Mary Political Economy January 10‚ 2010 Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Pose a Security Threat to Western States? Sovereign wealth funds have been on the international economic scene since the middle of the 20th century. The Kuwait Investment Authority‚ for example‚ was created in 1953. (Lyons‚ p.25) However‚ until lately they had gone either unnoticed or ignored by the majority of political commentators. Several factors have brought them to the center of attention in economic and political
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Topic: Insider Threat Detection and Management ABSTRACT Insider threats are considered as one of the most serious security problems in many studies and have received considerable attention among organizations over the world. This report will present the term “insider” and “insider threats” in cyber security‚ motives and effects of insider threats‚ underlying issues and causes of insider threats‚ prevention and detection of insider threats and management of insider threats within the organizations
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Q1‚ While pension funds hold bonds as their asset‚ they also have obligations as liability. Lower interest rate‚ namely a lower discount rate‚ on one hand‚ increases bonds’ return‚ on the other hand‚ it also increase pension funds’ liabilities‚ which is the discounted value of future obligations. Moreover‚ bonds in asset side are usually in shorter term than long-term liabilities‚ and therefore are less sensitive to interest rate change. As a result‚ the increase in liability exceeds the value increase
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A pension fund shall be a pool of assets‚ established under a contract and not having legal personality‚ owned jointly by several persons in a partial ownership and the ownership shares represented by units in the pension fund. Each unit shall represent the ownership of a proportional part of the assets held in the pension fund structure. The pension fund shall be managed by a management company according to a pension fund contract with the unit-holders‚ with the objective to increase the
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Threat of substitutes The threat of substitutes means that a product identical or similar with other product which same characteristics product we found easily. The industry is less attractive when the threat of substitutes is high. In this case‚ we need to produce different product compared to the other firm to attract consumer to buy from us. Our firm threat of substitutes is medium as we are producing the plus sizes of clothing for men and women. In this industry‚ although there are several brand
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development of stock markets through a corporate governance channel‚ i.e. pension funds become large shareholders of publicly traded firms and therefore have the incentives to monitor managers and improve investor protections. This paper reviews the literature on the corporate governance channel associated with pension reforms in developing countries‚ and asks what we know and need to know about it. We know that pension funds are not yet large shareholders of publicly traded firms in developing countries
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INSTRUCTIONS to candidates AS ESSAY – Scly1 Family/Households - 24marks – 24 minutes i.e. 2-2.5 pages average sized handwriting (2 pages typed) (AO1-14 & AO2-10) ADD your Name/Option Group to the header Size 12 font/calibri Email a copy to MY. Print /submit hard copy to your sociology teacher NB: Type your essay below‚ using as many of the concepts/issues and sources from the MS below. Cut/paste the words into your essay so that you can see the areas that you have missed. Unit1
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Liberty Mutual M&A of SAFECO May 9‚ 2014 Company Profile Liberty Mutual Insurance Group is an American based global insurer that was founded in 1912‚ located out of Boston‚ Massachusetts. Liberty Mutual was created shortly after Massachusetts’s legislation passed a law requiring employers to protect their employees with workers’ compensation benefits. Liberty Mutual was established as a mutual company‚ which means it works on the behalf of its policyholders. With this type
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Cyber Threats Roger Larew SEC 402 Informational Warfare February 16‚ 2011 Before we get into the major cyber terrorism threats that we all have to deal with I wanted to first define what cyber terrorism is. According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ cyber terrorism is any premeditated‚ politically motivated attack against information‚ computer systems‚ computer programs‚ and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents
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The Most Imminent Threat that Texas Faces Like most states‚ Texas faces a host of problems; that stem from both cultural and environment issues‚ but unlike most states Texas is a state that shares a 1‚254-mile long border with Mexico‚ a country that has their massive problems. Geography alone has provided Texas with problems that are difficult in the best of times‚ but in this age of a huge drug problem in the United States along with the rise of international terrorism‚ those problems have grown
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