Lecture Notes on MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS Peter N. Ireland Department of Economics Boston College irelandp@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~irelandp/ec261.html Chapter 2: An Overview of the Financial System 1. Function of Financial Markets and Financial Intermediaries 2. Structure of Financial Markets Debt and Equity Markets Primary and Secondary Markets Exchanges and Over-the-Counter Markets Money and Capital Markets 3. Financial Instruments Money Market Instruments Capital Market
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Case Analysis of Bank of America: Mobile Banking Marcus J. Durr Professor Trittipo AMBA 650 Section 9047 January 31, 2012 Abstract During the tough time for the banking industry when many banks have gone into bankruptcy or have began add numerous fees to their service in order to stay afloat; Bank of American (BoA) has also experienced some of the effects of the financial crisis. In an effort to weather the storm BoA began to incorporate mobile banking. While its competitors were implementing
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Topics, Issues, and Controversies in Corporate Governance and Leadership S T A N F O R D C L O S E R L OO K S E R I E S stanford closer look series 1 Tesla Motors: The Evolution of Governance From Inception to IPO Tesla Motors In June 2010, Tesla Motors raised over $225 million in an initial public offering that valued the electric car manufacturer at $2 billion. It was the first time a U.S. automobile company went public since Ford Motor in 1956. The evolution of Tesla—first incorporated
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Wells Fargo History in Portland Financial Heartland Before banking, Wells Fargo was simply the merging of two rival transportation companies in the 1850’s. In order to serve the West’s demand for faster communication, Henry Wells and William Fargo built a Wells, Fargo & Co. location in 1882 in Portland, Oregon. Portland’s location at the joining of the Willamette and Columbia established it as the shipping center for the Pacific Northwest and an attraction for Wells
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Global Banking and Markets Alexandre Yoda – CFO (safra, jp morgan) estudou Ibmec e FAAP Scotiabank – public company Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1832 Headquarters – Toronto, Canada Brian J Porter – President and CEO Scotiabank, through our Global Banking and Markets division, provides corporate and investment banking and capital markets products and services to corporate, institutional and government clients around the globe. We have over 30 offices globally and more than
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Memorandum The Volcker Rule Introduction The regulation of financial institutions has long been a controversial subject in the United States of America, going through cycles of increasing or decreasing rigorousness. Following the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, the US Congress enacted several laws designed to regulate financial institutions. One of these laws, the Banking Act of 1933, included four provisions limiting the ability of deposit-taking institutions to trade for their
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Currency trading industry: On the consumer part of the industry, the currency trading market consists of retailers and institutions. To trade with institutions, a large entrance capital is needed because institutions don’t offer leverage. For the small investors, retail trading firms are the gateway into trading. These retail trading firms give investors the opportunity to use leverage to invest. Before the year 2009, retail firms in the United States offered 400 to 1 leverage. This meant that
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Develop and Articulate clear and consistent sense of purpose and direction for the organization Ghosn was only moderately successful in articulating an organization purpose. In presenting his first analysis of Nissan, he identified the challenge of “save the business without losing the company” while simultaneously presenting the goal of “ do everything in my power to bring Nissan back to profitability at the earliest date possible and revive it as a highly attractive company”. While the combination
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Lecture Notes on MONEY, BANKING, AND FINANCIAL MARKETS Peter N. Ireland Department of Economics Boston College irelandp@bc.edu http://www2.bc.edu/~irelandp/ec261.html Chapter 2: An Overview of the Financial System 1. Function of Financial Markets and Financial Intermediaries 2. Structure of Financial Markets Debt and Equity Markets Primary and Secondary Markets Exchanges and Over-the-Counter Markets Money and Capital Markets 3. Financial Instruments Money Market Instruments Capital Market Instruments
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4194 APRIL 19, 2010 TIMOTHY A. LUEHRMAN JAMES QUINN Groupe Ariel S.A.: Parity Conditions and Cross-Border Valuation On June 23, 2008, a Monday morning, Arnaud Martin arrived at his office in Groupe Ariel’s corporate headquarters in Mulhouse, France. The previous week, Martin had requested additional financial information about an investment proposal from Ariel-Mexico, a wholly owned subsidiary that operated a manufacturing facility and a regional sales office in Monterrey, Mexico. The
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