Working capital management
Dissertation - 39 pages - Finance
According to Weston and Brigham working capital refers to the firm's investment, its shorter current assets and short term securities accounting receivables and inventory. According to the Guttmann and Doug all working capital is excess of current assets over liabilities....
Quantitative Easing as a policy
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Quantitative easing (QE) is the unconventional monetary policy that central banks apply to stimulate the economy after the ineffective of other conventional monetary policies. Quantitative easing is implemented through the buying of financial assets from private institutions and commercial...
Working capital management at Britannia Industries Ltd
Dissertation - 40 pages - Finance
Finance function is a core function in any organization. I financial management is that managerial activity which is concerned with planning and counseling of firm's financial resources. One such area of financial management is "Working Capital" and management of this is known as "Working...
Analyzing financial assignments - publié le 11/04/2012
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
Current Assets: The current assets are coming from three mains accounts in balance sheet of the financial year of a company. Indeed, the current assets show us a picture of the financial state of the company at the end of this year: -At first the amount of cash or in other...
Modelling the interest rate risk management with portfolio selection: the case of Crédit Foncier de Monaco
Case study - 40 pages - Finance
Since the primary activity of banking is the intermediation between borrowers and lenders, its core business is the transformation of collected deposits into distributed loans. This process generates a net interest margin in the profit and loss statement but engenders financial risks in the...
Analysis of risk and return of mutual fund schemes at Standard Chartered Mutual Funds
Dissertation - 34 pages - Finance
Balancing of funds which includes issuing & collecting of funds in any economy is very important. There are many financial products in india, not only for balancing but also to provide liquidity for ideal capital, such as bank deposits, NSS savings, securities, insurance etc., which have some...
Mutual funds
Dissertation - 47 pages - Finance
A Mutual Fund is the ideal investment vehicle for today's complex and modern financial scenario. Markets for equity shares, bonds, and other fixed instruments. Price changes in these are driven by global events occurring in faraway places. A typical individual is unlikely to have the knowledge,...
Estimating market risk premium using Markov switching : Tunisian Case
Dissertation - 97 pages - Finance
The general increase in volatility of the …nancial markets can be partly explained by the growing uncertainly of the economic environment. It is, on the other hand, a reflection of the growing efficiency and integration of the financial markets allow the almostinstantaneous move of capital...
Comparative analysis of mutual funds schemes of ICICI Prudential Mutual Funds
Case study - 29 pages - Finance
The mutual fund industry in India began with the setting up of the Unit Trust of India (UTI), in 1964, by the Government of India. Till the year 2000, UTI has grown to be a dominant player in the industry with assets of over Rs. 76,547 crores as of March 31, 2000. UTI is governed by a...
Financial performance of APGENCO
Case study - 38 pages - Finance
In India to meet the growing demand for electricity and the shortage of resources, opened way for the private sector participation in power generation in the year 1991. Subsequently, globalization has brought seeping changes with mixed results across the globe. Further the electricity act 2003...
United Airlines and Southwest Airlines
Financial analysis - 12 pages - Finance
Nowadays flying has become a must do in our lives. Some of us use it everyday as a business way of travelling, and some others for vacation, or to visit friends or relatives. Whatsoever the purpose, there are no fastest ways of traveling around, but also no safest ones. But in the economic...
A study on the futures trading at Kotak Securities Ltd
Case study - 47 pages - Finance
Kotak Securities Ltd. is India's leading stock broking house with a market share of around 8%. Kotak Securities Ltd. has been the largest in IPO distribution. The accolades that Kotak Securities has been graced with include Finance Asia Award (2004)- India's best Equity House Prime...
Analyzing international portfolio strategy with home event risk versus foreign information asymmetry
Thesis - 10 pages - Finance
This study develops a model for international portfolio choice in the presence of the home asset with event-risk versus foreign asset with stochastic information filtering. The model is constructed from comparing the portfolio fraction changes of domestic assets so as to...
Content management with repository open service interface definition
Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science
Now days the term content management is the key issue with website's design, what to include what not to include is very crucial problem. Here, in this paper we have shown the way of managing content called assets, which may contain metadata, course materials, assessment items, images,...
