...Reebok International Ltd.'s stock at $59.00 per share, for a total of $3.8 billion. Upon announcement, Reebok stock rose 30% while Adidas climbed 7%. As stated by Herbert Hainer, CEO of Adidas, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to combine two of the most respected and well-known companies in the worldwide sporting goods industry. Together, we will expand our geographic reach, particularly in North America, and create a footwear, apparel and hardware offering that addresses a broader spectrum of consumers and demographics" (Adidas.com). The three leading sportswear companies in the world are Nike, Adidas and Reebok. In August 2005, Nike was the leader in global market share with 32.9% compared to the recently constituted Adidas-Reebok organisation that had 26.3% market share. In the largest market in the world, the United States (US), Nike had 36.3% market share in August 2005. Following the acquisition of Reebok in August 2005, the market share of Adidas-Reebok in the US jumped to 21.1% from 8.9%. A primary goal of the acquisition has been to challenge industry leader Nike for a higher share of the United States sporting goods market as well as the global sporting goods market. The acquisition has prompted much discussion as to what the future holds for the sporting goods industry and its major players. Today, the sportswear trade is a vast and dynamic operation involving huge economies of scale. The low-cost countries are gaining foothold in international markets...
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...as preparing forms and financial statements. It is a good job for people who want to work independently and are very organized (this is only a very brief description, if you are interested in accounting, consult your accounting instructor for more information). Finance: The financial manager or consultant places primary emphasis on decision making. It uses the financial statements prepared by accountants to make decisions about the firm’s financial condition and to advise others about possible losses and profits. In some cases, finance is more a type of leadership position. A financial manager has to deal not only with finance, but also with economics, accounting, statistics, math, and management. For example, people working with stocks and bonds have to understand and analyze how the underlying companies are performing. How a given company is going to perform during recession? Should they sell or buy stocks or bonds. How a decrease in the interest rate in England may affect the projects a company has in that country. Finance also deals a lot with risk. Derivative securities (options, futures, swaps, etc) are used to hedge against possible increase in risk. Risk managers are in great demand everywhere. Most finance majors find jobs in banks and other financial institutions, government, real estate, consultant companies, insurance, investment companies, stock market exchanges, fundraising, and any firm that needs someone to make financial decisions....
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...Project Finance By Godfred Kwame Abledu Abstract Project financing is largely an exercise in the equitable allocation of a project’s risks between the various stakeholders of the project. Indeed, the genesis of the financing technique can be traced back to this principle. Roman and Greek merchants used project financing techniques in order to share the risks inherent to maritime trading. A loan would be advanced to a shipping merchant on the agreement that such loan would be repaid only through the sale of cargo brought back by the voyage (i.e. the financing would be repaid by the ‘internally generated cash flows of the project’, to use modern project financing terminology). The purpose of this paper therefore is to provide an overview of Project Finance. The paper touched on the Motivation for the increased reliance on project financing to fund investments, advantages that project finance has over traditional corporate finance, the major short-comings of project finance and a typical project finance transaction. Table of Contents Assignment 1 1 Abstract 2 A. Introduction 4 B. Why is project financing being increasingly relied on to fund investments? 4 C. What advantages does it have over traditional corporate finance? 6 D. What are the major short-comings of project finance? 7 E. Typical Project finance Transaction 8 References 10 A. Introduction Unlike the traditional loan arrangements, project finance is a financial structure which facilitate the arrangements...
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...FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT COURSE CONTENTS 1. Fundamentals of Finance 1.1. What is Corporate Finance? 1.2. The Financial Manager 1.3. Financial Management Decisions 1.4. The Goal of Financial Management 2. Basic Tools of Financial Analysis: Accounting Statements and Ratio Analysis 2.1. The Balance Sheet 2.2. The Income Statement 2.3. Cash Flow 2.4. Ratio Analysis 2.5. The Du Pont Identity 2.6. Using Financial Statement Information 2 COURSE CONTENTS 3. Financial Equilibrium 3.1. Current Asset Management 3.2. Short Term Financing 3.3. Working Capital Management 4. Financial Forecasting 4.1. Pro Forma Statements and Financial Planning 4.2. Cash Flow Forecasts 4.3. Cash Budgets 4.4. Cost of Capital 4.5. Capital Structure 4.6. Financial Planning 3 COURSE CONTENTS 5. Identification of Financial markets 5.1. Money Market 5.2. Capital Market 5.3. Foreign Exchange Market 5.4. Derivatives Market 6. Management of stocks, bonds, derivatives and other assets 6.1. Potfolio Theory and Asset Pricing 6.2. Common Stock Analysis and Equity Pricing Models 6.3. Fixed Income Analysis and Bond Pricing 6.4. Futures, Options and Other Derivatives 4 COURSE CONTENTS 7. Foreign exchange markets, currency derivative markets and Euromarkets 7.1. Function and structure of foreign exchange markets 7.2. Forecasting foreign exchange rates 7.3. Currency Futures and Options Markets 7.4. Eurodollar Interest Rate Futures Contracts 7.5. International Money Markets...
