INTRODUCTION Financial derivatives have crept into the nation ’s popular economic vocabulary on a wave of recent publicity about serious financial losses suffered by municipal governments‚ well-known corporations‚ banks and mutual funds that had invested in these products. Congress has held hearings on derivatives and financial commentators have spoken at length on the topic. Derivatives‚ however remain a type of financial instrument that few of us understand and fewer still fully appreciate‚ although
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Introduction How often do you see in the news that a rogue trader has been arrested? In this research project‚ we will aim to study unauthorised trading and assess how it influences investment banking general. The research will also help us have an improved mastery and a better understanding in the field of investment banking with a broader view of the repercussions faced by rogue traders‚ and also the full extent of the consequences the banks involved must assume and try to solve. We will also investigate
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| | | Group Members:Yimeng (Emon) CHEN-A1169382Wenjing (Nancy) LAI – A1169890Yeqing LIN (Lyn) – A1169406Xutianli LIU(Cherry) – A1169401Xinxin NI (Cecilia) – A1169836 | | | May 2009 | | Financial Institutions Management II Group Assignment Project I: Performance Analysis Project II: Risk Analysis The year 2008 has seen extraordinary influences on the financial institutions. The original melt-down in the sub-prime market affect the credit market globally and severely‚ which
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1. Introduction A new report has shown that almost half of the Asia-Pacific companies are confident of their internal fraud controls (Singapore Press Holdings Limited 2005). But here’s the fact: Only 16 per cent of economic crimes in the region were detected by risk-management systems. In fact‚ the vast majority of incidences of economic crime were detected by accident‚ tip-off‚ and internal and external audit (PriceWaterhouse Coopers 2003). Here in the case study of Informatics Group (Singapore)
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Beth Leeson AC1304501 Assignment 7 SP180 Principles of Public Speaking 07/15/2013 Good Afternoon. I want to thank you all for coming out and spending the time with me to go over the topic of Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones Nationwide While Driving Should be Mandatory. Okay‚ I see we have a mixed group here‚ I see some young folks‚ some middle aged folks and above. That’s great. Do we have any lawyers or doctors out there? How about the young group? Waiting on a job or a date
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Group of Thirty‚ 1993. Irving‚ Richard. “Beyond Barings‚” Risk‚ vol. 8 (April 1995)‚ p. 6. Kawaller‚ Ira. “Hedging with Futures Contracts: Going the Extra Mile‚” Journal of Cash Management‚ vol. 6 (July/August 1986)‚ pp. 34–36. Mark‚ Jeremy. “With Leeson in Singapore Prison‚ Focus Shifts to Barings Executives‚” The Wall Street Journal‚ December 4‚ 1995. McGee‚ Suzanne. “Nineteen U.S. Exchanges To Share Data on Dealings‚” The Wall Street Journal‚ September 6‚ 1995a. . “New U.S. Futures Chief Is Crafting
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References: Accountancy‚ 2012. Audit thresholds under review. Accountancy Magazine. January 2012 edition‚ pp57. BBC News‚ 1999. Business: The economy. How Leeson Broke the Bank. Retrieved from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/375259.stm [Cited 19 January 2012] Bruce R‚ 2011 Companies House‚ 2011. About Us. Retrieved from: http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk//about/functionsHistory.shtml [Cited 13 January
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Number: Qianhui MA(1223583) Date of Submission: 14th Jan 2013 Words: 1441 Agency Theory and Corporate Governance Introduction In 26th February 1995‚ the Barings Bank‚ one of the oldest banks of the United Kingdom was declared bankrupt. Nick Leeson‚ the trader of the bank in Singapore had lost $1.4 billion on derivatives trading while the bank reported capital was only about $600 million. The Bank of England had to close Barings‚ also known as the Queen’s bank since it was used by Elizabeth
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National University of Singapore ACC3602 Managerial Planning and Control Systems Aloha 1. What should be Aloha’s competitive strategy? Low cost? It is difficult for Aloha to compete with the industry giants like Nestle‚ P&G and Phillips Morris on low cost. The reason is simple - volume. These industry giants have much higher volume than Aloha and enjoy a tremendous advantage in economies of scale. It is probably suicidal for Aloha to try to adopt a low cost strategy. It will probably
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