Northern Light Special Edition: Banking Industry
Created and maintained by Northern Light, this portal offers a full range of valuable Internet resources. All links on the site can be accessed from the main page and are grouped into subjects including Banking Industry, International Banking Associations, Consumer Privacy, Bank Mergers, Government Sites, U.S. Bank Reform and Financial Modernization, Banking Technology and Banking Laws & Regulatory Policies. Each of the categories offers slightly … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Northern Light | Subjects: Finance, Reference / Search | Industry: Finance / Banking
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms
Content: Book | Authors: Elliot Goodman, John Downes | Source: Barron’s Financial Guides | Subjects: Finance, Reference / Search | Industry: Finance / Banking
Financial Data Finder
This mini search engine for finance allows you to enter a description and choose from a set of keywords (more like finance subjects) and then choose the type of information you are looking for (historical data, quotes, links, news, reports, or research).
Content: Online Resource | Source: Ohio State University | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Finance and Accounting Outsourcing Market
Your Career in Finance
This presentation by Tim Opler (of Ohio State University) discusses a wide variety of topics related to a career in finance. Somewhat dated (1997) but still useful for those interested in the field who have no real background.
Content: Online Resource | Author: Tim Opler | Subjects: Career, Finance
Japan: Land of the Hostile Takeover?
This article examines the new M&A wave involving foreign investors in Japan. Makes some interesting predictions and offers some useful statistics and analysis. We’ll see how it unfolds going forward.
Content: Article | Author: Robert Neff | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Finance, International – Asia
A Whole New Currency Game
This BusinessWeek article argues that the foreign exchange markets have shifted their dominating reliance on central bank actions (specifically interest rate interventions) to also consider equity markets and global M&A activity.
Content: Article | Author: Stanley Reed | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Dr. Ed Yardeni’s Economics Network
According to Forbes, “If you want big-picture perspective on markets and the economy, check out Deutsche Bank Securities Economist Dr. Edward Yardeni’s site for everything from historical interest-rate data to trends in consumer spending and real estate.” This site, offered in 7 major languages, has 6 major sections: Economics, Economic Indicators, Investmets, Products, Centers, and the superb (IMHO) Charts section. Too much to … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: Ed Yardeni | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Ignore That Rate Curve
Though somewhat dated (Feb ’00) this interesting article is useful for the larger question it raises about the power of the yield curve as an economic indicator.
Content: Article | Author: Mike McNamee | Source: BusinessWeek | Subjects: Economics, Finance
Online Trading Market in Asia
Glossary of Terms Used in Payments and Settlements Systems
This 53-page (.pdf) glossary from the Bank of International Settlements offers “in a single publication all the standard terms and their definitions that have been published in the reports of the [Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems], the European Monetary Institute, and the European Central Bank.” The terms in the glossary are in alphabetical order; they date from 1992 to the present and will be … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Source: Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) | Subjects: Finance, Reference / Search | Industry: Finance / Banking
mBanking in Western Europe
What U.S. Investors Want from Corporate Websites
Parlez-vous U.S. GAAP? IAS? Oh, Never Mind…
A common accounting language-which measures gross profits the same way in London and Paris as in New York-is fast becoming necessary. As part of the process, a debate has erupted between supporters of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) and the International Accounting Standards (IAS) that are widely used in Europe and other parts of the world. Which standard provides investors and regulators with … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Accounting, Finance
The Practice of Central Bank Intervention: Looking Under the Hood
This article first reviews methods of foreign exchange intervention and then presents evidence—focusing on survey results—on the mechanics of such intervention. Types of intervention, instruments, timing, amounts, motivation, secrecy and perceptions of efficacy are discussed.
Content: Article | Author: Christopher J. Neely | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking
Wachowicz’s Web World: Web sites for discerning finance students
Though designed to supplement the Fundamentals of Financial Management text, which John Wachowicz (Univ. of Tennessee) coauthored with James Van Horne, this site’s wealth of links, from accounting through taxation and world markets, makes it a premier Web business resource. Organized to parallel the text chapters, the site is divided into eight major categories: Introduction to Financial Management, Valuation, Tools of Financial Analysis and Planning, … [ Read more ]
Content: Online Resource | Author: John Wachowicz | Subjects: Finance, Reference / Search | Industry: Finance / Banking
Demergers – are they the next wave?
Over the last two decades western economies have experienced a wave of M&A activity and a common hunger among many CEOs to increase the size of their corporation. Will the next wave in economic growth be engulfed by a series of demergers? If this were to happen, would it be similar to the de-conglomeration wave in the 1980s that followed the conglomerate mergers of the … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Thomas Kirchmaier | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: Finance
Non-financial Performance Measures: What Works and What Doesn’t
Choosing performance measures is a challenge. Performance measurement systems play a key role in developing strategy, evaluating the achievement of organizational objectives and compensating managers. Yet many managers feel traditional financially oriented systems no longer work adequately. A recent survey of U.S. financial services companies found most were not satisfied with their measurement systems. In an article on Oct. 16, in the Financial Times’ … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Finance, Management
Online P2P Payment / Funds Transfer / Credit Card Markets
The impact of corporate risk management on monetary policy transmission: some empirical evidence
Quite an impressive amount of recent academic research focuses on the idea that financial factors may cause or reinforce real fluctuations. In these models, it is typically a monetary policy shock that serves to lower the value of an asset which is used to secure a firm’s borrowing, thereby generating broad credit channel effects of monetary transmission. We empirically investigate the impact of corporate risk … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Ingo Fender | Source: Bank for International Settlements | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking