Perception of Money Laundering in Mauritian Population

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Abstract Money laundering is the world's third largest industry (Jeffrey Robinson (1995)) and may occur almost anywhere in the world. Given the nature of this phenomenon, money laundering has gained in significant proportion. Be they drug traffickers, terrorists, arm traffickers, blackmailers or credit card swindlers, all criminals demand for money laundering. This criminal activity erodes profits of all financial institutions, increases corruption and fuel social injustice. ...

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Analysis of Momentum in Indian Stock Markets

01 Mar 2018

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LITERATURE REVIEW The first study on momentum based investment strategy was documented way back in 1967. Levi (1967) claims the success of trading strategy based on buying stock with current price significantly higher than the average of last 27 weeks generate significant positive abnormal returns. However Jensen & Bennington (1970) argues that the trading rule based on relative strength proposed by Levi was the one out ...

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BPR Microfinance Institution in Indonesia

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter 1  Introduction 1.1 Background It is believed that microfinance helps low-income people alleviate their life from poverty circumstances in many developing countries. As an economic instrument which has been raised in the middle of seventies, the thought of microfinance came up from the fact that low-income people difficult to access financial services from commercial or formal banking institution which may disadvantage them or even not including ...

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Entrepreneurship and Microfinance Impact on the Poor

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter One: Introduction Background Around the world economies have experienced high growth and financial systems have undergone major transformation, a significant number of people especially in the developing countries do not have access to finance. Policy makers have increasingly promoted the use of microfinance as a tool to eradicate poverty and implement financial inclusion strategies. Pakistan being a developing country is no exception to this, having ...

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Mergers and Acquisitions: Indian Banking Consolidation

01 Mar 2018

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Globally it has been found that the mergers and acquisition have become one of the major ways to corporate restructuring which has also struck the financial services industry which has experienced merger waves leading to the emergence of huge banks and financial institutions. The main reason for mergers is intense competition among the companies in the same industry which put focus on economies of scale, ...

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Effect of M&A Strategy on Shareholder Value

01 Mar 2018

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The aim of this project is to examine whether the decision of large UK companies looking to pursue a merger/acquisition strategy will affect shareholder value. The data analyzed in this study will determine if there is a positive or negative correlation in shareholder wealth when a merger/acquisition occurs. The research for this project will be conducted through the analysis of 40 different large UK companies that ...

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MTEF Reform in Bangladesh Analysis

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Background This dissertation studies the MTEF (Medium Term Expenditure Framework) reform in Bangladesh. The MTEF was introduced in 4 ministries including Ministry of Education from 2005-06, named as MTBF (Medium Term Budgetary Framework). In the following year it included Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. All other ministries will be brought under this framework in ...

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Vodafone Group Management of Market Risks

01 Mar 2018

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What is the role played by options, futures and forward contracts in managing market risks? The research critically analyzes this through the case study of Vodafone Group Plc. It first identifies the various factors that determine these risks since market risk includes different types of risks like commodity price risks, interest rate fluctuations risks and currency risks. Through the case study, it further aims to ...

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UK Telecommunications Management of Interest Rates

01 Mar 2018

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INTRODUCTION In business world today many companies are faced with the increase in volatility of financial markets which has lead to increase in financial price risk. Many companies are faced with exposure to financial risk which are caused by unanticipated exchange rate and interest rate movements. These unanticipated movement in exchange rate which is caused by international competition can results into large gain or loss ...

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Malaysian Conventional and Islamic Equity Mutual Fund

01 Mar 2018

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An Analysis Of Companies Portfolio Performance Using Sharpe Ratio: - A Study On The Differences Of Performance Between Malaysian Conventional And Islamic Equity Mutual Fund In 2007 1.0 Introduction 1.0.1 Chapter Description In this chapter, explaining the background of the study, problem statement, objectives of the study, hypotheses, significance of this study, as well as the scope and limitations during the process of completing this study. ...

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Environmental Impact on Retail Estate Business

01 Mar 2018

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What promotional strategies can be undertaken when environmental factors affect real estate business? Case study of “Magical Homes in London and Dubai” ABSTRACT Real estate business is one of biggest market of the business world, contained the largest surplus money of the business. The history of the real estate business is very strange and unpredictable. No doubt is slow moving industry with respect to time but ...

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Islamic Banking Resistance to Securization

01 Mar 2018

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Islamic Compliant ABSTRACT Receivables securitization is a vital financial instrument which has faced some resistance in the Islamic world -- with the exception of Malaysia - with the result that its role in Islamic finance is as yet underdeveloped. The reasons behind this resistance are relatively ambiguous, and have not been thoroughly explored, as the existing Islamic literature offers only touches on the topic on a ...

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Impact of Financial Crisis on Islamic Banks

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter - 1 Background / Introduction of recent financial crises and Islamic banking system The credit crunch is widely blamed upon the sub prime crisis which originated in America, where banks offered housing loans to those known in the industry as ninjas (no income, no job, no assets). Such people often had poor financial track records. However these loans were subsequently repackaged into financial products known ...

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Effect of the Financial Crash on Islamic Banks in the UK

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction to the Subject Background of the Subject General Objective The purpose of this study is to examine how the internal factors of the Islamic Banking affected their performance before, during and after the financial crisis in the GCC in comparison to the conventional banking in the same area. Research Questions This study aims to answer the following questions: - How did ...

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Islamic and Conventional Banking: UK Economic Crash

01 Mar 2018

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This dissertation is for analyzing the Islamic banking affects on the UK financial crisis, and for checking if the country is operating with the Islamic banking operations then what will happen to the country financial crisis either this effects to the UK finance or it improves financial activities. Islamic banking shows that ethic and funding can be connected to supply the society. Islamic banking ...

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Islamic and Conventional Banking: Customer Satisfaction

01 Mar 2018

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Customer satisfaction is a business term which measure that how products and services supplied by a company or business organisation meet or fulfil customer expectations. Customer satisfaction is believed a very important and key performance indicator within a business. In a competitive marketplace where businesses compete for customers, customer satisfaction is a key differentiator and has become a very important element of business strategy. Banking is ...

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Stock Market Performance and Economic Relationship

01 Mar 2018

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Abstract: Whether national economy is affecting the stock market or other way round? A lot of studies have done on the past what are relationship of these variables. In my work I have used cointegration and Granger Causality method to find out the relationship between the stock index price and Economic growth indicator GDP. Introduction The debate of whether stock market is associated with economic growth ...

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Investor Attitudes Towards Risk on Stock Market

01 Mar 2018

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For the abnormal return in stock market, investor attitudes will become increasingly important. This paper attempts to analyze the impact of investor attitude towards risk that have a greater influence on stock market .In this study researcher focused on particular Islamabad stock market and obtain primary data based on five point Likert scale from investor of ISE. The data indicate that investors have substantially different attitudes ...

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ERP Comparison of Developed and Emerging Markets

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Research Topic The investment dilemma hits when individuals earn more than their consumption needs. Considering the fast rising inflation globally, saving the surplus earnings for future consumption is not sufficient anymore. Hence, making an investment such that the surplus earnings grow or even multiply over time is almost imperative. Such an investment can be made in many ways for instance commodities, stocks, ...

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Maybank BHD Financial Performance Analyis

01 Mar 2018

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Production or gain from a financial institution is depending on some issues whether the external control or the internal control. External control refer to the environment in our country like economy growth and inflation that effect the purchasing power of customer as the price of goods increases, customer demand will increase too. The Malaysian economy actually moves together with strong financial system. Strong ...

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Beta of BRIC Markets in Fast Growing Economies

01 Mar 2018

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Beta is the risk associated with an asset in relation to the market underlined. The developing countries/emerging economies such as Brazil, Russian, India, and China (BRICs) are playing important role in the world economy as producers of goods and services. The BRIC countries are expected to grow at a rate of more than 8 percent for next several years. The main purpose of this research is ...

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Inventory Management of Nepalese Public Enterprises

01 Mar 2018

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CHAPTER-2 Review of Literature There are many researches made in inventory Management of Nepalese Public enterprises and Private enterprises. Most of them has made on the manufacturing enterprises. In this chapter attempts has been made to present the review of literature regarding inventory management. 2.1 Conceptual Framework Inventory Management The writer (Saxena, 2009, p. 2) defines inventory as any kind of idol resource that has potential ...

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Impact of Internet Banking on Security

01 Mar 2018

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Internet banking: history, features and technology, benefits and risks, and the future Internet banking, despite its relatively brief existence and despite several disadvantages, offers a broad suite of features and resulting benefits to banking customers as well as banking institutions, features and benefits that promise to expand in the future. Evidence from a broad spectrum of research sources—professional journals, magazines, newspapers, reference material, legislative testimony, results ...

