Explain what is meant by the liquidity of a company. Define two common accounting measures of liquidity. (b) Why is liquidity an important indicator that an investor should consider when analysing share investment opportunities? Answer: 7. a) A company must ensure that it has access to sufficient cash to be able to meet its current commitments and take future advantage of future business opportunities. This is indicated by the company’s level of liquidity‚ that means having ability to
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obligations at all time ? In business‚ economics or investment‚ market liquidity is an asset’s ability to be sold without causing a significant movement in the price and with minimum loss of value. Money‚ or cash‚ is the most liquid asset‚ and can be used immediately to perform economic actions like buying‚ selling‚ or paying debt‚ meeting immediate wants and needs. However‚ currencies‚ even major currencies‚ can suffer loss of market liquidity in large liquidation events. For instance‚ scenarios considering
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assessment of liquidity risk faced by Chinese banking institutions‚ based on calculation of Loan-to-Deposit Ratio and Liquidity Coverage Ratio By Wenbo Zhang & 1317611 A project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA (Hons) International Finance and Banking 08/05/2014 Abstract After the financial crisis occurred in 2007‚ China experienced a rapid recovery period. However‚ the extraordinary development has brought various risks. Liquidity risk is
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high-priority risk types for every business. Financial risk is caused due to market movements and market movements can include host of factors. Based on this‚ financial risk can be classified into various types such as Market Risk‚ Credit Risk‚ Liquidity Risk‚ Operational Risk and Legal Risk. [pic]
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risk or uncertainty of financial loss” (Raghavan 2003). With increasing pressure on banks from shareholders in addition to globalisation and conglomeration this risk is on the rise. This essay will analyse three main types of risk (credit risk‚ liquidity risk‚ interest rate risk) and how the sound management of them is crucial to the banks’ performance. Risk: The first risk to be analysed is credit risk. According to the Basle committee on banking supervision‚ credit risk‚ is defined ‘the potential
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(meaning that it is required that the business pay its obligation on demand from the creditor). Since their liabilities are not callable‚ most businesses can afford to invest in assets that are illiquid. Indeed‚ this is what is known as matching the liquidity of assets and liabilities. Since most business assets are illiquid businesses can afford to hold illiquid assets as well. Historically bank liabilities have been very liquid. Checking accounts are “demand” deposits meaning that banks are required
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advocate an economic approach when calculating transfer prices‚ which accounts for the financial risks inherent in an exposure. We emphasize the importance of designing an FTP framework that addresses funding liquidity risk‚ in light of recent economic events‚ with increased focus on liquidity management. We demonstrate how an economic approach can be used as a means of disaggregating a transfer price into different components and associating appropriate premia to each component. This decomposition
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CAMEL RATING SYSTEM In 1994‚ the RBI established the Board of Financial Supervision (BFS)‚ which operates as a unit of the RBI. The entire supervisory mechanism was realigned to suit the changing needs of a strong and stable financial system. The supervisory jurisdiction of the BFS was slowly extended to the entire financial system barring the capital market institutions and the insurance sector. Its mandate is to strengthen supervision of the financial system by integrating oversight of the activities
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Background Objectives Scope Methodology Limitations Balance Sheet Risk Profile Liquidity Risk Interest Rate Risk Prepayment Risk Credit Risk Reinvestment Risk Event Risk Asset Liability Management (ALM) Team Composition of Asset Liability Management Team Roles and responsibilities of Asset Liability Management (ALM) Team Periodical Meeting Asset Liability Management Flowchart Policy Statement Loan/Fund Ratio Liquidity Contingency Plan Maturity wise Cashflow Statement Maturity wise Interest Rate Profile
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macroeconomic as well as money and banking textbooks provides a straightforward and practical perspective on interest rate determination that can help students navigate the established interest rate theories. Introduction Loanable funds theory‚ liquidity preference theory‚ the IS/LM model’s determination of the interest rate‚ and the more recent general equilibrium-based models of interest rate determination‚ together share the role of interest rate theory in the economics curriculum. Each theory’s
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