1.Consider exchange rates for your country’s currency against that of its main trading partner over the last 10 years. What trends can you see and how might these trends affect your chosen firm and/or industry? [see http://www.x-rates.com] Exchange rates come in two forms: Fixed exchange rates‚ although they produce stability and predictability‚ tend to get in the way of market forces—if a currency is kept artificially low‚ a country will tend to export too much and import too little. Trade
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD INDIA Research and Publications Risk Management Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis for Derivative Exchanges Jayanth R. Varma W.P. No.2009-02-06 February 2009 The main objective of the working paper series of the IIMA is to help faculty members‚ research staff and doctoral students to speedily share their research findings with professional colleagues and test their research findings at the pre-publication stage. IIMA is committed to
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Australia’s Banking Industry Date: May 2011 Disclaimer This publication has been prepared as a general overview of the Banking Industry in Australia and does not constitute and is not intended to constitute financial product advice as defined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwth). Nothing in this document should be construed as a recommendation or statement of opinion intended to influence a person in making an investment decision. The information is made available on the strict understanding
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Ethical Practice within the financial services industry Why is ethical practice important? Firms that operate within the financial services try to be as open and honest with their consumers with all types of business in order to create confidence among customers. Not all banks/services have profit as their primary goal‚ there are several financial services which focus on creating social and environmental benefits. So why are ethical policies important? Well it comes down to the customer and their
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Business Management & Social Sciences Research (JBM&SSR) ISSN No: 2319-5614 Volume 1‚ No.2‚ November 2012 _________________________________________________________________________________ An Analysis of Indian Financial Derivatives Market and its Position in Global Financial Derivatives Market Dr. Shree Bhagwat‚ Asst. Professor‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Dr. H.S. Gour Central University‚ Sagar (M.P.) India. Ritesh Omre‚ Student‚ Department of Business Management‚ BTIRT‚ Affiliated with
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Are financial derivatives a barrier to investment banks? Introduction In recent decades‚ the development of financial derivatives is one of the most important and striking features among international financial markets (Lei‚ D.2009). Meanwhile‚ international investment banks gradually increase their utilization of financial derivatives in investment management strategy. Business related to derivatives has also become the core competitive ability to investment
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THE BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY POST-CONSOLIDATION By B. B. EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry
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ECONOMIC MELTDOWN IN INDIA AND THE US Monjoree Barua Perhaps never before in recent history‚ has any economic development been so talked about as the ongoing ‘economic meltdown’. As it is clear no one person or institution ever understands the world economic network and functioning completely. Naturally‚ the fault could not be detected until the symptoms proved beyond repair. The sudden collapse of global finance giants like Lehman Brothers‚ AIG and battering of numerous
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Derivatives in Financial Market Development Rangarajan K. Sundaram New York University (contact: rsundara@stern.nyu.edu) (contact: ) February 2013 Derivatives in Financial Market Development Rangarajan K. Sundaram Stern School of Business‚ New York University http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/ rsundara 13 September 2012 Contents Executive Summary ii 1 Introduction 2 2 The World Derivatives Market 2 2.1 Basic Derivative Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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INDIAN BANKING INDUSTRY Banking forms the back bone of the country. Banks are special as they not only accept and deploy large amounts of uncollateralized public funds in fiduciary capacity‚ but also leverage such funds through credit creation. They directly or indirectly affect the growth of the country. Banking in India has gone through different phases of nationalization and liberalization. In confront of American crisis‚ evolving technology‚ growing Indian economy and further liberalization
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