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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Abstract A high employee turnover rate‚ where talented employees leave the institution to join other legislatures and government departments‚ has been experienced by the Language Services Section (LSS) of Parliament SA which is part of the Legislative and Oversight Division (LOD). This thesis evaluates why talented employees leave the LSS and explores possible retention strategies to retain talented employees. This was firstly done by reviewing literature on the concept of employee turnover. Secondly
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“A STUDY OF INVESTMENT PREFERENCE IN MUTUAL FUNDS” (With special reference to Birla sun life mutual fund) PROJECT REPORT SYNOPSIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE ON MASTER OF COMMERCE IN FINANCE GROUP H.N.B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY
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EMPLOYEE GRIEVANCES & DISCIPLINE [pic] In industrial context the word grievance is used in industrial context to designate claims by workers of a Trade Union concerning their individual or collective rights under an applicable collective agreement‚ individual contract of employment‚ law‚ regulations‚ work rules‚ custom or usage. Such claims involve questions relating to the interpretation or application of the rules. The term “Grievance” is used in countries to designate this type of claim
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Organization (NGO) called The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) and discussing its relationship to the International Human Rights movement. First‚ we must establish what is an NGO. An NGO is an independent entity which works alongside governments to advocate for Human Rights and related issues. These entities usually work on a voluntary basis‚ and rely on donations from individuals‚ governments or private companies to conduct their business. The Children’s Defense Fund is a private American non-profit child
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Dimensional Fund Advisors 2002 Introduction: Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment firm based in Santa Monica‚ California. It was founded in 1981 by David Booth and Rex Sinquefield. It is a different investment firm which think differently and push the frontiers of innovation. The firm had close working relationships with academics such as Eugene Fama and Kenneth French who introduced the Fama & French three factors model. Fama has worked in DFA since very early days‚ now he is
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their two mantras‚ making them a unique type of investment firm at that time. Their strategy was mainly based on investing in index funds‚ in small stocks (illiquid stocks) and high book value of equity to market value of equity ratio. The last two components were the
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interest SINKING FUND -A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. In the case of bonds‚ incremental paymentsinto the sinking fund can soften the financial impact at maturity. Investors prefer bonds and debentures backed by sinking funds because there is less risk of a default. -is a fund established by a
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A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION TECHNIQUE ADOPTED BY VEE TECHNOLOGIES PVT LTD S.K.DURGA II MBA BHARATHIAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 1 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I endeavoured to bring to light one of the critical ills that inhibit most of the BPOs now. The issue of retention is stressful for most managers. Managing high-performing employees can also be stressful at times. Combine the two and consider the issue of retaining employees and have a recipe
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in the population. According to the definition provided by the United Nations‚ megacities are cities with populations of over 10 million (UNFPA‚ 12). Based on this definition‚ it is expected that the number of megacities in the world will be mostly located in the developing world. However‚ the definition of megacities based on the population size is arbitrary given that the population in any given city changes with context and time. In the ancient times‚ for example‚ Rome‚ which has a population
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