capital is Abuja‚ and its commercial capital is Lagos. Nigeria is home to diverse mineral and natural resources such as Petroleum‚ Cocoa‚ Rubber and Timber amongst others. Nigeria has an export-based economy with a GDP of $377.6 billion per annum according to 2010 estimates‚ which approximates to $2‚500 per capita‚ and the estimated GDP growth rate is 8.2 %. It holds about $33 billion in foreign reserves. Nigeria’s main
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FDI and Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria By Adeolu B. Ayanwale Department of Agricultural Economics Obafemi Awolowo University Ole-Ife‚ Nigeria AERC Research Paper 165 African Economic Research Consortium‚ Nairobi April 2007 THIS RESEARCH STUDY was supported by a grant from the African Economic Research Consortium. The findings‚ opinions and recommendations are those of the author‚ however‚ and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Consortium‚ its individual members or the
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