Future of Investment Banks is extremely relevant topic for today’s studies. This type of banks institutions plays one of the main roles, being circulating element in the whole body of financial system. Vital role guaranteed by the abilities to help clients to raise capital through debts, equity or other potential deals. Needless to note that investment banks are those privileged institutions that are involved in […]

Ph. D. Dissertation submitted to obtain the diploma of PHILOSOPHI? DOCTOR (PH. D. ) IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL and DOCTEUR EN SCIENCES DE GESTION tel-00497342, version 2 – 8 Jul 2011 DE L’UNIVERSITE PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DEFENSE Presented and defended publicly the 28th of June 2010 by Diane-Laure ARJALIES-DE LA LANDE DE VALLIERE Title of the dissertation: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE […]

Due to the differences in nominal values of shares of different companies, it is not very useful to compare the EPS of one company to another. However in terms of monitoring the changes over a period of time, it enables the performances of the companies to be examined. Looking at all the companies together, it is apparent that although there have been ups and downs, generally […]

Charles Ponzi will forever infamously known as the con man of the 1920’s. Ponzi dealt with numerous amounts of investors who all trusted him to make them a profit on their investments. Unfortunately, Charles Ponzi was a crook from the start. He bought a total of $30 dollars in IPRC’s and stole about $30 million of his investor’s money. His brilliant idea that landed him […]

The investment environment is vast and can be overwhelming if not entered into correctly. Firm’s issuing new securities to enhance revenues understand the complexities and risks involved when entering the primary market, and will employ investment bankers to mitigate those risks. Described throughout this paper is the investment banking process and portfolio construction, factors for selecting the portfolio asset classes, the capital market instruments used […]

Air Partner plc is the world’s largest commercial aircraft charter company having 23 offices around 15 countries. Along with its subsidiaries, is mainly occupied in other private aviation services to a variety of clients and aircraft charter brokering. The Company’s mainly provide services in Private Jets, Freight, Commercial Jets, and Other. Clients are mainly from three markets: Private (HNW) individuals, Corporate and Governments. Some of […]

Cost benefit analysis in general aims at expressing the impact of a policy or project in monetary terms. Its two main tasks are to determine the efficiency and equity effects of a proposed course of action; in particular, the allocation of current resources, which have alternative uses to an activity whose benefits will accrue over time. The benefits are the increased production of some goods […]

Introduction This assignment is based on Capital investment decisions: the case of Diamond Chemicals plc. A critical analysis of this case study will examine the characteristics and concerns in the case study. This research will discuss the use of Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) techniques known as Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR), which are the two most popular and important techniques […]

2. Suppose the market portfolio has an expected return of 10% and a volatility of 20%, while Microsoft’s stock has a volatility of 30%. A. Given its higher volatility, should we expect Microsoft to have an equity cost of capital that is higher than 10%? No, Microsoft is diversifiable and it will not be affected by the changes in the market. We do not expect […]

Executive Summary This report looks at trends experienced by the UK property investment market, with particular reference to the way in which individuals entering into the property investment market can highlight the opportunities for new graduates in the area and can ensure that property investment is made with the underlying conditions reflected, so that a profit can be made. Particular areas of opportunity exist in […]