The financial crisis began in early 2006 when the subprime mortgage market in the U.S. began to display an increasing rate of mortgage defaults. These defaults lead‚ in late 2006‚ to a decline in US housing prices after nearly a decade of exceptionally high growth. Many Americans watched as their primary source of wealth become increasingly devalued. By late 2007‚ the prime mortgage markets were showing higher than normal default rates as well. Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs)‚ a
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www.ajbms.org ISSN: 2047-2528 Asian Journal of Business and Management Sciences Vol. 1 No. 2 [157-165] MERGERS IN BANKING INDUSTRY OF INDIA: SOME EMERGING ISSUES Dr. K.A. Goyal Convener & Head‚ Management Department‚ B.N.P.G. College‚ Udaipur. Vijay Joshi Research Scholar‚ Department of Business Administration‚ UCCMS‚ MLSU‚ Udaipur. ABSTRACT The world of competition is like a jungle where monsters gobble smaller ones therefore one has to be competent enough to win the rivalry. There are
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banks recognize that financial stability can be jeopardised even if there is price and macroeconomic stability. What is needed is not more regulation but sharper regulation of the financial system” - DEEPAK MOHANTY (executive director at RBI). Introduction Banking and financial crisis have been a common phenomenon throughout the modern economic history of mankind. Since the great depression of 1929‚ the world has witnessed hundreds of such crisis and the frequency of the crisis has increased over
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Leading Determinants of Dividend Policy: A Case Study of Indian Banking Industry ABSTRACT: Dividend policy is a critical decision area in the field of finance. The subject of corporate dividend policy has captivated finance scholars for a long time‚ resulting in intensive theoretical modeling and empirical investigation. But several questions related to dividend decisions remain perplexing because of diverse and conflicting theories and evermore due to diverse empirical results. This paper attempts
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Marijuana & Banking An insight on the banking and legality issues facing this new industry Jake Clawson April 2014 Table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................... 2 Description of Current Situation ................................................... 2 Other Proposed Solutions............................................................... 3 Research Plan ...........................................................
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The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008 The Global Financial Crisis 2007-2008 Economists and scholars spend years dissecting financial markets and evaluating the causes of booms and busts. Throughout United States history there have been multiple economic booms that were underestimated and followed by recessions. In the situation of the 2007-2008 global financial crisis many culprits have been identified as causes‚ such as loose monetary policy‚ credit booms‚ deregulation‚ over complexity‚
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Introduction Noticeably‚ the recent Global Financial Crisis of 2008 was one of the worse financial crises the world has seen since the Great Depression during the 1930s. The recent crisis has led to stock market collapses around the world‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or have been bought out whilst unemployment has increased‚ people fell into deep credit problems which left many households encountering financial difficulties. Whilst the impacts of the crisis remains severe and still has a major
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Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics 6. NON-BANKING FINANCIAL COMPANIES The importance of NBFCs in delivering credit to the unorganised sector and to small borrowers at the local level in response to local requirements is well recognised. The rising importance of this segment calls for increased regulatory attention and focused supervisory scrutiny in the interests of financial stability and depositor protection (Box 6.1). The activities of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)
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Non-Banking Financial companies Introduction: A non-banking finance company may be defined as an institution which mobilizes the savings of the community and diverts them for financing different activities. A bank also performs similar type of activities. Then what is the differesnce between bank and non-banking finance company? The difference can be seen from two points of views. Firstly‚ from the legal point of view‚ bank may be defined as an institution which is governed by the Banking
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Sectoral weaknesses: The root cause of the Tom Yum Kung crisis in 1997 lies in excessive borrowing by the private sector. A series of policy mistakes by the BOT multiplied the effect of the Tom Yum Kung crisis. The most important point to be made about the Tom Yum Kung crisis is that it is based entirely on excessive borrowing from the private sector rather than the public debt. Most firms that are listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand borrowed heavily to meet their need for capital. Their debt
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