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...committed to pushing the limits of technology to accelerate our vision of helping people save money and live better – all across the globe. As a steward of our brand promise, "Save Money. Live Better,” our Marketing team works alongside some of the most talented people in the world to communicate with the millions of customers who shop our stores, clubs and walmart.com every week. Accounting & Finance In Walmart’s Finance and Accounting departments, your insights go further, impacting business and communities in 27 countries, under 69 different banners and in every corner of the business, from Enterprise Risk Management to Sustainability. For instance, our Global Shared Services group aggregates and streamlines much of the financial and payroll services for Sam’s Club and Walmart in North America, while Global Internal Audit helps ensure that each store operates in the most cost-efficient way. And our Global Integrated Processes team reduces redundancies, maximizes efficiencies and simplifies our back-office processes. These are just a few of the many groups within Accounting & Finance, each responsible for vital services that impact our entire company. Our projects range from...
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...newer tools, instruments and methodologies in the field of financial management. It is this challenging environment to which I intend to contribute by evolving meaningful and optimal solutions to various problems of finance. Thus, my goal is a career in In Finance and wherein I could advance analytical approaches to financial management. To achieve my career goals, I need to learn much more about current developments and techniques in finance, financial markets and financial applications and acquire hands-on experience of financial analysis. A Master's Degree in finance with will provide me with practical understanding of financial markets, knowledge of derivative assets and the operation of the markets in these assets in aiding managerial decision-making and research skills to enable me to develop an expertise in the core areas of financial strategies and global corporate financial operations. I would like to probe specific problem areas such as the application of quantitative analysis to understanding various issues in global finance and improving decision-making and effect of increase in global communications on international finance decisions. My research interests are Foreign exchange markets, hedging foreign exchange risk, international capital budgeting, corporate financial strategy including mergers and acquisitions. good quantitative skills, familiarity with computer applications and experience gained while working on various school projects have helped me to develop sharp...
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...A B. Finance Specialization Requirements (12 semester hours): Term Two (spring) | | | IMB 531 Portfolio Analysis and Management I: Equity | (2) | | IMB 532 Portfolio Analysis and Management II: Fixed Income | (2) | | IMB 533 Portfolio Analysis and Management III: Derivatives and Financial Risk Management | (2) | | IMB 536 Global Macroeconomic Trends and Financial Institutions or CSB Elective | (1) | | IMB 534 International Real Estate Investment | (1) | | IMB 539 Financial Management | (2) | | IMB --- CSB Elective | (2) | | Or | | | | | | IMB 595 Special Topics in International Business (to be completed at an IBSA partner school) | | C. Thesis or Extensive Written Case Analysis (12 semester hours): Term 3 (summer) | | | IMB 599 Thesis | (6) | | IMB 594 Capstone Project / Practicum | (6) | IMBA Course Descriptions (UNCW) The course descriptions shown below are only for courses offered by UNCW and the Cameron School of Business. See each alliance school for their course offerings. IMB 531. Cases in International Finance (1-2) This course will focus on international financial management cases. Cases will build on topics of international monetary systems, international investment decisions, portfolio diversifications, multinational capital structure, and foreign exchange risk and management. IMB 532. Portfolio Analysis and Management I (2) This course is designed to focus on tool and techniques of modern portfolio theory...
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...1: 1. Describe the field of finance. How is it different from the field of accounting? Finance is a multifaceted field that relates to many aspects of life and business and it is beneficial to understand its impact. Knowing how finance works in different areas is crucial in budgeting investing and making your assets go far. In the text, Finance consists of three areas; corporate finance, investments and financial institutions. Corporate finance ( synonymous with business finance). Investments, which consist of financial assets like stocks, bonds; in this field you deal a lot with stock brokers as well as security or financial analysts. Financial institutions which are most commonly banks, insurance agencies, etc. and deal with financial transactions. There is a fourth element which the former three categories fall under which is international finance; however, is overseas and expands the definition of finance. Accounting vs Finance. Accountants should possess at least a general knowledge and more depending on their occupation because Finance and Accounting should go hand in hand, meaning one cannot exist without the other. In areas of corporate finance it is required to have accounting experience or education because many accounting principles use finance in its business decisions and duties. Additionally, as finance grows and changes it affects accounting practices, i.e. financial statements. Furthermore, cost accounting and finance are even more intertwined in that...
