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    Finanicial Instituitions in Paistan

    Pakistan include Banks, Investment Companies, Insurance Companies, Leasing Companies, Venture Capital & Discount Houses, Housing Finance Companies, and Mutual Funds. Bank A bank is a commercial or state institution that provides financial services, including issuing money in various forms, receiving deposits of money, lending money, and processing transactions and the creating of credit. Major players of the banking sector are categorized in the following heads: * Central Bank * Nationalized

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    Financial Crisis

    not recognize the increasingly important role played by financial institutions such as investment banks and hedge funds, also known as the shadow banking system. Some experts believe these institutions had become as important as commercial (depository) banks in providing credit to the U.S. economy, but they were not subject to the same regulations. These institutions as well as certain regulated banks had also assumed significant debt burdens while providing the loans described above and did not have

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    Cyprus Financial Crisis

    Greek bonds that Cypriot banks had heavily invested in, Cyprus was no longer able to support its financial sector and was forced to seek a bailout from the European Union. The proposed bailout plan for Cyprus was not only unexpected, but an action that had never before been done in the history of banking crises. This controversial “bail-in” plan has many serious implications for state of financial markets worldwide. The European Union agreed upon a bail-in plan in which bank deposits would be used

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    Efficiency and Risk-Taking in Pre-Crisis Investment Bank

    ECONOMICS Efficiency and Risk-taking in Pre-crisis 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

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    Organizational Behavior

    Retail Banking Series Consumer Trust Reinventing Retail Banking Series Catalysts for Change The Implications of Gen Y Consumers for Banks Building Consumer Trust in Retail Payments Laying a Solid Foundation Produced by the Deloitte Center for Banking Solutions Produced by the Deloitte Center for Banking Solutions The traditional retail bank is at an inflection point. The needs and expectations of customers are changing as quickly as the competitive landscape. Customers are demanding

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    Types of Money

    fiduciary. Whenever, any bank assures the customers to pay in different types of money and when the customer can sell the promise or transfer it to somebody else, it is called the fiduciary money. Fiduciary money is generally paid in gold, silver or paper money. There are cheques and bank notes, which are the examples of fiduciary money because both are some kind of token which are used as money and carry the same value.  4. Commercial Bank Money: Commercial Bank money or demand deposits are

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    Consumer Attitudes Towards Electronic Retailing

    6107 Public Disclosure Authorized Financial Literacy around the World An Overview of the Evidence with Practical Suggestions for the Way Forward Lisa Xu Bilal Zia Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Development Research Group Finance and Private Sector Development Team June 2012 Policy Research Working Paper 6107 Abstract Financial literacy programs are fast becoming a key ingredient in financial policy reform worldwide. Yet, what is financial

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    Recommendations Made by the Independent Commission on Banking (Icb) vs. Criteria in the Saunders-Walter Paper

    established to provide retail and commercial banking services in the UK. Ring-fencing similar to the ‘swaps push out’ requirement in the U.S., which separates derivatives trading businesses from banking activities. Further, under the Volcker Rule, banks are to be prohibited from proprietary trading as well as investing in or sponsoring hedge funds and private equity funds. The ring-fencing recommendations by the ICB focus on insulating core essential banking services from potential losses caused by

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    Kokook

    Q1. a). Investment banks generally offer services in the areas of: 1) making a market in securities, 2) underwriting securities, and 3) assisting in mergers and acquisitions, and 4) asset management. Most of these are fee-based services, which are not subject to credit risk. Commercial banks have become increasingly interested in the last three because of the possibility of earning fee income. Banks that underwrite securities help a firm or government unit place a debt or equity issue with the

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    Risk Management Issues

    policies, due consideration is given to the Bank’s commitment to: Create, monitor and manage credit risk in a manner that complies with all applicable laws and regulations; Identify credit risk in each investment, loan or other activity of the Bank; Utilise appropriate, accurate and timely tools to measure credit risk; Set acceptable risk parameters; Maintain acceptable levels of credit risk for existing individual credit exposures; Maintain acceptable levels of overall credit risk for

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