Barings Bank Case Study 1. Nick Lessons sold numerous short straddles for each long futures contract he bought because he need the cash created by the premiums he received by selling the short straddles. Lesson’s needed large sums of cash to fund his margin calls‚ which forced him to sell disproportionate numbers of short straddles for each long future position he took. 2. The doubling strategy allowed Leeson’s the opportunity to recoup losses suffered ‚ which required him to double his bets
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(1). The primary problem at the Sunshine Center is that Reverent Andrew appointed someone with no basic knowledge on how to manage the daily financial operation. That is why there are no financial reports and/or summaries of the cash flows. Barb has no clue on how to balance the center’s budget and didn’t keep track of bank reports and transactions; as a result‚ it was not clear where all the money went. (2). There are 5 components in the COSO Framework: Risk assessment‚ Control environment‚
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Mercedes Oliva HW 2 1. What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives was to trade futures on the Nikkei 225 stock index and the Japanese government bonds. This strategy would have either provided huge gains or huge losses. This went completely against what Barings was expecting him to do. He opened a secret trading account to avoid being caught. 2. What went wrong that caused his strategy to
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CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENTS BARING BANKS AND NICK LEESON QUESTION : 1. What are the major reason behind the collapse of Barings bank? ANSWER : The major reason behind the collapse of Barings bank was caused by the largest earthquake that destroyed the part of Kobe City on 17 January 1995‚ where the Nikkei index fell sharply. This incident caused Barings Bank collapsed in 1995 due to high the loss‚ which is very far above their capital. This was due to not being able to meet the obligations of trading
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A Rogue Trader at Societe Generale Roils the World Financial System Most Important Facts Surrounding the Case Societe Generale alias SocGen is one of the oldest and recognized financial firms in France and worldwide. SocGen employs more than 130‚000 workers and has 22.5 million customers all over the world. The company is a leader in Corporate and investment banking‚ retail banking and financial services‚ and global investment management services. In the
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A Rogue Trader at Societe Generale Roils the World Financial System. 1. What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? System vulnerabilities Computer crime: using computers as instruments of crime to defraud the bank‚ customers‚ and other financial institutions Internal threats from employees: Jerome Kerviel has access to privileged information; he was able to run through the organizations system without leaving a trace Business value of security and control: Organizations can
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cultural perspectives have been identified‚ these include: the integration perspective‚ ambiguity perspective‚ as well as the differentiation perspective. The Strength of the cultural perspectives that is described in NAB: Cultural Change Program: Integration Perspective at NAB: this is the most widely applied cultural change perspective. It may be reflected in highly visible and tangible manner all through the organization. It should be noted that there has to be accord in the entire firm and
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WBC/NAB Comparison WBC has a higher Average ROE of 17.93% compared to NAB’s Average ROE of 16.03% during the 5 year duration period from 2003-2007. This is due to WBC’s ROA of 1.09% being higher than NAB’s ROA of 1.05%. While profitability of WBC is higher than NAB’s‚ NAB’s financial leverage was greater than WBC’s thus producing a higher ROE. NAB also has a higher Net Income compared to WBC. WBC has a higher Average Expense Multiplier of 16.42 compared to NAB of 15.31 as WBC has lower operating
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Rogue Waves For centuries‚ mariners have spread stories about giant sudden waves which appeared out of nowhere without warning which were strong enough to capsize even the mightiest and largest ships. Several vessels—such as the S.S. Waratah‚ the M.S. Munchen‚ and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald—were all rumored to have been sunk by rogue waves (Walsh par. 3). Further‚ rogue waves have been blamed for ripping the bow off of a Norwegian freighter near the tip of South Africa in 1974‚ almost capsizing
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College Abstract National Australia Bank’s (NAB) foreign currency options desk is located in Melbourne. Its senior staff members were found guilty of unprincipled practices causing $350 million in losses in one year‚ which led to the imprisonment of a few senior traders due to securities violations. Several executives‚ including the chief executive and chairman‚ lost their jobs as a result of events that led up to the crisis. Prior to this‚ junior trader Dennis Gentilin had been aware that his boss
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