CHAPTER 9 CASE: The Fall of Barings Bank The story of Barings Bank shows how overconfidence‚ coupled with poor internal control‚ can even bring down an historic financial institution. Below we provide a few teaching points. Nick Leeson seemed to have all the characteristics of an overconfident trader. As described in the chapter‚ excessive trading‚ lack of diversification‚ and too much risk were obviously present. Self-attribution bias seemed to play a major role. One commentator notes
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[pic] UNITY BANK: REALIZING VALUE FROM AN M&A INTEGRATION EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Founded in 1982 in South Africa‚ Unity Bank was one of the few providers of global shareholder and employee management services and other value added services. Unity held more than 60 million accounts for over 10‚000 corporations across twelve countries and five continents‚ employing 8000 people worldwide and a market capitalization of $2 billion. The M&A integration of Delta with Unity Bank in itself was a great
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Case 8.2 Northwest Bank Developing Expectations for Analytical Procedures Analytical procedures are used for many purposes‚ such as to understand the clients industry or business‚ assess the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern‚ and to indicate the presence of possible misstatements. The audit approach for Northwest Bank calls for the audit team to gain assurance on the fairness of loan interest income primarily through the performance of analytical procedures. Additional detailed
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Summary of the Case: Alpen bank needs to launch credit card in Romania which is a matter driven by market dynamics‚ customer demographics‚ usage behavior and changing macroeconomic conditions. Formulation of an effective marketing strategy is inevitable for the introduction of the credit card in such an environment. 1. How should Alpen position its card‚ if it intends to launch it? Positioning is identifying a set of possible competitive advantages to build a position in the minds of the consumers
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Great Dakota Bank Case Assignment Questions 1. What is the value proposition for online banking? Explain. How should Great Dakota Bank communicate this value to its customers? The value proposition for online banking is to ensure customers how valuable and useful online banking can be for them. Customers who engage in online banking are able to constantly keep track of their spending‚ pay bills online‚ transfer money between accounts‚ and know where their money is going out and
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going down and is hurting their core growth strategy of acquisitions. Compared with the financial results of the country’s largest 25 bank holding companies‚ Banc One has been very successful during the decade since 1982. It has the highest and most consistent ROA‚ ROE and EPS. Its EPS has been consistently growing for the last 24 years which none of the other banks have been able to imitate. The reason behind the success of Banc One has been a three pronged approach: * retail and middle market
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Name: Aadarsh Raju Date: May 12‚ 2011 BBVA BANK (A): Innovation Initiatives 2003-2008 This case shows how a large corporation can appreciate innovation as their new organizational culture. For a bank that based its expansions on geographical spread‚ mergers & acquisitions & revenue growth‚ to change to a culture based on innovation is not an easy task but is a step in the right direction. However‚ with the advent of the financial crisis in 2008‚ consumers have lost faith in financial
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Deutsche Bank and the Road to Basel III Deutsche Bank made its entrance into the world in 1870 and it was one of the first banks to adopt universal banking as it promoted and facilitated trade relations between Germany and other overseas markets. Deutsche Bank acquired smaller banks in Germany in order to be the most prominent bank in their home base in addition to having a global reach. Following World War I‚ inflation took over Germany causing many borrowers to default on their loans forcing the
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Chemical Banks – Allocation of Profits Question 1. How will you resolve the due bill controversy? Due Bill Controversy: Metro Division’s service to sell the Due Bill for the Treasury division is not recognized by the Treasury department. While Metro acted like a cost center‚ Treasury acted as profit center. When Metro Bank division reviewed the profit loss statement for the Due Bills‚ it was found that Metro division was incurring loss of $26.50 for each transaction. Consequences of Due
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Baring’s computer system was not the best and was incapable of monitoring the bank’s trading. Leeson used his bck office knowledge to conceal the problem and he had the authority to as well. 5.Why was Barings Bank willing to transfer large cash sums to Barings Futures Singapore? Barings Bank was willing to transfer large cash sums to
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