Assignment #6 10. Create your own “financial shenanigan” and explain how it might work. Do not use the shenanigans described by Schilit. A “financial shenanigan” is the act or practice of buying and selling securities on a portfolio immediately before a report is due in order to make the portfolio look more profitable than it has been. For example, as the industrial sector portfolio manager of Fordham’s Student Managed Investment Fund I will sell stocks that have performed poorly (i.e.
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The American Red Cross predominately uses Enterprise Funds for its accounting for their revenues. Since the group does receive about 26% of their revenue through donations, based on the 2011 financial statements, these contributions are usually restricted. They are restricted in a couple different ways; unrestricted net assets, temporarily restricted net assets, and permanently restricted net assets. And because of these types of restrictions, Enterprise Funds do work best for the Red Cross in order
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Criteria: 1. Problems 2. Specify key assumptions 3. Identify relevant info and sources to solve the problem 4. Evidence and quality of evidence 5. Qualitative and quantitative tools 6. Conclusions, implications and consequences Key assumptions 1. En Munir had conducted cash skimming in the company which leaded to his resignation. 2. En Selamat has personal benefit from the deal with Cold Gold Sdn Bhd. Therefore although CG did not pay within the credit term, En Selamat did not stop the
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Accel Partners VII Analysis The Private Equity Partnerships (PEPs) agreement contains mechanisms to align the interest of general partners (GPs) with those of the limited partners (LPs): performance incentives and direct means of control. In the case of Accel VII, we are interested in how the performance incentives align both the interest of the general and limited partners. They include the terms of the general partners’ compensation structure and calculations of management fees and carried interest
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Preparing to Conduct Business Research Charles Page and Brandy Stiffler February 25, 2013 RES 351 Abdulhamid Sukar Preparing to Conduct Business Research Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that builds homes for underprivileged families around the world. The foundation was started in 1968 and over the years has helped build or repair nearly 600,000 homes around the world. They also originate and keep all of the home loans on their own books. In recent years they have come
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Abstract. Great strides have been made in the theory of bank technology in terms of explaining banks’ comparative advantage in producing informationally intensive assets and financial services and in diversifying or offsetting a variety of risks. Great strides have also been made in explaining sub-par managerial performance in terms of agency theory and in applying these theories to analyze the particular environment of banking. In recent years, the empirical modeling of bank technology
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BSc Finance BSFI Curriculum Plan (Updated on 19-Oct-2012 11:02:52 AM) *Note 1: As part of the graduation requirement, students must complete at least 30cu of level 3 courses & above from the compulsory & major. *Note 2:Students are strongly advised to follow the proper progression of course level (ie, take level 1 courses before level 2, and level 2 before level 3). *Note 3: Timetable- Detail of the class day, week and term would be reflected on the table below. If it is blank, a separate timetable
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CONCEPT PAPERONREGULATIONOF INVESTMENTADVISORS 1. Background 1.1 Section 11 (2)(b) of SEBI Act empowers SEBI to register and regulate working of Investment Advisors and such other intermediaries who may be associated with securitiesmarketin any othermanner. 1.2 As decided by SEBI Board in its meeting dated March 22, 2007, SEBI had posted a consultative paper on the “Regulation of Investment Advisors” on its website inviting public comments. Based on public commentsreceived on the consultative
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An Inflection Point in Chinese Capital Markets JC de Swaan Caijing Magazine July 3rd, 2009 The institutional development of Chinese capital markets has lagged – while a growing body of academic literature has demonstrated the positive linkages between the development of capital markets and economic growth, China has managed to grow at a breath-taking 10% CAGR over the last 30 years despite lacking commensurately developed capital markets. Several announcements in the past months suggest a potential
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After reading A Letter from Prison I have many takeaways and lessons learned. It is absolutely imperative that companies maintain their financial documents with as much accuracy and honesty as possible, and do their due diligence in taking whatever measures appropriate to have accurate financial data. If a company does not understand how to properly record revenue than it is their due diligence to comply with the accounting standards that are set and they must hire employee’s who understand how
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