INVESTMENT BANKS As with commercial banks‚ investment banks are highly leveraged entities that play important roles in both the primary and secondary markets. Investment banking activities include: • Raising funds through public offerings and private placement of securities. • Trading of securities. • Mergers‚ acquisitions‚ and financial restructuring advising. • Merchant banking. • Securities finance and prime brokerage services. The first role is assisting in the raising of funds by
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program. To what extent do you think the training has achieved a Return on Investment? The training program of Tesco was created to develop their workforce. It gives the opportunity to survey and evaluate their process according to their performance. This method brings the occasion to see if the employees make progress. They can also measure their work and improve it‚ in case of fail‚ concerning the objective that they have and want to achieve. Training is beneficial for both‚ the company and employees
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CASE: Managing Offshore Investments: Who’s Currency?1 The Offshore Investment Fund (OIF) was incorporated in Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ for the sole purpose of allowing U.S. shareholders to invest in Maltese securities. The Fund is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The custodian of the Fund is the Shady Rest Bank and Trust Company of Connecticut (“Shady Rest”)‚ which keeps the accounts of the Fund. The question very quickly arose as to the currency in which the books of the fund were to be
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FCX prior to the acquisition. 2. What was the role of the leveraged finance group at JPMorgan and why was its involvement important to the acquisition? The leveraged finance group was responsible for the analysis behind making the bridge financing commitment to FCX. This was important to the acquisition because the bridge loan enabled FCX to show Phelps Dodge that they were committed to financing them. 3. Describe the forms of risk that an investment bank must consider in relation to acquisition
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Introduction An investment is an exposure of cash that has the objective of producing cash inflows in the future. The worthiness of an investment is measured by how much cash the investment is expected to generate. The analysis of Return on Investment (ROI) is a financial forecasting tool that assists the business manager in evaluating whether a proposed investment opportunity is worthwhile within the context of the company’s business objectives and financial constraints. The investments to be analysed
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the determination of the prices. This unusual reversal is exploited to estimate a Parker effect. We find that‚ on average‚ the effect is equal to 2.80 euros per bottle of wine. We also estimate grade-specific effects‚ and use these estimates to predict what the prices would have been had Parker attended the spring tasting in 2003. Keywords: Expert opinion‚ natural experiment‚ treatment effect‚ Bordeaux wine price. JEL codes: C21‚ D89‚ L15. ∗ We are grateful to Alan Duncan‚ Fabrice Etil´‚ Victor
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INTRODUCTION TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT The Concept of Investment: □ An investment is the current commitment of funds for a period of time in order to derive future benefits. □ Investing involves making a sacrifice in the present consumption in the hope of deriving benefits in the future. □ Every investment decision has two aspects; Risks and Returns: □ Every investor looks to be compensated for; i) Time the funds are committed ii) The expected rate of inflation
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SYH Investments CC Kagiso Media Limited Analyst: Tshepiso Appie Introduction In the following report‚ Kagiso Media Ltd will be evaluated for the inclusion in the investment portfolio of SYH Investments CC. The company and the industry in which the Kagiso Media Ltd (hereafter referred to as Kagiso) operates in shall be described in the report. A fundamental analysis of Kagiso shall also be provided; and it shall be concluded whether Kagiso should be a part of the investment portfolio of SYH Investments
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between AccessLine and other phone company carriers‚ in which AccessLine granted them an exclusive franchise in the market for a set fee. The carriers were permitted to market AccessLine’s service under their own company name. AccessLine also developed partnerships with equipment manufacturers such as Stratus Computer and Motorola‚ also providing them with a franchise in exchange for funding. However AccessLine’s growth prompted the need for larger investments. Thus‚ in 1994‚ AccessLine diversified
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INVESTMENT •ALTERNATIVES •CLASSIFICATION •APPROACHES DMP-INVESTMENT MGT Investment Vs. Speculation INVESTOR • PLANNING HORIZON • RISK DISPOSITION • RETURN EXPECTATION • BASIS FOR DECISIONS • LEVERAGE LONG MODERATE MODEST FUNDAMENTAL NO DMP-INVESTMENT MGT SPECULATOR SHORT HIGH HIGH TECHNICAL HIGH Investment Alternatives Investm ent A venues N onm arketable Financial A ssets B onds E quity Shares M oney M arket Instrum ents M utual Fund Schem es R eal E state L ife Insurance
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