1. The Enron executive team including Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling‚ Andrew Fastow and other executives‚ were the key players in the crisis. The business practices they used when creating hundreds of SPE’s and diverting large amounts of liabilities to those off-balance sheet entities. Enron was aware of the minimal accounting guidelines for SPE’s and used them to their advantage. To create such a complex “paper” structure‚ the executives had to have coordinate their plans with the accountants
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management of Enron including Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow. These managers created a tone at the top of Enron that allowed and encouraged accounting that mislead investors. The audit team at Anderson and especially David Duncan the lead partner for Enron’s audit holds responsibility. Anderson was negligent in finding problematic accounting used by Enron. In addition‚ Anderson made millions on consulting services provide to Enron which makes their independence for Enron come into
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WP/09/254 Credit Derivatives: Systemic Risks and Policy Options John Kiff‚ Jennifer Elliott‚ Elias Kazarian‚ Jodi Scarlata‚ and Carolyne Spackman © 2009 International Monetary Fund WP/09/254 IMF Working Paper Credit Derivatives: Systemic Risks and Policy Options? 1 Prepared by John Kiff‚ Jennifer Elliott‚ Elias Kazarian‚ Jodi Scarlata‚ and Carolyne Spackman Authorized for distribution by Karl Habermeier November 2009 Abstract This Working Paper should not be reported as representing
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A PROJECT ON: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Presented by students of Department of Business Studies‚ DeenDayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi. Devesh D Lalwani 10/BBS/0165 Shivam Gupta 10/BBS/0177 Abhinav Goel 10/BBS/0179 Jai Singh Gambhir 10/BBS/0157 Declaration We student of Bachelor of Business Studies (1st semester)‚ in Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College‚ University of Delhi‚ hereby declare that I have made this academic project titled ‘Corporate Governance’
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The Enron Kaiwing Ho Ethics‚ Governance & Accountability BU.135.301.U2.FA12 Professor Crain November 21‚ 2012 Enron Since Enron Corporation has been bankrupt there were 20‚000 employees lost their jobs‚ medical insurance and average severance pay was only $4500. However‚ the top executives were paid bonuses totaling $55 million. In 2001‚ employees lost $1.2 billion in retirement funds and retirees lost $2 billion in pension funds. Yet‚ Enron’s top executives cashed in $116 million
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Enron: What Caused the Ethical Collapse? Andrew Rumsey Post University Enron: What Caused the Ethical Collapse? Enron‚ a Texas based energy company‚ has improved the way that electricity and natural gas is purchased ever since its inception in 1985 when its owner‚ Kenneth Lay‚ merged his original company called InterNorth with Houston Natural Gas Company. In addition to this‚ Enron’s growth was attributed to not only the U.S. congress deregulating the sale of natural gas but its selling of electricity
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INTRODUCTION Financial Market A financial market is a broad term describing any marketplace where the buyers and sellers participate in the trade of assets such as equities‚ bonds‚ currencies and derivatives. Financial markets are typically defined by having transparent pricing‚ basic regulations on trading‚ costs and fees‚ and market forces determining the prices of securities that trade. Types of Financial Market Capital Market Trader in instrument with an original maturity of more than
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1. Both forward and futures contracts are traded on exchanges. : False 2. Futures contracts are standardized; forward contracts are not. : True 3. The S&P500 index futures contract is a physical delivery contract. The pork bellies futures contract is a cash-settled contract. : False 4. An American option can be exercised at any time during its life. : True 5. A put option will always be exercised at maturity if the strike price is greater than the underlying asset price. : True
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Online Instructor’s Solutions Manual to accompany Fundamentals of Derivatives Markets First Edition Robert L. McDonald Northwestern University Prepared by Mark Cassano Copyright 2009‚ Pearson Prentice Hall. All Rights Reserved. Executive Editor: Donna Battista Assistant Development Editor: Sara Holliday Production Editor: Heather McNally Copyright © 2009 Pearson Education‚ Inc.‚ Upper Saddle River‚ New Jersey‚ 07458. Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved. This publication
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Enron Case study in OL1150 Unit 4 Accounting methods have changed over the last couple decades. Numerous Fortune 500 companies were concealing debt in an accounting method known as mark-to-market (Ferrell‚ O. C.‚ Hirt‚ G. A.‚ & Ferrell‚ L. 2005). Enron was one of several companies that was hiding their debt‚ while reporting annual earnings of $111 billion. Many Fortune 500 companies went under fire in the early 2000’s for their misleading accounting methods‚ leading investors to believe the company
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