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Working Capital Management And Profitability

01 Mar 2018

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Working capital management (WCM) refers to management of a firm's current assets and current liabilities, which is also a primary function that support firm daily operation such as used to funds its stock, credit sales, and credit purchases. The management of working capital is important in order to maintain its liquidity in day-to-day operation; to ensure it operation is running smoothly and meets its obligation (Eljelly, ...

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Effect of Corporate Governance on Attracting Investors

01 Mar 2018

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Corporate governance is the way of corporation being directed which is involves a relationship between the manager , the shareholders , and other stakeholders of the company. The use of corporate governance is to provides the structure through which the objectives of the company are set. In adopting a good corporate governance, companies should be transparent of the financial reports. Now adays most company around ...

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Why Investors Invest In Hedge Funds

01 Mar 2018

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Abstract Hedge funds have gained a lot of popularity in the last decade and are one of the fastest growing industries. The main aim of most hedge funds is to reduce volatility and risk. It also attempts to preserve capital and deliver positive returns under all market conditions. Not all hedge funds are same therefore it is important to know the difference between them. It differs ...

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Procter & Gamble Company Merger Case Study

01 Mar 2018

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The project deals with the analysis of mergers and acquisitions in an FMCG sector. Products which have a quick turnover, and relatively low cost are known as Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG). FMCG products are those that get replaced within a year. A merger is the combining of two or more companies, generally by offering the stockholders of one company securities in the acquiring company in ...

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Weak Form Efficient Market Hypothesis For Emerging Markets

01 Mar 2018

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Literature Review The issue of market efficiency in emerging markets is of great significance for both foreign investors and policy makers in emerging economies. This project devotes large efforts to produce a thorough and in-depth literature review for this area. This topic is to be investigated from these aspects: theoretical foundation, methodologies of tests and empirical results. Firstly, traditional efficient market hypothesis (Fama, 1970; Makiel, ...

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Demand and Issues of Urban Infrastructure

01 Mar 2018

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Case Study of The Financial Model For Water Supply Project 1 Introduction 1.1 Rationale/Background According to the RICS recent survey only 4% of the people want to live in Urban Area. This shows the reverse in standard of living requirement which was dream of living in the urban area. What has gone wrong? We know that gypsies used to settle were they could find water. It ...

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User Adoption Momentum of E Banking In Malaysia

01 Mar 2018

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In the era of globalization and with the increasing competition in all the fields around the world many companies have modified their strategies so they can reach their customers around the world easier and cheaper. However the rapid growth of systems that rely on electronic technology - especially those relating to the Internet and personal computer- led to a significant change in the exchanging of products ...

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Balancing Rights and Duties of Parties

01 Mar 2018

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Introduction The letter of credit is the most commonly used method of payment for goods in international trade. This thesis highlights the imbalance of the rights and duties of the parties in a letter of credit transaction by emphasising deficiencies in the letters of credit system. In addition, on those areas where there is lack of justice and equity and which make the system of the ...

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Under Pricing of Initial Public Offerings

01 Mar 2018

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'Investopedia.com defines initial public offering as the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. IPOs are often issued by smaller, younger companies seeking the capital to expand, but can also be done by large privately owned companies looking to become publicly traded. In an IPO, the issuer obtains the assistance of an underwriting firm, which helps it determine what type of security ...

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History of Stock Trading in India

01 Mar 2018

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Introduction Background of Exchanges The stock trading history in India is obscured in the mists of time. Historical records, as and where they exist, rarely speak about business and speculative activity except in passing. However, the origin of stock broking in the country may go back to a time, when shares, debentures and bonds representing titles to property were first issued on the condition of transfer ...

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Analysis of Derivatives and the Perception of Investors

01 Mar 2018

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Chapter 1: Introduction 1. Introduction: The stock market is characterized by volatility, which creates uncertainty in the market and makes predictions regarding future exchange rates difficult, both in the short and long term. However, it is these constant fluctuations in the stock market that make it possible for companies or individuals to take advantage of the movements in exchange rates through speculative activities. These fluctuations also ...

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Performance of Hedge Fund Relatively in UK

01 Mar 2018

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1.1- Introduction: Hedge funds are actively managed portfolios that hold positions in publicly traded securities. Gaurav S. Amin and Harry M. Kat (2000) stated on their report that 'A hedge fund is typically defined as a pooled investment vehicle that is privately organized, administrated by professional investment managers, and not widely available to the public'. It charges both a performance fee and a management fee. It ...

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