An investment that is not one of the three traditional asset types (stocks‚ bonds and cash). Most alternative investment assets are held by institutional investors or accredited‚ high-net-worth individuals because of their complex nature‚ limited regulations and relative lack of liquidity. Alternative investments include hedge funds‚ managed futures‚ real estate‚ commodities and derivatives contracts. Definition of ’Hedge Fund’ An aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced
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Revising Wordy Hedging Hedging – is a strategy in which you state conditions‚ qualifications‚ exceptions to an assertion -- an admission that something might contradict your assertion Examples: 1. Legitimate hedging: If it rains tomorrow‚ I won’t paint the front door. (The if clause establishes a condition: rain) 2. Legitimate hedging: In the middle ages‚ the world was thought to be flat. (This sets up a condition based on time‚ history. ) 3. Legitimate hedging: The rapid melting
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cons of hedging foreign exchange transaction exposure‚ and examine the alternatives available to a firm to manage a large and significant transaction exposure. (600 worlds) Many firms attempt to manage their currency (foreign exchange) exposures through hedging. Hedging is the taking of a position‚ acquiring either a cash flow‚ an asset‚ or a contract (e.g.‚ a forward contract) that will rise (fall) in value and offset a fall (rise) in the value of an existing position While hedging can protect
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aviation groups in rhc wo rld. By 2002‚ l.ufthansa hall undcrgone J decade of fundamental change. After the turn.tround was initi ated‚ rhc Executive and Supervisor)’ Board‚ systemati cally maintained the change morncnturn. Lufthansa was transforrncd trom a statc owncd‚ monolithic‚ In 2003‚ whcn the Weber era ended ‚ Lufthanva \\d\ a prwately owncd‚ proflrable aviation group J\piring 10 becomc rhc lcading providcr of air transportauon oplt· (’tIlII’tlI prt1(1/(1’ 111’11’
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Strategic Management is an essential component in the view of completing the BA Honours in BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. The assignment will be dealing with the strategies and difficulties that exist at the Air Mauritius‚ the national airline of Mauritius. To identify the root causes of the difficulties being faced at Air Mauritius‚ a strategic audit need to be carried out so possible strategic options could be proposed and utilised. However‚ information has been obtained only from
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Lufthansa 2003: década dinamización del cambio Heike Bruch. De la Universidad de St. Gallen / Lufthansa‚ de la escuela de negocios. Lufthansa estaba casi en quiebra en 1992. Diez años más tarde‚ Lufthansa se ha convertido en una de las aerolíneas más sólidas y grupos de aviación más importantes del mundo. En 2002‚ Lufthansa había sido objeto de una década de cambios fundamentales. Después de que el cambio se inició‚ el Ejecutivo y los Consejos de Vigilancia sistemática de mantenerse el
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The BMW Group will expand production capacity at its US plant in Spartanburg from some 150‚000 to 240‚000 units by 2012. Plans for the expansion are already underway. Capacity at the Oxford MINI plant is to be increased to 260‚000 units per annum—without making further investments in infrastructure. The BMW Group will take the first step towards expanding its capacity in China by raising it from 30‚000 to 44‚000 units a year. Furthermore‚ the company will work on strategically increasing purchasing
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Lufthansa: going Global‚ but How to Manage Complexity Patrice Williams Professor Smith Business Administration Capstone-Bus 499 June 13‚ 2010 “The type of international strategy that Lufthansa has chosen is to form an alliance. Since 1996 Lufthansa has been organized as a holding whit six business lines dissolving the once integrated corporation. Although‚ Passage is dominant‚ with approximately two thirds of the turnover‚ each division is fully responsible for its own financial
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rP os t Indian School of Business ISB009 February 15‚ 2013 Rajesh Chakrabarti op yo Hedging Currency Risk at TT Textiles It was a hot March morning in Kolkata in the year 2009. Sanjay K. Jain‚ —Joint Managing Director of TT Textiles‚ watched the sunlight stream in through his office windowpane. But his mind was elsewhere‚ tracking the movements of the Swiss franc (CHF) in the last few months and the world events that had caused them. The Swiss franc had touched 1.17 CHF/US$ from the previous
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SECTION 3. - ALTERNATIVE OBLIGATIONS An alternative obligation is one wherein various prestations are due but the performance of one of them is sufficient as determined by the choice‚ which‚ as a general rule‚ belongs to the debtor. Right of choice‚ as a rule‚ given to debtor. GENERAL RULE: The right to choose belongs to the debtor/ obligor Except: When the right has been expressly granted to the creditor Right of choice of debtor not absolute. LIMITATION ON THE DEBTOR’S CHOICE (1) The debtor
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