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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Appendices………………………………………………………………. 1. Introduction Lloyds Banking Group PLC is a financial institution that was formed after the acquisition of HBOS in 2009. Lloyds PLC are one of the largest banks in the UK by assets‚ containing over 100.000 employees in total. It operates in several countries and provides products and services such as retail commercial banking‚ wholesale banking and bancassurance. Their headquarters is stationed in London. After the acquisition of HBOS
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According to King‚ McKay‚ Marshall‚ Lee and Viehland (2008) online banking or electronic banking (e-banking) includes various banking activities conducted via the Internet from home‚ business‚ or on the road opposed to at a physical bank location. This paper shall compare and contrast both the online and offline retail environment for banking services. Internet banking offers great opportunities to the financial-services industry‚ including: • a huge potential customer base • large economies of
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BRAZIL PESTLE ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT 100 – ASSESSMENT 1 1. INTRODUCTION The purpose of this report is to provide Penfolds Winery all the information needed by the company to expand its business interests into Brazilian wine market. The data will be gathered through extensive research of the Brazilian wine market and an internal analysis of Penfolds winery to discover the what the company has and what it needs to have in order for the Brazilian enterprise to be successful. The recommendation
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SWOT OF THE BANKING INDUSTRY Strength of the Indian banking industry lies in its asset quality‚ growth and profitability over its global peers over the last few years. The banking index has grown at a compounded annual rate of over 51 percent since April 2001 as compared to a 27 percent growth in the market index for the same period. Geographical reach and market penetration have expanded at a very fast pace over the past few years. Customer base is constantly growing. High capital inflows have
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PESTLE ANALYSIS A PESTLE Analysis is one of the most important frameworks of macro-environmental scanning‚ framework which comprises the most important factors used in environmental scanning‚ as part of advanced strategic management. Throughout the last few years‚ the acronym PESTLE has suffered a number of changes‚ but PESTLE seems to be the most commonly spread and almost unanimously accepted “concept”. PESTLE stands for “Political‚ Economic‚ Sociological‚ Technological‚ Legal and Environmental”
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India has been of recent origin. Asia Pacific’s vast population‚ combined with high savings rates‚ explosive economic growth‚ and underdeveloped retail banking services‚ provide the most significant growth opportunities for banks. Banks will have to serve the retail banking segment effectively in order to utilize the growth opportunity. Banking strategies are presently undergoing various transformations‚ as the overall scenario has changed over the last couple of years. Till the recent past‚ most
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Department of Economics‚ Banking and Finance‚ Babcock University‚ Nigeria E-mail: falaiyeolusola@yahoo.com Okwu‚ Andy Titus Department of Economics‚ Banking and Finance‚ Babcock University‚ Nigeria E-mail: aokwu@yahoo.com Abstract This paper appraised business external and internal environments‚ with specific reference to the Nigerian business environment. The methodology adopted is basically theoretical and narrative based on aggregative and specific SWOT Matrix and PESTLE Analysis models‚ respectively
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PESTLE Analysis Political Political stability – knowing where you stand as a business with regard to what the government aim to do. This will give you more certainty. A change in government could create uncertainty. The Coalition government are trying to encourage and support small businesses as they see this as a key way to boost the economy Economical Changes in the level of consumer spending. If recession‚ consumers will generally spend less therefore parents might choose not to send the children
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PESTLE ANALYSIS Political Gore operates in over 45 countries so has the potential to be affected by a range of different political developments and policies as they apply in the countries concerned. Major events such as war or political upheaval can halt production at Gore’s factories‚ interfere with its supply and trade chains‚ or reduce demand in its markets. Political instability can result in frequent changes in government policy‚ and resulting legislation‚ which can adversely affect Gore’s
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