Investment Banks Nemanja Radić, Franco Fiordelisi, Claudia Girardone Working Paper Series No 08/11 Efficiency and risk-taking in pre-crisis investment banks Nemanja Radić1, Franco Fiordelisi2, Claudia Girardone3 Abstract Investment banks’ core functions expose them to a wide array of risks. This paper analyses cost and profit efficiency for a sample of investment banks for the G7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK and US) and Switzerland prior to the recent financial crisis
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corporate governance and risk management in financial regulatory reform As regulators and policymakers continue their efforts to find the best way to prevent a repetition of the financial crisis that almost engulfed the world economy, re-evaluating how corporate governance and risk management can make the financial system more secure has become a crucial question. Clifford Chance organised three round-table debates between 2009-2010 to assess this issue. With financial regulatory reform continuing
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DISSERTATION PROPOSAL The Impact of Foreign Share Ownership on Financial Performance in Australia Word Count: 2,696 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 2. Literature Review ............................................................................................................... 5 2.1 2.2 3. 4. Corporate Governance in Australia ..................................
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L e tte r o f T r a ns m itta l June 11, 2011 Dr. Md. Farid Ahmed Professor Department of Finance University of Dhaka Dear Sir, Here is the report on ‘Cause, Consequences and Cures of Stock Market Crash 2011: A Study on Dhaka Stock Exchange’ you asked us to conduct. Working on a practical field with theories helped us to build our theories strong and specific. We believe that this report will help the reader to know about the causes and consequences
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the issue, “contingent capital securities are hybrid securities issued by financial institutions that are intended to provide leverage in good economic times and provide a buffer (i.e., loss absorption) under stress scenarios when it would be difficult for financial institutions to raise new capital.”2 This implies the usefulness of the CoCos in the good economic times as well as in crisis. According to the Financial Times lexicon, “contingent capital is debt that converts into equity when
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mind. What deters people working in the business and financial worlds from committing fraud? The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 perhaps? Fear of prosecution? One would hope so, but it is certain that the answer is more complex than that. In fact, it could be argued that the answer is nothing deters people from committing fraud because fraud is still happening. Therein, lies the aim of this paper. This paper will take a look at financial fraud and the deterrents in place since 2002, and offer
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Publishing, Inc. 2011 http://www.eurojournals.com/ajsr.htm Banking Service Quality Provided by Commercial Banks and Customer Satisfaction Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary Associate professor of Business Management, Department of Business Administration College of Financial and Business Administration Al al-Bayt University, Jordan Rashid M. Alhamali Associate professor of Industrial Management, Department of Qualitative Methods College of Business Administration, King Saud University Saudi Arabia
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CHAPTER 4 Establishing New Banks, Branches, ATMs, Telephone Services, and Web Sites Goal of This Chapter: The purpose of this chapter is to learn how new banks are chartered by state and federal authorities in the United States, to determine what makes a good site for a new branch office, to recognize how the role of branch offices is changing, and to explore the advantages and disadvantages of automated banking facilities. Key Topics in This Chapter
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about the HR planning is conducted to fulfill the ABC banking company’s requirements. ABC bank is a private commercial bank and it was in operation for last 12 years. The bank had over 800 employees and currently operates with 40 branches and bank recorded 150% profit growth last year and board of directors want to expand the business during the upcoming year. The management wants to expand bank network into 15 branches and establish a 24 hour call center with 40 staff members. And also strengthen
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clear that poor corporate governance practices, over and undue exposure to the capital market, oil and gas sector, poor risk management practices and inadequate disclosure and transparency about the banks’ financial position characterised the Nigerian banking sector. The CBN, in June 2009 took a three –pronged approach to assess the financial condition of the twenty four (24) banks. One of the approaches was the special audit jointly carried out by the CBN and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation
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