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs): Reactions of Developed Countries
Dissertation - 70 pages - Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have attracted increasing attention during the last few years, mainly due to their intervention in the rescue of the American and European financial systems. This intervention came at a time when the other financial systems were in a financial and economic turmoil....
United Airlines and Southwest Airlines (2008)
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
Nowadays flying has become a must do in our lives. Some of us use it everyday as a business way of travelling, and some others for vacation, or to visit friends or relatives. Whatsoever the purpose, there are no fastest ways of traveling around, but also no safest ones. But in the economic...
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs): Reactions of Developed Countries - published: 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 70 pages - Finance
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) have attracted increasing attention during the last few years, mainly due to their intervention in the rescue of the American and European financial systems. This intervention came at a time when the other financial systems were in a financial and economic turmoil....
Analyzing financial assignments
Case study - 14 pages - Finance
Current Assets: The current assets are coming from three mains accounts in balance sheet of the financial year of a company. Indeed, the current assets show us a picture of the financial state of the company at the end of this year: -At first the amount of cash or in other...
The conceptual framework of the financial statements in IFRS
Case study - 10 pages - Accounting
In March 2002, the European Council (under EC Regulation 1606/2002 OJ of 11 September 2002) has made mandatory the application of international accounting standards for consolidated accounts of listed companies from January 1, 2005. All the international standards adopted by the ARC (Accounting...
Multifactor Models of Risk and Return
Essay - 8 pages - Finance
The assumptions about the capital market theory expands on to that of the Markowitz portfolio model, and includes consideration of the risk-free rate of return. The correlation and covariance of any asset with a risk-free asset is zero, so that any combination of an asset or...
Advanced corporate finance part Final assignment Investment management
Essay - 16 pages - Finance
Investment management is the professional management of various securities like shares and bonds and other assets such as real estate to meet specified goals of investment for the benefit of the investors. In an attempt to understand the world of investment management, it is useful to be...
Effect of change in Basel standards in the banking industry
Case study - 38 pages - Finance
As the deadline for implementing the Basel-III norms in Indian banks has arrived they are still preparing to solve the enigma of risk management for insuring more transparent and risk-free financial bases. According to the Reserve Bank of India, its association with the Basel 'Committee on...
A look at financial derivatives in India
Dissertation - 53 pages - Finance
The derivatives markets has existed for centuries as a result of the need for both users and producers of natural resources to hedge against price fluctuations in the underlying commodities. Although trading in agricultural and other commodities has been the driving force behind the development...
A study on working capital management in Visaka Industries Limited
Case study - 44 pages - Finance
The company was incorporated under the Indian Company's Act 1956 on 18th June 1981 as Visaka Asbestos Cement Product ltd and promoted by Dr.G.Vivekananda with investment of Rs 4 crores to set up cement asbestos plant in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. It has grown in to multiple folds and now...
Security analysis and portfolio management in Collabo Interactive Solutions
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
Portfolio management is both an art and a science. It is a dynamic decision making process, one that is continuous and systematic but also requires a great deal of judgment. The objective of this project is to blend theory and practice to achieve a consistent portfolio management process. This...
Analysis of the investment environment of UK with regard to the Nelly Capital business
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Traditionally, the investment climate in a country or in the world refers to the prevailing financial and economic conditions that affect the investors in a place. In this case, an investor is an individual or institution that is willing to lend money to an operating business in order to get a...
Comparison between traditional products and ULIPS in ICICI
Case study - 90 pages - Finance
With the largest number of life insurance policies in force in the world, insurance happens to be a mega opportunity in India. It's a business growing at the rate of 15-20 per cent annually and presently is of the order of Rs 450 billion. Together with banking services, it adds about 7percent to...
The Modern Portfolio Theory (Advanced Corporate Finance)
Course material - 9 pages - Finance
The Modern Portfolio Theory occupies an important position in the investment management approaches. The theory is distinctive as its application enables investors to minimize the risk involved in investing in different classes of investment by diversifying it with the help of a portfolio. The...
Commodity markets Vs share markets
Case study - 77 pages - Finance
Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate in: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have...
Portfolio management (risk and return) of inter-connected stock exchanges
Case study - 47 pages - Finance
Investment may be defined as an activity that commits funds in any financial form in the present with an expectation of receiving additional return in the future. The expectations bring with it a probability that the quantum of return may vary from a minimum to a maximum. This possibility of...
