Kauffman in 1998. It is a leading global alternative asset fund with approximately $29.9 billion in assets under management (AUM) as of March 31‚ 2007. They have three core business Private equity funds Hedge funds Publicly traded vehicles- Castles Castles- $ 3Bn Hedge fund$9.6Bn Private equity fund- $ 17.5Bn STRATEGYStrong Investment Performance Expand our Investment Products STRENGTHPresence in world market Good investment return Strong investor relation around 650 investors
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Grace Winston Reed 4/5/2013 Market Data | Friday‚ April 5‚ 6:34 PM Symbol | Price | Change | APA | 74.20 | -0.80 (-1.07%) | Brent | 104.33 | +0.21 (+0.20%) | WTI | 93.05 | +0.35 (+0.38%) | Natural Gas | 4.14 | +0.01 (+0.34%) | | Case: Risk Management at Apache Apache Corporation‚ an independent oil and gas exploration and production company founded in 1954 by Raymond Plank whose primary focus was to profit in oil. Their initial investor ’s capital of $250‚000 in 1954 rose
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NewGrade Energy Case Study Summary of the company: The case study of NewGrade Energy is based on data analysis from 2009. A privately owned company located in Regina‚ Saskatchewan that operates heavy oil upgrader‚ The Company’s ownership structure consists of the Government of Saskatchewan and Federated Co-Operatives Limited each owning 100% of the company and Crown Investment Corporation (CIC) and Consumer’s Co-Operative Refineries Limited (CCRL) both owning 50% (Ivey‚ 2009). At the time
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Case study: FIAT GROUP’S FIRST-TIME ADOPTION OF IFRS Question 1: What is Fiat’s key accounting policies? Which of Fiat’s key accounting policies are affected by the adoption of IFRS? a. Fiat’s key accounting policies: The Fiat Group has a tendency of engaging in financing accountings mechanism‚ selling a significant part of its finance‚ trade and tax receivables through either securitization programs or factoring transactions b. Fiat’s key accounting policies are affected by the adoption of
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CASE STUDY: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND THE FALL OF ENRON Introduction to the Enron Case Enron was one of the world’s leading energy traders born from deregulation of these markets in certain US states. It rapidly grew and the world followed suit. It was nominated ‘World’s Most Innovative Large Corporation’ six years in row and valued at 64 times its earnings and 6 times its book value. It had one of the highest paid CEOs in the world in 2000. It led an aggressive and apparently effective expansion
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JOT CASE STUDY Our Management Team has conducted an in-depth comprehensive review of various issues currently being faced by the management of Jot and to make recommendations. We have carried out an in-depth review of the operations and segmented our recommendations under the broad heads of Operational‚ Financial and Strategic Issues. We have used various management tools such as SWOC Analysis‚ PEST Analysis‚ DMUU‚ Long-Term Planning using 8Q Planning tools to assist in our analysis. Operational
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INTRODUCTION JetBlue Airways is a low-cost passenger airline that provides customer service primarily on point-to-point routes. JetBlue offers its customers a quality product with young‚ fuel-efficient aircraft‚ leather seats‚ free in-flight-- (24-Channel live television via satellite Direct TV‚ Thompson et al. p C-53)--entertainment at every seat‚ pre-assigned seating and reliable performance. JetBlue. . As of Dec 31 2008‚ serves 52 destinations in 19 states‚ Puerto Rico‚ Mexico‚ and five countries
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Advanced Corporate Case 2 – Tianjin Plastics Executive Summary Although business risk is low due to contractual obligations‚ and so is financing risk (despite high debt levels)‚ Tianjin Plastics project carries material currency risk‚ both for its cash flows as well as dollar-profitability of Maple‚ the main sponsor. However‚ this should not turn the project unprofitable. Broadly defined political/country risk must be considered and accepted by Maple‚ if project is to happen. Hedge possibilities for
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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personal selling activities‚ and the marketing area. • To gain an understanding of the role of the sales force in achieving of the firm’s marketing objectives. • To develop an understanding of sales practices through the analysis of numerous case-based sales management issues‚ including hiring‚ firing‚ training‚ motivating‚ compensating‚ and evaluating sales personnel. • To develop decision-making skills and analytic capabilities around the development and management of both the sales
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