Standard Chartered mutual funds
Dissertation - 24 pages - Finance
Mutual funds are a topic, which is of interest to both investors and academicians all over the world. Mutual Funds as a medium-to-long term investment option are preferred as a suitable investment option by investors. However, with so many market entrants and a plethora of schemes...
Estimating market risk premium using Markov switching : Tunisian Case
Thesis - 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...
The stock exchange and the big industries of India
Thesis - 39 pages - Finance
Stock market is a broad term, which involves a number of markets in which securities are brought and sold. Stock markets often rise and fall. Before knowing why the stock markets are so volatile, let us understand about stock market and the investment options available to a potential...
Initial public offering: MIC Electronics Ltd
Thesis - 51 pages - Business strategy
Project IPO deals with initial public offering, or IPO, because it is the first sale of stock by a company to the public. A company can raise money by issuing either debt or equity. If the company has never issued equity to the public, it's known as an IPO. Broadly speaking, companies are...
The study on security analysis for selecting the appropriate security through analyzing economy and industry
Tutorials/exercises - 80 pages - Economy general
An investment refers to the commitment of funds at present, in anticipation of some positive rate of return in future. Today the spectrum of investment is indeed wide. An investor is confronted with array of investment avenues. Among all investment, investment in equity is best high...
Governance and management of income: an empirical study in the Tunisian context
Thesis - 49 pages - Accounting
Through this research, one can define the concepts and theories of management results in the first chapter. In the second chapter, it will address the impact of governance mechanisms on the management statement. Finally, it will address this problem through an empirical study in the Tunisian...
Improving the Tunisian financial market by adopting the international reference frame in terms of reporting with the aid of IAS/IFRS
Thesis - 45 pages - Finance
The deterioration of the reputation of major players in financial markets (banking, insurance, financial institutions) has created a crisis of confidence without precedent with lasting consequences for all economic actors today and they are difficult to measure. In this context of high...
Alternative accounting practices: earnings management using loan loss
Essay - 4 pages - Accounting
Critical examinations of recent corporate scandals that have occurred—i.e. Enron and WorldCom in particular—demonstrate that the accounting practices utilized by the organization were less than ethical. However, in most instances the accounting principles used by the organization were...
The core-satellite model revisited, tracking error control, ETF's and satellites possibilities - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 10 pages - Management
A core-satellite management consist in having a core portfolio made up of passive management vehicles (index funds, ETFs, etc.) with low management fees, and separately one, or several, very active satellites that are made up of funds with a strong tracking error, or even funds with no constraint...
Microfinance: the Challenge of Accessing Global Capital Markets
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
The main theme of this project is the facilitation and development of microfinance, which is the “provision of loans, savings, insurance, payments, and other basic financial services to low-income populations” . The project is dedicated to identifying and evaluating existing options for...
Trading volatility - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 13 pages - Finance
Traditionally, to make a profit, most individual investors and fund managers are forced to take a view on the direction of the price of something. The traditional or fundamental strategy is to study all the aspects of the market-place, all the factors affecting the price or that might...
Is multi-management the future of the investment industry (2009)?
Essay - 17 pages - Finance
This report was written after the events of summer 2008 heightened the need to detail the financial environment and the new tools that one could use to improve investments returns in the long term. One of the tools examined is that of multi-management. The report shows that this is a new way of...
Foreign direct investment: India
Dissertation - 29 pages - Economy general
Developing countries, emerging economies and countries in transition increasingly see foreign direct investment (FDI) as a source of economic development, modernization and employment generation, and have liberalized their FDI regimes to attract investment. The overall benefits of FDI for...
A benchmark of finding the criteria for optimal portfolio choice
Tutorials/exercises - 17 pages - Finance
In today's rapidly changing economic environments, global portfolio investors are invariably confronted with dynamic and fluid choice of criteria that enable them to exercise subjective judgment on asset portfolio choice decisions. The subjective investment portfolio choice includes the...
The evolution and implications of Hedge Fund institutionalization
Essay - 12 pages - Finance
Hedge funds and their managers, once obscure enigmas of the investment community, have become in the last decade household names due to their overwhelming publicity as money-hungry madmen. Part of the reason why these loosely regulated funds have drawn so much attention is because their explosive...