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...ACTIVITIES June 2015 BLUESTAR CAPITAL BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL MARKETS BY USING INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANKING IN AFRICA. WHO WE ARE Bluestar Capital was established in 2007 to provide specialist and innovative debt finance solutions to broad range organisations, across Sub-Sahara Africa. Bluestar Capital is part of Bluestar Group of companies, a leading international Trade group with over five decades of experience in Africa. The company advices and arrange capital for broad range of clients including, Public Sector, State companies, Local enterprises and financial institutions based in Africa. With our experience, local knowledge and a team of highly talented professionals with decades of expertise in Sub-Sahara Africa, first class knowledge of the Global Debt markets, we can structure transactions to suit client’s specific...
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...Changing ownership and its impact on Firm performance: A detailed pre and post crisis study on Indian firms Several studies are available establishing relationship between firm performance and ownership structure and the results are mixed. Several authors have found significant relationship while others have not found any significant relationships. In Indian context also, there are several studies which propagates to have both kind of results. The way literature is linking the owner ship with performance has always been via addressing the agency (outsiders and insiders) problem, board structure, size, leverage etc. but, literature is sparse to identify these variables as moderating the relationship between ownership and firm performance. The purpose of this study is to establish and study the relationship between ownership and performance in Indian context. Considering following points, I recommend a framework to study the changing ownership and firm performance under the premise that agency costs and information asymmetry acts as moderating variable, which increases/decreases performance when ownership changes. * In India, it is confirmed by several authors that concentrated and complex ownership structure is found which creates problem of heterogeneity and opacity. * India has agency type 2 problems; few studies are available addressing type 2 problem and variables to measure this. * Opacity and complexity creates Information asymmetry and tunneling respectively...
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...[pic] Australian School of Business School of Banking and Finance FINS 5516 International Corporate Finance Course Outline Session 1, 2010 1. Course Staff 3 1.1 Communication with Staff 3 2. Information about the course 3 2.1 Teaching Times and Locations 3 2.2 Units of Credit 3 2.3 Parallel Teaching in the Course 3 2.4 Relationship of This Course to Other Course Offerings 3 3. Course Aims and Learning Outcomes 3 3.1 Course Aims 3 3.2 Student Learning Outcomes 4 3.3 Approach to Learning and Teaching 5 3.4 Teaching Strategies 5 4. Continual Course evaluation and Improvement 5 5. Learning Assessment 5 5.1 Formal Requirements 5 5.2 Assessment Details 5 5.3 Assignment Format 6 5.4 Assignment Submission Procedure 6 5.5 Late Submission 6 5.6 Special Consideration and Supplementary Examinations 6 6. Academic Honesty and Plagiarism 7 7. Student responsibilities and conduct 7 7.1 Workload 8 7.2 Attendance 8 7.3 General Conduct and Behaviour 8 7.4 Keeping Informed 8 8. Student Resources 9 8.1 Course Resources 9 8.2 Other Resources, Support and Information 9 9. Course Schedule 12 1. Course Staff A/PROF. DONGHUI LI Office: ASB 342 Email: donghui@unsw.edu.au Tel: 9385 5873 1.1 Communication with Staff Consultation Hours: Friday 9:00 –11:00 Outside these times, meetings are by prior appointment only. E-mail the staff in question and arrange a mutually convenient time. Teaching staff will only respond to...
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...Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Corporate Governance Garrow A New Hypothesis on the Determinants of Acquisitions Nigel Garrow Introduction Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is a significant factor in business in most advanced economies. According to Thomson Reuters, the value of M&A deals completed globally during the 12 months to November 2009 was US$1.8 trillion. However, the acquirers’ shareholders often lose value. Much of the literature on M&A is centred on the UK and US markets, with only a modest level of research within Australia This paper suggests a new proposition to explain why M&A activity may be value destroying for the acquirers: Success or failure for the acquiring firm’s shareholders in M&A is a function of the combined tenure, personal motivation, and recent performance of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the acquiring firm. This examination of the combined effectiveness of the Chairman and CEO is not something that appears to have been undertaken before. The paper will present the constituent hypotheses of the main proposition, followed by a literature review, a presentation of findings from a pilot study, conclusions and next steps. Four constituent hypotheses, each of which refers to the performance of the Chairman and CEO, arise out of the pilot study: Hypothesis 1. The length of time that the Chairman and CEO of the acquiring firm have been together in their respective positions at the time of the acquisition...
