Autumns Internship Project KPMG Strategic and commercial Intelligence Department Inverting the Pyramid: Inclusion in the Financial Services Industry Final Project Report 19/11/2010 Submitted By: Hufriya Kavarana PGP-09-031 S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai Inverting the Pyramid: Inclusion in the Financial Services Industry 2 | P a g e Table of Contents Preface .......................................................................................................
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INVEST MENT MANA VAULT CAREER GUIDE TO INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT ANDREW SCHLOSSBERG WITH ALEXANDER GORELIK AND THE STAFF OF VAULT © 2002 Vault Inc. Vault Career Guide to Investment Management Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 1 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 The Industry Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 THE SCOOP Buy-side vs. Sell-side 3 11 Jobs
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(brand and technology), (2) financial and industrial assets and (3) natural resources that can propel them to US$100 bn market capitalization over a period of time. We also look at global experience to draw conclusions for India; every decade throws up new and interesting names. Finally, we assess operating factors that are required to achieve and sustain US$100 bn market capitalization. Asset-based companies: A few banks can and will get there Other than financial services companies, we are skeptical
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an opportunity from a financial services company based in Johannesburg availed itself at the beginning of 2004, I grasped it with both hands as I have always been fascinated by working with numbers and I believed this was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me to be exposed in the field of finance, which I believed would be immensely complemented by my computer and analytical knowledge and skills. I have ever since fallen more and more in love with the financial services sector. My computer and
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offering alternative pay methods, the point of sale, the discount on purchases, reward vouchers, free magazines or invitations to the special events and sales previews etc. Some store cards even provide cash withdraw service from ATMs. The customers purchase their goods or services by using the store cards and later receive their statements. Those statements are sent out monthly for accounts with a credit balance and cardholders are required to make a least 3% to 5% of outstanding balance as minimum
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markets-led and financing-focused business that provides tailored financial solutions to major government, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. Global Banking and Markets has offices in more than 60 countries and territories. Managed as a global business, we offer clients geographic reach and deep local knowledge. Our clients are served by teams that bring together relationship managers and product specialists to develop financial solutions that meet individual client needs. To ensure that
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In this paper you will read my understanding of the facts in reference to the Intersect Investment Scenario. Since 2001, the financial services industry has been encountering problems with trying to bounce back from the turbulent Wall Street disaster. Over the period of four years, Intersect Investments has been struggling to compete in the financial services industry. The company must develop a new strategy that will change the current direction of the company. Intersect Investments has
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Style Drift and Portfolio Management for Active Australian Equity Funds † Andrew B. Ainsworth ∗ Kingsley Fong David R. Gallagher Current Draft: 30 April 2007 Australian School of Business, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, N.S.W. 2052 Abstract Using monthly active equity fund portfolio holdings, we examine the magnitude of style drift and decompose it into active and passive components. We find that while fund style tilts are consistent with their self-stated investment objective
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the rise of the financial industry. The biggest question which the documentary arouses is that knowing what happened, why are the miscreants not being punished? As the director, Charles Ferguson, himself stated while receiving the Oscar, “Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that's wrong.”1 Lets us first look at the prelude (context) of this financial crisis: ADMAP
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Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving more than 59 million consumer and small business relationships with more than 6,100 retail banking offices, more than 18,000 ATMs and an online banking
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