How far did the fair value principle contribute to accelerate the credit crisis in France?
Course material - 46 pages - Finance
The IFRS or the International Financial Reporting Standards are one element of the globalization of the world economy. The stated objectives of the IASB or the International Accounting Standards Board are: (a) "to formulate and publish in the public interest, accounting standards to be observed...
Is "Al-Dar Islamic Fund", created by Pictet, a Geneva based Private Bank, Islamic compliant? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 10 pages - Finance
Who has created the ?Al-Dar Islamic Fund'? Is it Pictet which is a Geneva based Private Bank which is in compliance with the Islamic culture? The answer to this buzzing mind boggling question is ?No'. As confirmed, the contained shares are not Islamic compliant and secondly the targeted...
Entrepreneurial growth - IPO as a means to finance growth
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
The decision to go public is often described as the most important milestone for a growing company. This process is not a stage that every company will try to reach, because in Europe particularly, the going public process is more an exception than the rule, and it's the decision of the company....
The evolution and implications of Hedge Fund institutionalization - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 12 pages - Finance
Hedge funds and their managers, once obscure enigmas of the investment community, have become in the last decade household names due to their overwhelming publicity as money-hungry madmen. Part of the reason why these loosely regulated funds have drawn so much attention is because their explosive...
The growth of the Luxembourg real estate market: speculative bubble or viable situation?
Thesis - 38 pages - Economy general
Demand for housing is very high in Luxembourg, but new construction is not enough to meet it, especially since no new real estate projects are planned for 2023. In addition, borrowing is made difficult by the rise in interest rates on mortgages. Indeed, since the end of the year 2022,...
What are the driving forces of the socially responsible investment?
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
The last few years were particularly difficult by the financial world. So many people using the financial markets to invest their savings, their pensions indispensable. However, greed and short-term view of some market players have weakened in many positions. Today, new areas of investment are...
International trade finance- 2004
Case study - 220 pages - Finance
Entrepreneurs often mention « lack of financing » as the main reason why an interesting transaction was not pursued or why a project could not be completed, why a company could not sustain its growth rate or why it failed. However, there are always two sides to a coin and bankers, lenders and...
Financial Management
Dissertation - 8 pages - Management
The Financial Management Seminar required us to analyze the common errors in the DCF Model introduced by Mauboussin in his article titled, “Common Errors in DCF Model” in 2006. The Discount Cash Flow Analysis is a model that allows investors making an analysis of the risks...
Atendia Management: The Businnes Plan
Case study - 14 pages - Management
The objective of this business plan is, first to present our hedge fund start-up strategy and policy, then to obtain an authorization from the AMF, and finally to raise capital from investors. Our hedge fund, Atendia Management is a start-up. We plan to launch it on September 1st, 2008. We...
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...
Characteristics of bonds and equities
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Year on year, plenty of individuals embracing investment in financial instruments and assets for the first time, have increasing cases of reported withdrawals citing dissatisfaction and continual failure to pace their portfolio diversification to the transforming financial market. Often, the...
The core-satellite model revisited, tracking error control, ETF's and satellites possibilities
Essay - 13 pages - Finance
A core-satellite management consist in having a core portfolio made up of passive management vehicles (index funds, ETFs, etc.) with low management fees, and separately one, or several, very active satellites that are made up of funds with a strong tracking error, or even funds with no constraint...
Applied Investment - Financial and Economic Context
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
Every single investor is interested in maximizing investment returns while simultaneously minimizing risk subjected to the investment. Consequently, investors prefer committing their resources in receptive economic systems free from uncertainties that may hamper their anticipated...
Trading volatility
Essay - 15 pages - Finance
Traditionally, to make a profit, most individual investors and fund managers are forced to take a view on the direction of the price of something. The traditional or fundamental strategy is to study all the aspects of the market-place, all the factors affecting the price or that might...
Microfinance: the Challenge of Accessing Global Capital Markets - publié le 15/11/2006
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
The main theme of this project is the facilitation and development of microfinance, which is the "provision of loans, savings, insurance, payments, and other basic financial services to low-income groups? . The project is dedicated to identifying and evaluating existing options for microfinance...
