Crisis management: framework incorporating quality issues Introduction The 2007-09 financial crisis was the most serious such event since the Great Depression. The crisis manifested itself in credit losses‚ write-downs‚ liquidity shocks‚ deflated property values‚ and a contraction of the real economy. The sharp contraction in U.S. gross domestic product in 2009 traced to the adverse effects of the crisis on household consumption and business Investments. In the housing sector‚ banks took advantage
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1. Risk arbitrage strategy suggests that upon the announcement of M&A the target company’s stock typically trades at a discount to the price offered by the acquiring company. The arbitrageur is trying to profit from this spread. If the merger is successful‚ the arbitrageur captures the arbitrage spread. However‚ if the merger fails‚ the arbitrageur incurs a loss. There are two basic types of mergers‚ cash mergers and stock mergers. In a cash merger‚ the
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David Maciejko Case Brief for Bill Miller and Value Trust In 2005 mutual funds were the fastest growing investment vehicle in the United States. Bill Miller is considered one of the greatest mutual fund managers of all time‚ since 1982 he defied the odds by consistently creating returns with his investments that outperformed the S&P index fourteen years in a row. There have been investors who created better returns in a year‚ but none have come close to have long term returns like his. The
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INTRODUCTION Financial Services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance market. Financial Services is also the term used to describe organizations that deal with the management of money. Examples are the Banks‚ investment banks‚ insurance companies‚ credit card companies and stock brokerages. These are the types of firms comprising the market‚ that provide a variety of money and investment related services. Financial services are the largest market resource within the world
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Performance of Mutual Funds Case study of SBI & HDFC Bank Mrs.Gazal Aggarwal** Mrs Meenu Kaur* Introduction The last three decades of 20th Century witnessed the emergence of a number of issues that spared debates and discussion among economist. Financial sector is the major area of macro economy that has received renewed focus in recent years; the banking sector has been the cynosure of academia. The traditional face of banking is also undergoing a change from that of a mere intermediator
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IRJC International Journal of Marketing‚ Financial Services & Management Research Vol.1 Issue 7‚ July 2012‚ ISSN 2277 3622 A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MUTUAL FUND SCHEMES IN INDIA DR. SARITA BAHL*; MEENAKSHI RANI** *Associate Professor‚ P.G Department of Commerce and Management‚ Arya College‚ Ludhiana. **Research Scholar‚ Department of Commerce‚ Kurukshetra University‚ Kurukshetra‚ Haryana. ABSTRACT The present paper investigates the performance of 29 open-ended‚ growth-oriented equity schemes
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set up by Government of India in 1988‚ it acquired statutory form in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 Functions and Responsibilities SEBI has to be responsive to the needs of three groups‚which constitute the market: the issuers of securities the investors the market intermediaries. SEBI has three functions rolled into one body quasi-legislative‚ quasi-judicial and quasi-executive. It drafts regulations in its legislative capacity‚ it conducts investigation and enforcement action in its executive
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Comparatives Study Between Mutual Funds Offer by HDFC and ICICI Companies Name: Rajesh Godara (2008 -2010) Title: Comparatives Study Between Mutual Funds Offer by HDFC and ICICI Companies Objectives: * To analyze the concept and parameters of Mutual Fund * To project Mutual Fund as the ‘productive avenue’ for investing activities. * To show the wide range of investment options available in Mutual Funds by explaining its various schemes. * Tell about the ratios Sharpe’s ratio
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The Blackstone IPO 1. If you were a fund LP how would you view the structure Blackstone has put in place to go public? IPO offered Blackstone certain advantages: - Access to the capital markets‚ as a new source of funds. - Blackstone could also use its own stock for the acquisitions. - It changed compensation structure and provided more incentives to junior management and help to keep top employees motivated long-term. Blackstone decided to adopt the MLP
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The purpose of this assignment is to select a step in the accounting cycle that is not currently automated at one of our team members ’ organization. The place of business we have selected is an independent financial brokerage firm‚ LPL Financial. The firm places a strong emphasis on the recruiting of established financial advisors throughout the country. When a financial advisor joins LPL Financial‚ so does their clients. One of our team member ’s works in the transfer department. The transfer
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