Case: Corning Inc.‚ Zero coupon convertible Bonds Cornhill needs funds to the order of $ 3.6 billion in cash to complete the acquisition of Pirelli. The company currently is planning to come up with an equity issue to raise $ 2.1375 billion at $ 71.25 per share. The remaining part of the fund requirements is furbished using zero coupon convertible debentures due in 2015‚ priced at $ 741.923 per $ 1‚000 principal amount. This offering price yields 2% p.a. compounded semi-annually. Corning is raising
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CREATION OF ONLINE DISCOUNT BROKERAGE HOUSES AND THE THREAT CAUSED TO GIANT CORPORATIONS BY A SMALL COMPANIES: CHARLES SCHWAB VS. MERILL LYNCH. BY: MBA STUDENT ABSTRACT Technological innovations and development of high speed internet in late 1980s created opportunity for many businesses playing in financial markets to change their strategy and find new ways of fighting against competition and apply competitive advantage tools in succeeding in their business. On the other side‚ investors
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will be discussed further in the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger. Utilitarianism is considered a scientific system of ethics and not just a philosophical theory of ethics. Utilitarian ethics follows the belief of maximizing the greatest good for the largest number of people. As utilitarianism is identified‚ one needs to learn that the greatest good could be based on aggregate principle or a distributive principle. The Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger will be assessed in regards to who‚ what
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Merrill Lynch Financial Statements Guide Balance sheet – what company owns and owes at report date; assets = liabilities/equity Income statement – shows whether a company’s operation over a period of time (i.e. a year) was profitable or lost $$ Statement of changes in shareholders’ equity – reconciles activity in shareholders’ equity section of balance sheet from period to period; typically changes are due to company profits/losses‚ dividends‚ and/or stock issuance Cash flow statement – cash
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Analysis of Convertible Bonds DECEMBER 14‚ 2008 in FINANCE MANAGEMENT With the repeal of the Capital Issues Control Act and the enactment of SEBI Act in 1992‚ the rules of the game applicable to convertible bonds have changed. As per SEBI guidelines issued in June 1992‚ the provisions applicable to fully convertible bonds and partially convertible binds are as follows: * The conversion premium and the conversion timing shall be predetermined and stated in the prospectus. * Any conversion partial
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Merrill Lynch in Japan Case Study Merrill Lynch is an investment banking business and the world’s largest underwriter of debt and equity. Merrill Lynch’s investment banking operations has had a long global reach and is looking to reside in Japan. In this paper I will describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that may confront Merrill Lynch in this case study as well as the various roles that the Japanese government will play and examine some of the strategic and operational challenges
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8 – 23 MERRILL FINCH INC. RISK AND RETURN a. (1) Why is T-bill’s return independent of the state of the economy? Do T-bill’s promise a completely risk-free return? Explain (2) Why are High Tech’s returns expected to move with the economy‚ whereas‚ Collections’ are expected to move counter to the economy? 1. The 5.5% T-bill return does not depend on the state of the economy because the Treasury must redeem the bills at par regardless of the state of the economy; therefore‚ T-bills are
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MoGen On January 10‚ 2006 the managing director of Merrill Lynch’s Equity- Linked Capital markets Group‚ Dar Maanavi‚ was reviewing the final drafts of a proposal for a convertible debt offering by MoGen‚ Inc. As a leading biotechnology company in the United States‚ MoGen had become an important client for Merrill Lynch over the years. In fact‚ if this deal were to be approved by MoGen at $5billion‚ it would represent Merrill Lynch’s third financing for MoGen in four years with proceeds raised
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to work independently. Especially‚ in the beginning of 1990s‚ the globalization overwhelmed the market and investor became to think that they should not just invest in the local market‚ but invest in the international market. With this change of clients ’ attitude‚ the investment bank became to feel the need of innovation of their working style. Under these situations‚ Merrill Lynch decided to create totally different style of research report‚ the capital structure report which was only possible with
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this report is to analyse and evaluate the financial data of Merrill Lynch through 2006‚ 2007 and 2008. It also looks at the developments in the financial markets during these years and its impact on Merrill Lynch‚ a what-if analysis of the possible financial performance that might have existed had the economic downturn not occurred and in the end summary and conclusions based on the findings. Introduction to Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s premier providers of wealth management
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