Research Proposal Impact of Financial Derivatives Usage on Corporate Market Value: Evidence from Non-Financial Firms in China 1. Introduction Use of financial derivatives for hedging corporate risks purpose is becoming popular during the last two decades. International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) reports the notional amount outstanding of over the counter (OTC) derivatives increased by 25.6% from $511.1 trillion to $642.1 trillion over the five-year period ending December 31‚ 2012
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Importance of Accounting Accounting is important because it manages the checkbooks of company which are important to analyses and determine the success of the business by looking through the different account statements and translating the company documents. An accountant or accounting firm starts and maintains auditing of a company. Accounting is also important because it offers a great assistance in planning the future investments as well as being able
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known fact to the people residing in UK and other parts of Western Europe‚ that we experience very unpredictable seasons and weather‚ throughout the year. But‚ what’s circulating in air among people of UK is about the miserable “Wet Summers”; that we have face. It was very depressing to our climate and weather prediction agencies for being incapable of predicting accurate weather ahead”‚ said lead author of the study‚ Richard Hall. Fortunately‚ our scientists and researchers working at Sheffield University
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Currency derivatives Introduction Currency derivatives come in to existences as a hedging tool. As against unfavourable appreciation and depreciation of a single currency. Exporter‚ importer and financial investor have developed a vast range of currency derivative instruments are also used by speculators willing to arrange future currency selling or buying contracts while hoping hoping to buy or sell the currency at favourable anticipated exchange rates in the future. This act of speculator
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History of Derivatives: A Few Milestones EFTA Seminar on Regulation of Derivatives Markets‚ Zurich‚ 3 May 2012 Steve Kummer (research and redaction) and Christian Pauletto (concept and speech delivery) Policy and Trade in Services Division State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Federal Department of Economic Affairs FDEA Introduction This presentation contains a selection of records and events that constitute a part of the history of derivatives. It relates how derivatives date back
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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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HOW MUCH SHOULD WE USE DERIVATIVES HEDGES? A Study in Airline Industry Changgull Song Fordham University‚ Deming Scholars MBA‚ changgull@gmail.com For managers of airlines‚ it is not always easy to predict the jet fuel costs‚ which affect the profitability of the firm. As a solution‚ some airlines aggressively hedge against the variability‚ but some others don’t. Here‚ we are trying to find an answer to a question‚ “How much should they hedge?” Variability in Earnings: Is it Bad? In a
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Malihi Prof. Fred Friend BLW411/511 March 27‚ 2014 The Downfall of Enron Corporation “Ethics and integrity are at the core of sustainable long term success … Without them‚ no strategy can work and‚ as Enron has demonstrated‚ enterprises will fail. That’s despite having some of the ‘smartest’ guys in the room.” by Richard Rudden. As the quotation states‚ ethics and integrity play a key role in the success of any corporation; through these principles‚ companies can ensure their compliance with
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The Downfall of Enron Valerie Glushkov Enron Company was once one of the biggest energy company in the U.S. Fortune magazine ranked Enron as #7 in April 2001 in Fortunes ranking by market capitalization of the five hundred largest corporations in the United States. On December 2‚ 2001‚ Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The unexpected and rapid collapse in the market value of this corporate giant has had immense consequences for nearly all of its stakeholders
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Introduction Enron was one of America’s leading companies prior to its spectacular collapse in 2001. It was frequently named as one of America’s top 10 most admired corporations and best places to work‚ and its board was acclaimed one of the US’ best five‚ according to Fortune magazine. As America’s seventh largest company‚ Enron experienced explosive growth through the 1990s. It had revenues of US$139 ($184) billion‚ US$62 ($82) billion in assets and employed more than 30‚000 people across 20
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