Defined-benefit and defined-contribution pension schemes
Internship report - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
Nowadays pension funds are actors of the financial market that cannot be ignored; for example, the asset traded by these funds represented $29.5 trillion in 2009 and moreover, as stated by David Dodge , "pension funds have already become the largest institutional investors among G-10 countries"....
Does Islamic finance have the potential to develop in France?
Internship report - 4 pages - Theories and economic notions
Since the opening of the first Islamic bank in Egypt in 1963, Islamic finance has exponentially increased in influence and visibility worldwide. While it remains a small player in the world of finance (0.5%), Islamic finance is becoming increasingly important due to significant increases in oil...
The downfall of Lehman Brothers and its relation to the current financial crisis
Internship report - 15 pages - Theories and economic notions
In this report, we will study the financial crisis experienced by the Lehman Brothers and its subsequent collapse in 2008. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial-services firm, and one of the most important primary dealers in the U.S. with respect to treasury securities and...
To analyze the effects of Fair Trade on international trade and especially on the coffee industry
Internship report - 25 pages - Theories and economic notions
There are many definitions for fair trade, however, none of which have been accepted as a standard definition. The Fairtrade Foundation, Oxfam and Traidcraft have agreed the following common definition of fair trade: “Fair Trade is an alternative approach to conventional international trade....
