What are the main functions of capital markets? How useful are they as a source of finance?
Essay - 3 pages - Theories and economic notions
Capital markets have two important functions: primary market and secondary market. The primary market provides new capital. It is mostly considered as a source of finance for companies which want to raise capital in order to finance their development or acquisitions. The second function of...
Mergers and Acquisitions: reasons and consequences at the international market - published: 11/07/2006
Dissertation - 40 pages - Finance
The paper deals with the issue of mergers and acquisitions on the western market, viewing the topic from the standpoint of their failure and success. The subject is an extremely important one at present, as, on the one side, there is a trend towards major international mergers and acquisitions...
Global Governance
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The aftermath of the Second World War gave birth to the Bretton Woods Institutions. They determined the broad outlines of the international financial system and two organizations intended to work for the economic reconstruction of countries affected by war: IBRD and IMF. But before all that, it...
Hartmann - From value proposition to finance
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Due to the orientation of the project, it does not include elaborations on any other matters of the company but the financials and consideration on Hartmann's value proposition. Given the statements provided, we have worked with numbers from year 2006 to 2012 H1, which have also been used to...
Analysis of assets for the SME sector
Thesis - 29 pages - Finance
The Small and Medium Enterprise Group (SMEG) segment is one of the highest contributors to the financial wealth of the THE Bank, and in the context of an aggressively expanding Commercial Bank focusing on consumer credit, it assumes great significance in overcoming the three main challenges that...
Mergers and Acquisitions: reasons and consequences at the international market
Dissertation - 40 pages - Finance
The paper deals with the issue of 'Mergers and Acquisitions' in the western market, viewing the topic from the standpoint of their failures and successes. The subject is an extremely important one at present, as, on one side, there is a trend towards major international mergers and...
Why do you need life insurance?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Life insurance policies are very important for you and your family while you are living, and when you die. A life insurance cover can help you earn an income replacement, options for debt repayments, and other benefits for your family. Buying a life insurance a policy is an important part of...
Privatization
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Privatization involves the transfer of ownership and the management of state owned enterprises to private firms. Governments should be less corrupted so as to increase the efficiency of state owned corporations and the public sector, promoting national security. Recently, pressure from the IMF...
Media policy in Europe
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Multiplicity, as well as, pluralism is the background main beliefs that cause most of the wiles in the European communication also media strategy. Accordingly, the affirmative significance related to these concepts may be subjugated in the wiles for diversified, as well as, continuous...
Explain the process of an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Critically appraise the various theories that have been proposed to explain the apparent 'underpricing' of IPOs
Essay - 14 pages - Stock exchange
When a company decides to sell stock for the first time (to "go public"), this operation is called Initial Public Offering (IPO). The target of the IPO is to: - Raise capital for the company and enable the first investors to realize their investment (VC Firms). The IPO practice requires the...
Competition in the banking industry
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Nowadays, the banking industry has become significantly more competitive than in the past and competition is likely to increase further. New competitive pressures are emerging from abroad, owing to the liberalization of international banking and capital flows, and as a result of the adoption of...
Proposal to Sell a Security Service
Case study - 1 pages - Economy general
We have an important client pitch coming up about our post trade services. Our platform sales group are responsible for pitching global custody, fund services, securities lending, collateral management, OTC clearing, liquidity solutions, and data analytics. These transactions are typically...
Evaluation of the security transaction, the consistency of the portfolio construction and management with client's profile - published: 13/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
This year, Pro Fund is very proud to have a new client, Mr Lucent who is 47 years old. He sold his firm during the summer and received 1,000,000€ for it. He doesn't really need this money but he wanted to have a new challenge in another sector. He wants to keep the money for the future...
Evaluation of the security transaction, the consistency of the portfolio construction and management with client's profile
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
This year, Pro Fund is very proud to have a new client, Mr Lucent who is 47 years old. He sold his firm during the summer and received 1,000,000€ for it. He doesn't really need this money but he wanted to have a new challenge in another sector. He wants to keep the money for the future...
Account assignment notice to debtor: Format
Essay - 1 pages - Accounting
Account assignment notice to debtor is important to implement and is extremely an useful way to get prompter collection from late payers as well as giving firms liquidity by signing over these debts (debtors) to financial companies, and then drawing down advances as negotiated with these...
Defining customer service levels to keep customers and shareholders satisfied
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
If you need to release cash, particularly during a recession period or when sales are falling, you should look to your working capital. Optimization of your working capital will improve efficiency, liquidity and potentially investor ratios like the dividend yield, if the dividend payment...
