Specific considerations that would have to be made by a Chief Financial Officer working with a non-profit organization with respect to borrowing and depositing monies in Triodos Bank.
Essay - 3 pages - Accounting
Identification The development of Triodos Bank is one that has notable implications for the development of both the banking and nonprofit or voluntary sector. With the ability to match investments with deposits in an environmentally friendly manner, the organization has created a positive...
The World Bank
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Political science
It is truly shocking the controversy that is stirred by the World Bank. What is even more shocking is how truly complex the group's operations actually are. With novels being published written strictly about “The Case Against the World Bank” (Danaher), it is probably...
Bank of America
Essay - 17 pages - Business strategy
Background Information History of the Company Bank of America is one of the oldest and largest banks in the United States. With its home office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Bank of America is the third-largest commercial bank in terms of assets. Additionally, the...
Investment Banking
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Investment banking activities make up the majority of bank's services. Investment bankers are responsible for generating customers, introduce them with the kind of services available by ascertaining their financial needs and manage their accounts. However, unlike typical banking...
Overview of the World Bank organization, the positive contributions that the organization has made to the development of Third World countries, and the specific policies that have been criticized by world leaders
Essay - 9 pages - Government finance
The World Bank was created in the aftermath of World War II with the intention of helping all countries in Europe rebuild in a positive and prosperous manner. Since this time, the World Bank has undergone many changes and refocused its strategies for development. Today, the World...
Rapport de stage "State Street Bank"
Internship report - 7 pages - Finance
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a sovereign state of 2 500 square kilometers bordered by Belgium, France and Germany. It has a population of over 455 000 of which 38.6 % are foreigners. The city of Luxembourg has a population of 77 300. Each working day, over 117 000 cross-border workers travel...
Is the fragmentation of International Law a pathological phenomenon or the sign of a healthy pluralism?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement of 1944 emphasizes that the World Bank must disregard political factors and solely base its decisions and operation on economic grounds. Highlighting that the consent-based nature of the international...
Panel Data Analysis - Empirical Financial Modelling
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Finance
We formulate the following three hypotheses after reading the literature: H1: There is a positive relationship between bank loans and ROAA. H2: There is a negative relationship between bank loans and the business climate dBSI. H3: There is a positive relationship between bank...
The Digital Transformation of BNP Paribas
Case study - 15 pages - Bank marketing
This report will focus on a traditional French bank: BNP Paribas. Indeed, the objective will be to take a look at its evolution since its creation and how it has adapted to the evolution of technology. Faced with a growing Fintech industry, it is interesting to understand how BNP Paribas...
Financial Market and Sustainable / Green Finance
Dissertation - 18 pages - Finance
In April 2022, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report focusing on the mitigation of climate change. The experts underline the emergency of a new way of life in order to limit global warming to 1,5°C. To respect the agreement taken during the COP 21, the IPCC proposes...
Financial tools and reflection - Presentation of an investment plan
Case study - 2 pages - Finance
Depositors earn interest on their savings deposits and on some demand deposits. Most also offer CDs and money market deposit accounts that pay slightly higher interest rates. The federal government insures deposits, including CDs and money market accounts, up to $100,000 per depositor at a given...
Employee Selestion Techniques for a Customer Advisor
Case study - 2 pages - Management
For this assignment, the elected job is Customer Advisor in the bank HSBC. This job is interesting to study because it is multi-tasking and requires soft skills. What's more, the banking context is very specific, for it deals everyday with sensitive data and complicated situations....
Impact of Monetary Policy on South African inequality
Case study - 5 pages - Economic politics
In 1994 the first democratic elections in South Africa brought about the promise of equal opportunity and overall improvement of living standards. However, 26 years later the high levels of South African inequality still remain. This level of inequality has been institutionalised in the economy...
Introduction to economic principles and terminology
Course material - 20 pages - Theories and economic notions
Economics is currently in a phase of uncertainty: economics is not an exact science. There is a rising trade war between the US and mainly but not only China. The US also has trade disagreements with the EU and its partners in NAFTA (North American Free Trade Association: Canada and Mexico)....
Is it true that entrepreneurs should always regard venture capitalists as the enemy?
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
When it comes to Finance, Economics, Business or a similar domain, we often, in one way or another, see the intervention of concepts such as Entrepreneurship and Capital venture. These are two concepts that meet at a certain level when doing business. In fact, before defining the concepts, it is...
