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(2008, 2100 words)
The paper analyses the role of information in the determination of the shareholders' value. It draws upon the type of information and on the discounting techniques to assess whether there are important differences between the economic and accounting determination of the shareholders value.
(2008, 2500 words)
The paper looks at the issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) facing global financial services. CSR theories are reviewed with the focus on shareholder and stakeholder theories; the interests of the principal stakeholders in financial markets are discussed including those of individual customers, corporate customers, regulators, government, etc. Good and bad practices in financial services are described arguing the need for a new integrated approach to shareholder value.
(2008, 5000 words)
The paper examines US Regulation S and Rule 144A discussing the features of an offshore transaction and arguing whether these regulations can provide a regulatory protection for US investors. The prospect of a liquid secondary market is considered as a possible result of the facilitation of shares' resale to a foreign issuer.
(2008, 1300 words)
The paper examines the factors that affected the share prices of AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, placing particular focus on the Company announcement published in the London Stock Exchange. A short overview of the company ratios is given suggesting recommendations for investors.
(2007, 2700 words)
The paper proposes an investigation into the creation of value for shareholders in the Saudi Arabian banking system. It explores the rationale of the study, presents a review of literature related to the topic, outlines the aims and objectives of the research, identifies the research methods and presents the structure of the prospective paper highlighting its ethical issues.
(2007, 1400 words)
The paper analyses the Fisher's model of share prices. It explores the model and its four propositions providing analysis of the difficulties associated with these propositions. Suggestions are made about how to address these difficulties.
(2006, 1300 words)
This paper analyses the effects of announcing information about a company on the price of the company’s shares. By looking at this effect, the hypothesis of Market Efficiency and the Theory of rational expectations is also analysed as a way to provide an explanation to the shares’ price movements. The mechanisms occurring on the market are also explained in detail in order to provide a framework that explains the shares’ price movements.
(2006, 1500 words)
The work is divided into a series of exercises that look at the following: 1)How to hedge when a call option needs to be sold and a number of shares needs to be bought 2) evaluation of call and put options when the interest rate is given 3) common exercise price of puts and calls 4) caps and floors and their relation to interest rate swaps 5) exotic derivatives and their price compared to European options: Asian, barrier, look-back and American
(2005, 7500 words)
The paper examines the models for estimating expected returns on individual stocks comparing Fama & French Model and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAMP). Literature is reviewed on beta estimation in financial decisions; an empirical test of beta risk estimation and the analysis of beta stability are conducted. Conclusions are made about the validity of the existing estimation patters.
(2005, 10000 words)
The dissertation aims to investigate how share repurchases (SR) create value in the UK context examining the method of Share buy back. A review of literature touches upon investment policies, UK regulations in repurchasing shares, the history of SR in Europe, hypotheses behind SR motivations, etc. Empirical analysis is conducted on the basis of primary data collected from 184 companies repurchasing shares between 1997 to 2000. Correlations are found between the results of the analyses and the previous studies. Conclusions are made about the main problems facing SR in the UK.
(2004, 3000 words)
This assignment investigates 5 financial stocks (Abbey, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, and RBS) from FTSE100 family. The aim is to test for cointegration, explore distributional properties of their return pattern, testing for ARCH effects and developing appropriate ARCH model.
(2004, 1800 words)
The paper critically evaluates the techniques that can be used to price a share in an unlisted company. And also a paper identifies the circumstances in which it is necessary to value a share in an unlisted company, and for each circumstance it identifies the most appropriate valuation technique(s) and justifies the choice
(2003, 1100 words)
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