Cash management: Methods of short-term investing and financing
Thesis - 3 pages - Finance
Short-term investing and financing corresponds to the ready cash available to a company has on hand and in the bank. The objective of liquidity management is to maximize the cash available by limiting losses to the company if it has excess cash, and limiting the amount of premiums to pay...
Northern Rock - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
If there is any country that has enjoyed a strong reputation and willpower in the field of finance, it is the UK. UK has enjoyed this position since the end of the 19th century. London has retained and is undoubtedly the leading financial centre in Europe. The banks in London and around the UK...
Economic overview: Smooth lending for emerging market "Flight" when Eurozone crashed deep in the sea of an economic crisis.
Financial analysis - 4 pages - International economy
Economic forecast for the end of the year shows an important profit repatriation, dividend payments, and service balance deficit while there is a trade surplus (See on the chart). Such figures are determinant of the sales deficit of 2.7%. Besides, capital account registers a massive growth of FDI...
Middle East Communication: indigenous advertisements to a local country or region (2006) - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 7 pages - Management
The Middle East region is booming and is now the second fastest growth area in the world after China. Political and economic reforms across the region provide a new dynamic business atmosphere where consumer demand and consumption is on the rise. High oil revenues coupled with low interest...
Market in the Eastern countries: SWOT analysis
Thesis - 54 pages - Tourism marketing
The category of political risk premium is determined by the steering committee based on a technical analysis of risk. For this purpose, a quantitative model was developed by SA Ducroire, mainly taking into account the evolution of the liquidity of the debtor countries. It involves...
Northern Rock
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
If there is any country that has enjoyed a strong reputation and willpower in the field of finance, it is the UK. UK has enjoyed this position since the end of the 19th century. London has retained and is undoubtedly the leading financial centre in Europe. The banks in London and around the UK...
Accounting audit and its Impact on the Financial Balance of the Company - Approaches to assessing financial balance
Financial analysis - 44 pages - Audit
The current financial context, marked by the decline in revenue from hydrocarbons, the main source of funding for the State budget, is reviving the debate on the need to increase the share of ordinary taxation compared to oil taxation. To achieve this, the State has a panoply of tools, increasing...
Northern Crock
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
The UK has enjoyed a strong reputation in the field of finance since the end of the 19th century. London is undoubtedly the leading financial centre in Europe, and its banks are among the most powerful in the world. However, the subprime-lending crisis in the US, and the credit crunch that...
The consequences of the financial crisis on theory and practical aspects of asset management
Dissertation - 55 pages - Finance
2007 is going down in history with the subprime phenomenon which came as a surprise to all market observers. According to P. Artus, Director of the Economic Research at Natixis , the word subprime was mentioned in 6,000 articles in the international press in 2006, 32,000 during the first 6 months...
Middle East Communication: indigenous advertisements to a local country or region (2006)
Case study - 7 pages - Communication
The Middle East region is booming and is now the second fastest growth area in the world after China. Political and economic reforms across the region provide a new dynamic business atmosphere where consumer demand and consumption is on the rise. High oil revenues coupled with low interest...
How well is the business doing? Evaluating a firm's financial condition
Presentation - 130 pages - Finance
The presentation will first talk about the purpose of financial analysis before moving on to the techniques and financial ratios. It will also show how to understand if the company is running a risk of liquidity. It will then talk about current ratios and liquidity of current...
The instability of the international financial system and the proposals for reform proposals
Dissertation - 193 pages - Economy general
In 1997, an earthquake hit Asian stock exchanges, the shock wave reached Russia a year later, and then Latin America, including Brazil in 1999. To the world, these crises have been a succession of real and financial shocks of exceptional magnitude. Far from having exogenous origins, this global...
Business Plan - Luxury Perfumes
Business plan - 3 pages - Luxury marketing
This report examines the company Ghislaine which is currently undergoing a crucial problem regarding its liquidity, thereby calling for the implementation of new strategies to address this issue. Also discussed are the marketing and distribution strategies of Ghislaine perfumes. We are...
The consequences of the financial crisis on theory and practical aspects of asset management - published: 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 55 pages - Finance
2007 is going down in history with the subprime phenomenon which came as a surprise to all market observers. According to P. Artus, Director of the Economic Research at Natixis , the word subprime was mentioned in 6,000 articles in the international press in 2006, 32,000 during the first 6 months...
