Financial services encompass a variety of businesses that deal with money management. These include many different kinds of organizations such as banks‚ investment companies‚ credit card companies‚ insurance companies and even government programs. Financial services can also refer to the services and products that money management organizations offer to the public. Banks are one kind of financial services organizations. Banks generally function by providing a sheltered and secure place for
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Financial Leverage: Financial leverage is a leverage created with the help of debt component in the capital structure of a company. Higher the debt‚ higher would be the financial leverage because with higher debt comes the higher amount of interest that needs to be paid. Leverage can be both good and bad for a business depending on the situation. If a firm is able to generate a higher return on investment (ROI) than the interest rate it is paying‚ leverage will have its positive effect shareholder’s
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The most important rule of tax planning is that it is no different from financial planning. The Section 80C offers a wide range of options‚ each suited to a different need. Choose an option that fits into your overall financial plan‚ not because it offers good returns or your brother-in-law is selling it. It is easier to identify the best option if you do not leave tax planning for the dying days of the financial year. You get a rough idea of how much you need to save at the beginning of the
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Chapter 01 Why Are Financial Institutions Special? True / False Questions 1. Prior to the financial crisis of 2007-2008‚ J.P. Morgan Chase was the largest bank holding company in the world and operations in 60 countries. True False 2. As of 2009‚ U.S. FIs held assets totaling over $35 trillion. True False 3. Financial institutions act as intermediaries between suppliers and demanders of money. True False 4. If a household invests in corporate securities
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reference for the evaluation and development of sound accounting practices. IS AN ACCOUNTING THEORY POSSIBLE? 115 Let’s compare this with what many believe is the accounting framework‚ the IASC Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements. This Framework purports to: 1 assist the board of IASC in the development of standards and review of existing standards 2 provide a basis for reducing
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The Role of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Markets FOCUS OF THE CHAPTER This chapter provides an analysis of the roles and importance of financial institutions and financial markets‚ two important parts of the financial system. A broad classification of Canadian financial institutions is presented with an historical overview. Some basic classifications of financial markets are described. The chapter ends with an evaluation of the importance of the financial system to the Canadian economy
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Financial Careers What am I going to do after school or university? Maybe I should consider a job in the financial world. There’s a surprisingly wide range to choose from — for example‚ I could raise money for charities or sell famous paintings or write about economics as a financial journalist or run my own company or... Fund-raiser. There are thousands of different charities these days — e.g. ’for children’‚ ’cancer research’‚ ’the disabled’‚ ’the third world’‚ ’AIDS research’. They all do
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CHAPTER OUTLINE 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 * * Basic Concepts Future Value (or Maturity Value) Present Value Using Financial Calculators Other Applications of Compounding Equivalent Payment Streams Models of Financial Calculators Calculate maturity value‚ future value‚ and present value in compound interest applications‚ by both the algebraic method and the preprogrammed financial calculator method Calculate the maturity value of compound interest Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) Calculate
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Functionalities of Financial Intermediaries 3 Maturity Transformation 3 Risk Transformation 4 Convenience Denomination 5 Advantages of Financial Intermediaries 6 Reconciling Conflicting Preferences of Lenders and Borrowers 7 Spreading and Reducing Investment Risks 8 Economies of Scale Reduces Costs 8 Economies of Scope Reduces Cost 9 Summary and Conclusion 10 Introduction Financial markets can often be considered as the collection of all potential buyers and sellers of various types of financial products
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Was the financial crisis‚ which led to the austerity measures now being followed by the coalition government‚ caused by investment bankers or by government? A lot of economists stated that the recent financial crisis was the worst crisis since Great Depression‚ which resulted in the collapse of a number of large financial institutions followed by the government’s bailout and austerity measures. It has affected billions of people globally‚ which made bankers and politicians very unpopular. Though
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