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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"1502 Banking, Finance and Investment"”.
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The taxation and regulatory characteristics of Offshore Banking Centres (OBC's) with special reference to United Kingdom, Singapore, Philippines, Ireland, Cyprus and Australia
The term "offshore banking" has many meanings. The most common definition involves an institution that is situated in a country which deals with foreign currencies and with non-residents. The following characteristics may have a substantial bearing on the success of an OBC : ocation/time zone, …
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Internet technology adoption in the banking industry
The banking industry in Oman is of major importance to Oman's economy, yet the banks continue to conduct their banking transactions using traditional methods. A strong banking industry supports economic developments significantly through its efficient financial services. The role of the banking …
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Industrial loan default: the case of Bangladesh
Industrial development finance institutions (IDFIs) in developing countries have been experiencing serious financial distress since the early 1970s due to persistent loan defaults. Despite the application of a number of remedial measures, industrial loan default problems continued to haunt the …
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The performance of equity funds in Thailand, 1992-2000
… fund performance in sub-periods of expansionary and contractionary market environments, the relationship between investment performance and risk, and the correlation between the risk-adjusted performance measures. The secondary aim of this study is to investigate the persistence of fund …
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The Factors Contributing to Effective Relationship Management within the Banking Sector
… major players, touted as the Big 4, dominate the banking industry in Australia. The National Australia Bank (NAB), Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Westpac Banking Corporation (WBC) and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) dominate the Australian banking industry. However, their …
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Chinese economic and financial reforms : implications for foreign financial institutions
… line with the country's overall economic reform and opening up program. Recently, many of the world's larger banks have entered the Chinese market and have settled into a strong presence in China, mainly through branches, operating subsidiaries and representative offices in coastal cities and …
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Japan's foreign direct investment in Thailand: trends, patterns and determinants, 1970-2003
This thesis examines the trends, patterns and determinants of Japan's foreign direct investment (FDI) in Thailand during the period 1970 to 2003, taking into account the up to date literature and most recent data. The research consists of analyses of the trends and patterns of Japan's FDI in …
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Professionalism and ethics in financial planning
… risks related to the provision of that advice and other factors that may be influencing the ethical decision making of financial planners and compliance officers in their respective roles. The purpose of this study was to enhance understanding of the ethical decision making of these financial …
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Information technology and economic growth : the case of the banking system in the People's Republic of China
… considerable prominence among both researchers and practitioners concerned with economic development in recent years, because of its potential to transform fundamentally both economic activity and the global relationships within which development takes place. Developed countries have set out to …
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Employee participation in the Australian Taxation Office: a study of middle and frontline management responses
… for the process by Government, employers, unions and tribunals. During the 1980s, legislative support was provided by the Federal Government in the form of the industrial democracy provisions of the Public Service Reform Act 1984. Since the late 1980s, the federal industrial tribunals have …
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The appointment of a voluntary administrator by unsecured creditors : a case for the introduction of such a right
… of introducing the right to unsecured creditors and the possible social and economic consequences of including such a right into Part 5.3A of the Corporations Law. It is concluded that whilst the Voluntary Administration scheme continues to operate in the manner that it does, overall returns to …
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The usefulness of annual reports to Australian private investors
… this thesis the extent private shareholders read and use information contained within company annual reports is examined. More specifically the thesis will be concerned with gathering information to establish the following: 1. the extent to which shareholders read the various sections contained in …
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The role of the institutional lead fund managers in the management buyout (MBO) industry in Australia : a study of prospects for the industry
… has gathered momentum both in Australia and internationally. In particular, the 1980's signified major developments in financing instruments which facilitated corporate restructuring transactions. While the nature of corporate restructuring may take a variety of forms, two popular forms …
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The Analysis of Corporate Governance Practices and Their Impact on Minority Shareholder Rights in the Thai Banking Sector
… study, supported by the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET), investigated the responses of institutional investors in Thailand to corporate governance practices that promote minority shareholder rights. The study examined the compliance of banks with corporate governance standards in the commercial …
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Risk management in Australian manufacturing exports : the case of letters of credit to ASEAN
… web of interactions between banks, traders and their service providers, providing a fertile ground for discrepancies and existing literature acknowledges this world-wide problem. In the UK, in 2000, losses were estimated to be AUD 305 million (£ 113) through non-compliant documents being …
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An analysis of output based budgetting (OBB) in the Victorian government
… in two ways using the decision-usefulness model and the budget process model as theoretical frameworks. First, this study aimed to examine the usefulness of information generated by OBB in the Victorian budget papers from the users perspective. Second, this study aimed to investigate the …
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Derivatives markets and real economic activity
… markets in response to financial deregulation and financial innovation over the past two decades has been the emergence and spectacular growth of derivatives markets. The dramatic emergence of derivatives has caught many Central Bankers unaware and only recently has the Bank of International …
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Financial liberalisation and the crisis in Thailand in 1997
… two decades have been a critical period for Thailand's development. From the mid 1980s to the beginning of the 1990s, the Thai economy performed remarkably well and was a showcase for the world economy. Having achieved a double-digit growth rate for a brief period, Thailand in the late 1980s was …
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The influence of organisational culture on job satisfaction, organisational commitment and turnover intention : a study on the banking sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
… culture types (clan, adhocracy, market and hierarchy) on job satisfaction, organisational commitment and employee turnover intention in banks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The main objectives of this thesis are: (1) to examine the applicability of Quinn and Rohrbaugh's Competing Values …
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Mean reversion in asset prices and asset allocation in investment management
… the mean reversion alternative to the random walk hypothesis is presented, with a discussion of potential models, both linear and nonlinear. The normality and homoscedasticity assumptions are investigated and their use in asset models is validated. A study of fund performance is carried …
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