Banking Industry Meltdown: The Ethical and Financial Risks of Derivatives Steven Young Strayer University Dr. Mary Tranquillo Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases November 29‚ 2012 Determine which moral philosophy (as discussed in chapter 6) is most applicable to an understanding of the banking industry meltdown Moral philosophy in business is hard to classify‚ especially in today’s economic times where there are government bailouts‚ loss of paying jobs‚ home foreclosures
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DERIVATIVES FOR MANAGING FINANCIAL RISK Q-1 What are derivatives? Why do companies hedge risk using derivatives? A-1 A derivative is a financial instrument whose pay-offs is derived from some other asset which is called an underlying asset. Option‚ an example of a derivative security‚ is a more complicated derivative. There are a large number of simple derivatives like futures or forward contracts or swaps. Derivatives are tools to reduce a firm’s risk exposure. A firm can do away with unnecessary
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Leir Center Financial Bubble Research Working Paper #7 2007-2009 Financial Meltdown William Rapp New Jersey Institute Of Technology In the Fall of 2007 the Dow Jones Industrial index reached an all time high over 14‚000. By November 2008 it had fallen under 8000. Other stock market indices worldwide including the high growth emerging economies of India and China saw similar or greater drops. Those predicting these economies had developed an Asian regional economy that would prove relatively
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Financial Derivatives Various Types and Pricing of Forward Contracts Contents 1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 2.1 Futures...................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Options....................................................................................................................
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INTRODUCTION: THE REASON TO GO FOR DERIVATIVES S. (http://www.ddegjust.ac.in/studymaterial/mba/fm407.pdf) to achieve a required rate of return with minimum risk on your investments; to overcome or at least minimize the high financial risk arising out of the fluctuating of the interest rates‚ currency exchange rate and stock prices; FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES Derivatives: This is a security‚ whose price is dependent upon or derived from one or more underlying assets. The derivative itself is merely a contract between two or more
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Enron #1. Based on what you read in this chapter‚ summarize in one page or less how you would explain Enron’s ethical meltdown. The first thought in this case is to define Ethics. A person with ethics is a person who has wholesome morals. It directly reflects your beliefs in your actions. The you use to decide what your conduct should be. (Dessler‚ 2011) The second thought in this case is to define morals. Morals are the right way of behaving or acting in different situations. Being able
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FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES “Risk in Investing in Derivatives” Submitted By: Zeeshan Saeed (9961) Hashim Mamsa (10138) Fawaz Shaikh (11276) Ali Kazi (10537) Submitted To: Mrs. Shazia Farooq TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION_______________________________________________________________________ 3 Types of Risk:_________________________________________________________________________ 4 I. Market Risk:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 II. Default risk…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Banking Industry The Banking Industry was once a simple and reliable business that took deposits from investors at a lower interest rate and loaned it out to borrowers at a higher rate. However deregulation and technology led to a revolution in the Banking Industry that saw it transformed. Banks have become global industrial powerhouses that have created ever more complex products that use risk and securitisation in models that only PhD students can understand. Through technology development‚
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A STUDY ON RISK MANAGEMENT IN BANKING INDUSTRY SHAJITHA.K M.Phil SCHOLAR.‚ Risk management is relatively new and emerging practice as far as Indian banks are concerned and has been proved that it’s a mirror of efficient corporate governance of a financial institution. Globalization and significant competition between foreign and domestic banks‚ survival and optimizing returns are very crucial for banks and financial institutions. However‚ selecting the efficient customer and providing
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countries’ exchange rates. This phenomenon brought high risks among international trades. The traditional financial tools and market can not satisfy the need of hedging any more. Hence‚ the derivatives came onto the market. In the first part of this essay‚ I will introduce what are derivatives and explain under what conditions will they be used. In the second part of the essay‚ I am going to analysis the strong points and the weaknesses of using derivatives‚ both from the general aspect and detailed perspective
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