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12 Mar 2009
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Comparative analysis of different banking products: Customers in Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd

Case study - 50 pages - Finance

Banking in India has its origin as early as the Vedic period. It is believed that the transaction from money lending to banking must have occurred even before Manu, the great Hindu Jurist, who has devoted a section of his work to deposits and advances and laid down rules relating to rates of...

12 Mar 2009
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Report on Reliance Insurance Company Ltd

Case study - 45 pages - Finance

Insurance may be described as a social device to reduce or eliminate risk of loss to life and property. Insurance is a collective bearing of risk. Insurance is a financial device to spread the risks and losses of few people among a large number of people, as people prefer small fixed liability...

12 Mar 2009
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Foreign exchange market in India with NPR Finance Ltd

Dissertation - 59 pages - Finance

The Foreign exchange market is a market for converting the currency of one country into that of another country. An exchange rate is simply the rate at which one currency is converted into another. Without the foreign exchange market, international trade and international investment on the scale...

05 Mar 2009
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Cash management services at HDFC Bank

Case study - 55 pages - Finance

There are currently about 101 commercial banks in India, which include public sector banks, regional rural banks & private sector banks both domestic & foreign. Public sector banks account for only 27, while the private sector includes 32 (24 old, 8 new) domestic banks and 42 foreign banks. RBI...

05 Mar 2009
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Mutual funds

Dissertation - 47 pages - Finance

A Mutual Fund is the ideal investment vehicle for today's complex and modern financial scenario. Markets for equity shares, bonds, and other fixed instruments. Price changes in these are driven by global events occurring in faraway places. A typical individual is unlikely to have the knowledge,...

05 Mar 2009
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Financial analysis

Thesis - 30 pages - Finance

One of the most important techniques of financial analysis is a preparation of funds flow statement. It is the statement which portrays the changes in the financial position of an enterprise. Balance sheet and income statement do not present a comparative picture, even if placed side by side in...

05 Mar 2009
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Analysis of risk and return of mutual fund schemes at Standard Chartered Mutual Funds

Dissertation - 34 pages - Finance

Balancing of funds which includes issuing & collecting of funds in any economy is very important. There are many financial products in india, not only for balancing but also to provide liquidity for ideal capital, such as bank deposits, NSS savings, securities, insurance etc., which have some...

05 Mar 2009
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Mutual funds in India

Thesis - 41 pages - Finance

A Mutual Fund is a trust that pools the savings of a number of investors who share a common financial goal. The money thus collected is then invested in capital market instruments such as shares, debentures and other securities. The income earned through these investments and the capital...

05 Mar 2009
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Working capital and ratio analysis: BHEL Hyderabad

Case study - 60 pages - Finance

GROWTH : To ensure a steady growth by enhancing the competitive edge of BHEL in existing business, new areas and international operation so as to fulfill national expectations from BHEL. PROFITABILITY: To provide a reasonable and adequate return on capital employed, primarily through...

05 Mar 2009
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Portfolio management

Case study - 42 pages - Finance

The financial market plays a crucial role in the economic development of the country by facilitating the allocation of scarce resources. The allocation function of financial market essentially involves the allocation of resources. One of the proper ways of the allocation of resources is...

05 Mar 2009
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The impact of foreign institutional investors on the Mumbai (Bombay) Stock Exchange: A case study

Case study - 47 pages - Finance

To aid foreign private capital flows in form of Foreign Institutional Investors developing countries were advised by World Bank to develop their stock markets. It was suggested that these investments would help the stock markets directly through widening investor foundation and indirectly...

05 Mar 2009
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Insurance

Dissertation - 28 pages - Finance

Life insurance is a necessity and not an investment. There is no substitute for life cover, none whatsoever, it is the only mean of providing security to your near and dear ones against your untimely death or to yourself against your old age. The yield on investment is of no importance. The...

05 Mar 2009
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Internet banking

Thesis - 24 pages - Finance

This project deals with the origin of Internet and the World Wide Web. It also emphasizes on the development of e-commerce and with it the development of Internet banking. We have seen how traditional banking was done and how the Internet has revolutionized banking. We have also dealt with the...

20 Jan 2009
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The subprime crisis: Definitions, causes and consequences

Essay - 8 pages - Finance

Subprimes are mortgages granted in the United States to customers who are not very solvent, on the basis of an increase in the interest rate. One applies a kind of premium to a borrower when his solvency is below a certain threshold. This operation is supposed to compensate for the risks taken by...

16 Jan 2009
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The impact of bank failures on the money stock during the inter-war period in the United States

Essay - 11 pages - Finance

In the following study the researcher attempt to analyze whether the monetary policy adopted by the Federal Reserve during the interwar period led to the Great Depression. The study would investigate through an extensive literature review by studying the perspectives of renowned economists in...

