1.0 Introduction All human activities are subject to risk of loss from unforeseen events. To alleviate this burden to individuals, what we now call insurance has existed since at least 215 BC. This concept has been practiced in various forms for over 1400 years. In Islam, the concept of insurance is takaful. Q finance dictionary defines that takaful is a Islamic insurance in which all participants are members and contribute to a pool of funds that provide assistance in the event of loss on the
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commission revenue of 1.25% on sales contracts, usually denominated in US dollars. Problem Statement: a) Jim Gulkin's dilemma to invest in Burma: Jim Gulkin, the founder and managing director of Siam Canadian Food Co. is considering a business investment in Burma which would allow him to expand the frozen seafood side of his business. The dilemma he faces is deciding whether to invest in Burma now with the current political, economical, and geographical uncertainties. SWOT Analysis: Strengths:
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MARKET LIBERALIZATION: THE REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECT OF PETROLEUM PRICE LIB. THE ROLE OF PETROLEUM PRICE LIVERALIZATION IN THE PROCESS OF FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA PETROLEUM PRICE DEREGULATION IN NIGERIA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY ISSUES. Nigeria once flush with oil boom revenues, is now a country of unfinished petrol station construction sites, ghost refinery depots, abandoned petrol stations, an unintended monuments to unrealized expectations
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Confirming Pages chapter 1 Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money kap61647_ch01_002-033.indd 2 16/10/13 1:40 PM Confirming Pages Learning Objectives What will this mean for me? LO1-1 Analyze the process for making personal financial decisions. Every person has some money. However, the amounts and individual needs and choices are diverse. You now have the opportunity to learn about varied financial paths for avoiding common money mistakes. Your knowledge
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analyses related to environmental, social, and governance issues. This report will examine the origins of socially responsible investing, how it works in practice, its performance relative to non-socially responsible investments, and what role it will play in regard to my future personal investment portfolio. Socially responsible investing rose in popularity during the 1960’s due to the heated political climate. At this time, shareholders prompted companies to act in accordance with their political beliefs
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Islamic Modes of Finance Theory and Key Shariah Principles Modes Of Finance • Two are ideal modes which provide an alternative to interest banking and if implemented on a national level will result in much fairer distribution of wealth in society 1. Mushaarakah – رآ (equity finance) 2. Mudhaarabah - ر (equity finance - sleeping partner) • Two are not ideal as they replicate the effects of conventional banking but nevertheless are tolerated in Shariah 3. Ijaarah - ( إ رةleasing) 4. Muraabahah
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Thoughts on Smart Beta Chao Liu May 22 2014 The two articles in FT introduce the recent popular investment strategy: smart beta. Smart beta concept is growing popularity across the world because it has allegedly been providing investors risk-adjust excess return. Some consider smart beta approach as a strategy lies between traditional active management in which the fund managers actively pick stocks for their portfolios, and the passive management in which the investor simply replicate the market
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An organization’s valuation can create very efficient planning and capital distribution making this an important step in the organization’s valuation. The short and long term investments of an organization affect the day to day decisions of management and it also affects the organization’s value. Because this affects the value of the organization it becomes extremely important to use appropriate and precise valuation methods in order to estimate business activities and or projects that can affect
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Portfolio project- Part 2 1. One investment that performed well for my portfolio is Twitter. My return is +25.83% ending at a current of price $48.08 and paid $38.21. After researching recent news and events I found that the reason for this positive return is because on February 5, 2015, Twitter, Inc. issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 followed along with a earnings review on February 13, 2015. In the earnings review
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domestic investment between countries. A typical finding of these studies is that, during the past decade, the cost-of-capital gap between countries has been largely attributable to differences in the domestic cost of funds, leaving relatively little room for the role of tax systems. In the case of multinational investment, however, an international comparison of the cost of capital is complicated by the possibility of overlapping tax jurisdictions and the possibility of raising investment
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