elsevier.com/locate/jfstabil Hedge funds and financial stability: Regulating prime brokers will mitigate systemic risks Michael R. King a‚∗‚ Philipp Maier b‚1 a b Monetary and Economic Department‚ Bank for International Settlements‚ Centralbahnplatz 2‚ CH-4002 Basel‚ Switzerland International Studies Division‚ Bank of Canada‚ 234 Wellington‚ Ottawa‚ Ontario‚ Canada K1A 0G9 a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t We review key characteristics of the hedge fund industry‚ and identify conditions
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LUFTHANSA CASE ANALYSIS Executive Summary Lufthansa CEO Herr Ruhnau was under-fired for his hedging decision on the purchase of 20 Boeing aircrafts which cost Lufthansa an additional DM 225M back in Jan. 1985. Some criticisms are valid to a certain degree given the strict covenants and guidelines Ruhnau had to work against however others are base-less such as forcing Ruhnau to step down as CEO. This case analysis will discuss the hedging alternatives Ruhnau considered‚ the decision that
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Lufthansa Introduction: Lufthansa was launched through the buying of 737 jets from Boeing. They were the first one’s to do so and because of this they are now the leading airline out of Germany (Wikipedia‚ 1). "Lufthansa operates more than 300 aircraft and employs nearly 100‚000 people world-wide. In 2005‚ 51.3 million passengers flew with Lufthansa (Wikipedia‚ 1)." When the jets were bought in 1985 for $500‚000‚000 it was considered a huge mistake. Since Lufthansa was just breaking into
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Pacific and Lufthansa. This report examines each company’s financial performance and also provides recommendation for Malaysia Airlines in creating value for its shareholders. 1.2 Methodology This report adopts an extensive review from Malaysia Airlines annual reports‚ Cathay Pacific annual reports‚ Lufthansa annual reports‚ financial statements of those companies and trade publications. 1.3 Scope The companies discussed in this report are Malaysia Airlines‚ Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa. 1.4 Limitation
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499-020016*201002 Friday‚ December 18‚ 2009 Assignment 5 Lufthanasa 1. What type of international strategy has the company chosen‚ and what means has it used to expand internationally? The type of international strategy that has been chosen by Lufthansa involves four phases‚ where the first three results to a global strategy and the final phase is a strategy monitoring system (2006). The first phase is project definition and mobilization‚ wherein the company reviews its project definition‚ builds
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1. What is the Foreign Exchange Risk faced by the LUFTHANSA? Ruhnau expected if the U.S. dollar continued to appreciate‚ it would reach 3.3DM/USD and at the same time he also personally believed that the DM/USD exchange rate would fall from 3.17DM/USD to between 2.45 and 2.40 DM/USD by January 1986. Unfortunately‚ he was not sure when this depreciation would start. If it did not start before January 1986‚ he felt the U.S. dollar could be as high as 3.40 DM/USD in January 1986. 2. What
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Martina Rohm In-flight Service determines airline passengers’ decision Due to rapid changes and new trends in the aviation business‚ continuous product revision is required to respond to customer demand and to react to increasing competition. Lufthansa Consulting has developed a specialized in-flight service evaluation system which reviews and assesses the onboard product of airlines‚ in detail‚ and can be adapted to particular customer requests. The client receives a comprehensive analysis of
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Executive Summary Lufthansa CEO Herr Ruhnau was under-fired for his hedging decision on the purchase of 20 Boeing aircrafts which cost Lufthansa an additional DM 225M back in Jan. 1985. Some criticisms are valid to a certain degree given the strict covenants and guidelines Ruhnau had to work against however others are base-less such as forcing Ruhnau to step down as CEO. This case analysis will discuss the hedging alternatives Ruhnau considered‚ the decision that was made‚ an analysis of the criticisms
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Management is one of crucial internal factors. If Lufthansa wants to perform in a global way successfully‚ they have‚ firstly‚ to alter their HR strategy along with different cultures or retain some of their own culture and history. In this case‚ HRM systems in Lufthansa will be illustrated in terms of Hagan’s HRM theory‚ which embodied job design‚ staffing issues‚ training and development as well as rewards systems. I. Job design: The subsidiaries of Lufthansa have become more independent to design their
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what means has it used to expand internationally? Lufthansa is one of the three airline companies world-wide‚ whose debt is rated as investment-grade. Since the World War II the industry has never earned its cost of capital over the business cycle and after the deregulation which increasing replaced the government-organized IATA cartel the situation got worse. The airline’s response to that and to globalization was to form alliances. Lufthansa join to the Star Alliance‚ and is the leading probably
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