Business organization global overview - HSBC's company
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
HSBC comes from an old British colony's trading house located in Hong Kong's during the XIXe c. Later, in 1991, the business structure has been then turned into a British multinational banking and financial services holding company. This is one of the largest banks in the world,...
Fostering sustainable global growth through green finance
Dissertation - 5 pages - Finance
The ideas and goals of the United Nations (UN) in the areas of environment and development are at the origin of environmentally friendly finance, or green finance. In 1992, 178 countries met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss environmental and development issues for the 21st century....
Internship in the real estate sector - Engel & Völkers
Internship report - 15 pages - Heritage and real estate
This internship report summarises months of work and impressions in the Engel & Völkers branch located in Long Beach, California. It especially highlights the context of this internship in terms of macroeconomic perspectives as the US market is recovering from one of the greatest financial crises...
ESG Reflective Report
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
In an analysis entitled "Risk-return performance of optimized ESG equity portfolios in the NYSE" written by Javier Lopez Prol and Kiwoon Kim and published in 2022, the authors find that High ESG optimized portfolios have lower returns and volatility than lower ESG ones (Prol & Kim, 2022). In this...
Social class - does it affect understanding of people's relationship with food and/or drink
Case study - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
A multi-national company is a company that has been formed to operate across known international physical boundaries (Cooke, 2003). These companies are often located to other international countries apart from the parent country in which it was originally founded. These multinational companies...
Comparison of Macroeconomic Structure of the US and China
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
The macroeconomic structures of the United States and China are fundamentally different due to their historical, political, and economic contexts. The U.S. operates under a capitalist framework characterized by free markets, while China has a socialist market economy that incorporates significant...
Problem of Practice Gap and Root Cause Analysis - Feeding America
Case study - 7 pages - Management
As the Financial Director at Feeding America, my role is multifaceted and critical to the organization's success in addressing hunger and food insecurity. I oversee all financial aspects of the organization, including budgeting, financial planning, accounting, and reporting. Additionally, I...
The Central Role of Subprime Mortgages and Their Securitization in the 2008 Financial Crisis
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
The burst of the subprime mortgage market in 2008 crumbled major financial institutions, thus causing an economic catastrophe that wiped out more than $10 trillion in household wealth within the USA (Lioudis, 2023). This traumatic event exposed serious weaknesses within the financial system,...
The New Order in Global Economy and Finance: from the Bretton Wood system to the successive waves of globalization
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - International economy
Following the Second World War, all countries pegged their currencies to the dollar, the United States pegged to gold. The dollar was the only currency that could be exchanged for gold. The United States was at the center of the system as the dollar was the international payment and reserve...
Standard Chartered - Strategy in APAC
Case study - 19 pages - Business strategy
The total exposure of the Retail Banking portfolio under moratoria is $2.4 billion, of which $1.8 billion (74 percent) is from residential mortgages, which is secured against properties with an average loan-to-value of less than 40 percent.
Case Study Exam in International Commerce
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - International marketing
The document includes the answers to a case study exam in international commerce. Excerpt: "The company; Monper offers a variety of chocolate products. The company moves away from industrialized and mass-produced products and produces chocolate with 100% artisan process that protects the...
Towards a Federation of Nation-States? - From the Milan summit to the Nice one (1985-2000)
Course material - 7 pages - Modern history
To try to describe the aim of the European Construction at the beginning of the 90ies, Jacques Delors, president of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995, invented the concept of a Federation of Nation-States. An oxymoron? What does national sovereignty become in such a system? But still it...
Apprenticeship in Customer Service Support (CSS)
Diploma Thesis - 10 pages - Foreign markets
CSS service accompanies the sales representatives in order to support them for the cotations of the existing customers. While they are prospecting new customers or anything else, already known customers can send us a cotation request to ship their goods around the world. The missions of the CSS...
Foundations of Economics and Sociology Foundations of Economics
Course material - 25 pages - Economy general
It is within the multiple and different enterprises, which together define to a large extent a national economy, that the observation of economic and social facts is the most extensive and undoubtedly the most visible. The company is a reality that weaves its way through our daily lives because...
Heritage Management: How Can Finance Professionals Propose Wealth Management Strategies Adapted to the Needs of Their Clients?
Dissertation - 25 pages - Heritage and real estate
Wealth management is a hot topic that is of increasing interest to individual and professional investors. Indeed, faced with the complexity of the financial markets and the diversity of investment products, asset management has become a necessity for investors wishing to preserve and enhance...
