INTRODUCTION Financial Services basically mean all those kinds of services provided in financial terms where the essential commodity is money. These services include: leasing‚ hire purchase‚ consumer credit‚ investment banking‚ commercial banking‚ venture capital‚ insurance‚ credit rating‚ bill discounting‚ and mutual funds ‚ stock broking‚ housing finance‚ vehicle finance‚ mortgages and car loans‚ factoring among other things. Various entities that provide these services are
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Throughout the world‚ countries engage in international trade every day. The result of international trade is that it produces mutual benefits among the countries that are involved. However‚ when a country engages in trade protection‚ it hurts both the domestic consumers and foreign export industries. Three arguments that are used to promote trade barriers are the national security argument‚ the infant industry argument‚ and the dumping argument. Although these three arguments have their pros‚ such
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place overseas. When The World Trade Center was attacked using a car bomb in 1993‚ terrorism was brought upon the door steps of Americans. What was once a headline on the daily news has now became a reality in the life of the American citizen. An essential element in the strategy for the war on terrorism is to dismantle or disrupt the financial network used by terrorist. After the September 11 attack the Federal Government took several steps to combat terrorist financing‚ resulting with "More than $140
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Debt and equity are essentially the ways in which companies can raise capital. Debt financing is when a company takes out a loan that generally has a defined time period and interest rate attached to the transaction. Debt financing include loans‚ leases‚ bank overdrafts and terms of trade. Next‚ equity financing is when a company issues shares to the other investors which can be the general public or investment companies. These shares represent ownership of the company to the extent of the shares
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Summery Islamic Mode of Financing in other Countries (Malaysia‚ Iran‚ Sudan‚ Saudi Arabia) Introduction Islamic banking and finance may not be a totally new concept‚ the widespread expansion of this form of banking is certainly a fairly recent phenomena. There are more than 600 Islamic banking institutions and these institutions not only operate in Muslim countries‚ but have also gained footing in non-Muslim countries. Consensus forecasts expect the asset size of global IFSI to hit US$2 trillion
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high residual value of cars and the second hand car market‚ which enables other forms of financing beyond pure unsecured loans. Car finance arose because the price of cars was out of the reach of individual purchasers without borrowing the money. The funding for personal car finance is provided either by a retail bank or a specialist car financing company. Some car manufacturers own their own car financing arms‚ such as Ford with the Ford Motor Credit Company and General Motors with its GMAC Financial
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Off-balance Sheet Financing Vehicles – Restructuring Problems When something collapses‚ there are always some things to blame on; and for the financial crisis erupted August 2007‚ people blamed it on off-balance sheet financing vehicles. Special purpose entities (SPEs)‚ structured investment vehicles (SIVs)‚ or variable interest entities (VIE) are different terms used for “off-balance sheet financing” practices that banks had used to hide their debts until the recent market meltdown. This paper
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It is critical that people take responsibility for solving problems that affect their community so that everyone will have a better world to live in. It is lucid through several examples from literature such as 1984 and historical figures such as Rosa Parks and Peter Benenson that people must take responsibility to solve problems in their communities. In the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ the main character‚ Winston‚ takes the responsibility of fighting against the oppressive government under which
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This means of financing has developed rapidly in the decades of sixties and seventies. At present this means of financing gained considerable importance due to its wide variety of applications and has gained a substantial increase in the sheer volume of transactions. Although this type of financing can be for long term‚ most lease financing is for periods of less than ten years. Under the subject of finance our concern is with financial leases rather than with operating leases. Hence we will study
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Risk Financing Risk imposes costs in two broad forms – loss costs and the costs of uncertainty. Risk financing attempts to mitigate the impact of these costs by structuring the availability of funds to pay claims‚ aid recovery and enable the organization to maintain financial stability as it moves forward towards its mission. How risk financing occurs can vary. At one end of the scale‚ fully self-insured entities retain responsibility and‚ if risk-related costs arise‚ the entity directly bears those
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