Financial Markets‚ Regulations and Ethics Ethics Coursework CFA Institute CASE 1 1. Are excerpts 2 and 3 of Clipper’s compliance procedures consistent with the CFA Standards of Professional Conduct? Why or why not? Manual excerpt point 2: This is partially consistent with CFA Standards of Professional Conduct because IV.C Duties to employers-responsibilities of supervisors states that Members and Candidates must make reasonable efforts to detect and prevent violations of applicable laws‚
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Capital structure describes how a corporation has organized its capital—how it obtains the financial resources with which it operates its business. Businesses adopt various capital structures to meet both internal needs for capital and external requirements for returns on shareholders investments. As shown on its balance sheet‚ a company’s capitalization is constructed from three basic blocks: Long-term debt. By standard accounting definition‚ long-term debt includes obligations that are not
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that the following companies had the lowest sales per employee among the Fortune 500 companies. [20 Marks] | |Company |Sales per Employee ($1000s) |Sales Rank | | |Seagate Technology |$42.20 |285 | | |SSMC | 42.19 |414 |
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Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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let customers view unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows for a monthly fee and has also developed platforms to deliver its titles to Nintendo Wii‚ Xbox 360‚ PlayStation 3‚ and TiVo. Netflix also supports decks from Panasonic‚ Insignia‚ and Seagate‚ and a number of Android and apple mobile devices including the iPad. Most definitely Netflix has a noteworthy aspect of strategy that would sustain its competitive advantage for many years to come. Netflix does not have to do or perhaps little marketing
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A CASE STUDY ON MINISCRIBE CORPORATION July 6‚ 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The case subject revolves around MiniScribe‚ a manufacturer of disk storage products that is under the watch list for rumors directed to the firm’s problems with cash flow and inventory. The objective of the report is to come up with a BUY OR DON’T BUY recommendation for Alexander & Ferris using the available financial and qualitative information. The analysis was conducted by deriving additional information from
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Assignment Print View http://ezto.mhecloud.mcgraw-hill.com/hm.tpx 1. award: 0.50 points The APV method to value a project should be used when the: project’s level of debt is known over the life of the project. project’s target debt to value ratio is constant over the life of the project. project’s debt financing is unknown over the life of the project. Both A and B. Both B and C. 2. award: 1.00 point Calculate the Horizon Value in 2013 for XYZ Manufacturing Company if Free
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industrial sectors in the Top 25." The top five-ranked organizations in 2014 include four that topped the list last year — Apple‚ McDonald’s‚ Amazon and Unilever — plus another familiar leader‚ P&G. Two new companies joined the Top 25 this year with Seagate Technology (No. 20) appearing for the first time and Kimberly-Clark (No. 21) re-emerging after a year’s hiatus. Apple took the No. 1 slot again‚ its seventh year running‚ continuing to outpace everyone else by a wide margin on the composite of financial
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Chapter 11 Organizations as Political Arenas and Political Agents Introduction: Wal-mart Founder: Sam Walton Started in 1945 as proprietor of 2nd best variety store in small Arkansas town Over 2 million associates > 90% of American households shop at Wal-mart Wal-mart effect: multiple ways this organization influences consumers‚ vendors‚ employees‚ community‚ environment Example of Wal-mart’s political influence: disappearing cardboard packaging for deodorants; costing
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www.hbrreprints.org The Leadership Team Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas? by Stephen A. Miles and Michael D. Watkins Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 The Leadership Team: Complementary Strengths or Conflicting Agendas? 10 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications
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