Pictet-Absolute Return Fixed Income: unlocking the potential of a rapidly-changing bond market Pictet Asset Management May 2014 For professional investors only Overview From 16 to 9. Over the past decade, the number of sovereign borrowers rated triple-A by Standard and Poor's has almost halved. There is probably no clearer testament to the damage caused by the financial crisis. But it is not the only momentous change facing fixed income investors. In another break with the past, policymakers
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Stockholm School of Economics 4307 Banking and Financial Intermediation Term Paper 16th October 2015 Authors: Aatman Ajmera- 40743, Abhilash Badami-40744, Lampros Baltas-40757 New Business Models: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending Abstract: This paper evaluates the efficacy of the peer-to-peer lending model. While we primarily discuss the consumer loan market, the structure, principles and associated risks are fairly similar for other end markets as well. Contrary to popular opinion, empirical
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Scared Straight Todays youth at a glance is becoming more troubling by the day as social media trends such as the “Knockout Game”, schoolyard fights, along with sprees of theft and even in some cases acts of murder. We are living in a time where the parental relationships with children are at a state of degeneration, as many kids within different demo-graphs are high risk to be involved with these activities and in most cases dire outcomes. Numerous cases of theft, violence, and general delinquency
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Value of Education in Today’s Society Patricia D. Campbell Athens State University Value of Education in Today’s Society Education can have a transformative effect on an individual’s life. The level and quality of an individual’s education can determine that individual’s standard of living and impact the standard of living of the entire community (Vila, 2000). Educational opportunity needs to be available at the earliest age and continue at every level to help launch the
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Regional Economic Integration and the Impact of the Single European Market Regional Economic Integration is an agreement between countries to reduce or remove trade barriers so that counties within the agreement will benefit by joining the integration. Without this Regional Economic Integration it was difficult for countries to trade because exporting goods from one country to another always had tariffs and nontariff barriers, making it harder for countries to ultimately benefit from trade between
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1.0 Introduction Puma is one of the famous sports brand, the brand’s history can backward to World War Ι, Herzogenaurach Germany, 1948 by Rudolf Dassler. The major products covered almost all sport items, such as sport shoes, wears, and other sports equipment. The brand PUMA is the leader of football shoes. Puma is Olympic sponsors and partner of World formula championship tournament. Today the group has more than 9,500 employees and distributes its products more than 120 countries. Group holds
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Renting an Apartment versus Buying a Home Composition II / 156 March.20, 2011 Outline for my Essay Why should we buy a home vs. rent an apartment? There are a lot of factors to consider for both. There are a lot of steps to finding out what you would want if you buy a home and if you rent an apartment. The factors can be overwhelming and yet very important. So the first thing you need to do is get all of the information that you are looking for and put it down on paper. Then you need
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Running header: Just War Theory The Just War Theory Regarding the War on Terrorism Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The modern interpretation of the Just War Theory list seven conditions which must met in order for a war to be considered “Just” (jus ad bellum). This paper demonstrates that, while it has been suggested that all wars, even the current war on terrorism, are unjust, the facts remain that any war that meets each of the seven criteria
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Acknowledgement: First and foremost, I would like to thank to our course teacher Md. Nasir Shikder for the valuable guidance and advice. He inspired me greatly to work in this assignment. His willingness to motivate me contributed tremendously to my assignment. I also would like to thank him for sharing practical experience and showing us some document that related to the topic of our assignment. Besides, I would like to thank the authority of Southeast University for providing us with a good
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Leadership in Organizations Semester Assignment John F. Kennedy (USA President: 1961-1963) November 22, 1963 |October 28, 1962 |October 22, 1962 |October 16, 1962 |May 25, 1961 |January 20, 1961 |November 8, 1960 |May 29, 1917 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |JFK is assassinated while riding through the streets of Dallas, Texas. Lyndon Johnson becomes president |Soviet Union agrees to remove its missiles from Cuba |JFK announces naval quarantine of Cuba |The U.S. obtains photos
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