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...British Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences September 2012, Vol. 5 (2) The Effect of Working Capital Management on the Profitability of Turkish SMEs Ece C. KARADAGLI Cankaya University, Department of Banking and Finance Eskisehir Yolu 29. km, Ankara, 06810, Turkey Phone: (90) 312 233 12 04; Fax: (90) 312 233 10 27 E-mail: ece@cankaya.edu.tr 36 Abstract This paper focuses on the effects of working capital management as measured by cash conversion cycle and net trade cycle on the firm performance for a sample of Turkish listed companies and searches for potential differences between the profitability effects of working capital management for the SMEs and for the bigger companies with an accompanying aim to examine whether net trade cycle can efficiently substitute for cash conversion cycle as a measure of working capital management. The research is conducted for the period of 2002-2010 by using pooled panel analysis with annual data. The findings suggest that an increase in both the cash conversion cycle and the net trade cycle improves firm performance in terms of both the operating income and the stock market return for SMEs where as for bigger companies a decrease in cash conversion cycle and net trade cycle is associated with enhanced profitability. Besides, the findings also imply that managers can use net trade cycle instead of cash conversion cycle confidentially. Keywords: cash conversion cycle, net trade cycle, firm performance, SMEs, emerging economies...
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...M Finance Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Fac. der Economische Wet. en Bedrijfsk. - M Finance - 2012-2013 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Fac. der Economische Wet. en Bedrijfsk. - M Finance - 2012-2013 I Inhoudsopgave Vak: Institutional Investments and ALM Vak: Valuation and Corporate Governance Vak: Thesis Vak: Asset Pricing Vak: Derivatives and Asset Management Vak: Empirical Finance Vak: Research Project Finance Vak: Financial Markets and Institutions Vak: Private Equity and Behavioral Corporate Finance for Finance Vak: Financial Risk Management (Quantitative Finance) Vak: Real Estate Management Vak: Adv Corporate Finance 4.1 Vak: Valuation and Corporate Governance for Finance Vak: Institutional Investments and ALM for Finance 1 2 3 3 4 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Fac. der Economische Wet. en Bedrijfsk. - M Finance - 2012-2013 II Institutional Investments and ALM Course code Credits Language of tuition Faculty Coordinator Teaching staff Teaching method(s) E_FIN_IIALM () 6.0 English Fac. der Economische Wet. en Bedrijfsk. prof. dr. C.G.E. Boender prof. dr. C.G.E. Boender, prof. dr. T.B.M. Steenkamp Lecture Course objective Achieve advanced knowledge of the investment process of institutional investors, like pension funds and insurers. The main objective is to fully understand the most important theoretical concepts in the institutional investment process and the way these concepts are used in practice. After following the...
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...Summer 2012 Undergraduate Program Office C140 PBB (319) 335-1037 http://tippie.uiowa.edu/undergraduate/ Finance 2011-12 This form is a planning tool only. To confirm specific graduation requirements, consult your degree audit on ISIS. I. General Education* (22-32 sh) Rhetoric Interpretation of Literature (req: completion of rhetoric) World Languages** Historical Perspectives International and Global Issues Values, Society, and Diversity Natural Sciences (lab not required) Social Sciences (excluding 6E:1, 6E:2) sh grade 4 3 0-10 3 3 3 3 3 Subtotal (I) ________ IV. Finance Major Requirements (20 sh) Required Major Courses* 6F:110 Financial Information Tech (coreq: 6F:100) (grade: S/F) 6F:111 Investment Management (prereq: 6F:100, coreq: 6F:110) 6F:117 Corporate Finance (prereq: 6F:100, coreq: 6F:110) 6A:120 Financial Acct and Reporting** (prereq: 6A:2) Choose three additional electives from the following: 6F:102 Principles of Risk Mgt & Insurance (coereq: 6F:100) 6F:103 Property and Liability Insurance (prereq: 6F:102); or 6F:104 Corp Fin Risk Mgt (prereq: 6F:102, coreq 6F:110); or 6F:105 Life and Health Insurance (prereq: 6F:102); or 6F:106 Employee Benefit Plans (prereq: 6F:102) 6F:108 Topics in Finance I (SP 09 or later, prereq: 6F:100) 6F:109 Topics in Finance II (prereq: 6F:100) 6F:112 Applied Equity Valuation (prereq: 6F:100) (req: 2.80 UI GPA). See Finance Department for special permission. sh grade 2 3 3 3 3 3 *If you entered UI prior to Summer 2011, check...
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