16 Jan 2009
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Nature and the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland, China and India (2005)

Presentation - 31 pages - Finance

Through an efficient allocation of money because they are implemented. In countries where the education system and the facilities are well designed for LUCAS. DUNNING's OLI paradigm (ownership, location, internalization: The advantages of the firm become the country's ones. FDI can be considered...

16 Jan 2009
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Fixed income analysis and risk management

Essay - 9 pages - Finance

As the ten OAT have the same anniversary dates, in other words the different cash-flows are paid at the same dates (25-Apr-08, 25-Apr-09, 25-Apr-10,), then we used a direct method of calculation of the spot rates, through two steps. Using a polynomial interpolation, we can recover the yield...

16 Jan 2009
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Nissan

Essay - 5 pages - Finance

The name NISSAN Motor Co. appeared for the first time in 1934 from a company called Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha, a combination of several automotive ventures and the Brand DATSUN. Nissan was the pioneer of the development of new automobile technology in the 1970s. It knew a very fast growth...

16 Jan 2009
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Collect foreign exchange spot and forward rate data and interest rate data for two currencies: examine whether CIRP holds: Analyze and discuss the results

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

The purpose of this assignment is to analyse whether the Covered Interest Rate Parity (CIRP) holds in the relationship between two actual currencies. I decided to focus on the euro and the dollar because it is the financial instrument the most active and the most used in the world. Since the euro...

16 Jan 2009
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Reporting analysis: Daimler-Chrysler (1998-2006)

Essay - 21 pages - Finance

We assume for the analysis of the group that the impact of IFRS in year 2004 is insignificant given that IFRS and US GAAP are closed. Moreover a complete analysis was impossible given that we didn't have all the figures before 2004. From 1998 to 2006 we can see that inventories increased from...

16 Jan 2009
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The financing of joint ventures

Essay - 7 pages - Finance

A joint-venture is an agreement between two partners from different countries and which consists of the creation or the joint acquisition of a joint venture on the market of the foreign partner. This co-operation is considered on the long-term. In other words, a joint venture is a group in which...

16 Jan 2009
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When a famous bank ( Société Générale ) is plunged into the world's largest financial fraud ever known by a simple junior trader

Essay - 8 pages - Finance

In January 2008, the financial world was disrupted by the world's largest financial fraud case known to date. The famous French bank, Société Générale, recorded a loss of 5 billion euros due to false positions taken by a junior trader, Jérôme Kerviel. To fully appreciate how he did this, it's...

16 Jan 2009
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Empirical evidence on Seasonalities - Inspecting the market anomalies

Essay - 20 pages - Finance

Anomalies, such as calendar effects, could be defined as phenomena where systematic returns patterns are observed. Partisans to informational market efficiency suggest that calendar effects are prone to disappear, as investors in the market could implement strategies in order to take advantage of...

16 Jan 2009
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Competition in the banking industry

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

Nowadays, the banking industry has become significantly more competitive than in the past and competition is likely to increase further. New competitive pressures are emerging from abroad, owing to the liberalization of international banking and capital flows, and as a result of the adoption of...

16 Jan 2009
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Michelin : financial case study

Essay - 12 pages - Finance

The world tire market was equal to 80 billion dollars in 2005. That is to say that each year more than 1 billion tires are sold for cars and light trucks. 75% of the sales are for European, North American and Asian countries. Michelin is the leader of this market in those areas because it deals...

16 Jan 2009
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Options, futures and other derivatives

Essay - 9 pages - Finance

The binomial model is used to describe stock price movements through consecutive periods of time over the life of the option and to determine the actual price of this derivative. Each period is an independent trial. The binomial formula describes a process in which stock return volatility is...

16 Jan 2009
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - published: 16/01/2009

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law a revolutionary Act: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act. In the wake of many financial scandals, this law establishes new accounting and control requirements on U.S. publicly owned...

16 Jan 2009
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Trading volatility

Essay - 13 pages - Finance

Traditionally, to make a profit, most individual investors and fund managers are forced to take a view on the direction of the price of something. The traditional or fundamental strategy is to study all the aspects of the market-place, all the factors affecting the price or that might affect the...

16 Jan 2009
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The effectiveness of legal restrictions on distributions to shareholders in achieving "Creditor Protection"

Essay - 2 pages - Finance

In this essay, I will critically evaluate the effectiveness of legal restrictions on distributions to shareholders in achieving “creditor protection”. It consists of showing the good and the bad points of these restrictions. Firstly, I will define the terms used previously. Then, I will...

15 Jan 2009
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The London Stock Exchange

Essay - 5 pages - Finance

Financial globalization has grown since the nineties. In 2004, the portfolios of British institutional investors contained 26% of foreign assets. In comparison, this rate was of 11% in the United States and 23% in Japan, which makes the LSE the biggest international Stock Exchange. Moreover, as...