238 Posts found for Industry: Finance / Banking

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

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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

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With over 5,000 definitions and 15,000 links between related terms, InvestorWords is a comprehensive financial glossary.

Content: Online Resource | Source: InvestorWords | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

Claims to be the largest financial glossary on the Internet with over 6,000 entries and 16,000 hyperlinks

Content: Online Resource | Author: Campbell R. Harvey | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

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When a credit card company changes interest rates or increases the credit limit of its consumers, how do these consumers respond? The answers are far from predictable, as David B. Gross of the University of Chicago and Wharton’s Nicholas S. Souleles have found out. In a paper titled, “Consumer Response to Changes in Credit Supply: Evidence from Credit Card Data,” Gross and Souleles examine the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: David B. Gross, Nicholas S. So | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Economics, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

Historical Statistics on Banking (HSOB), from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation provides annual statistical information on the banking industry beginning in 1934, useful for identifying and analyzing long-term trends and developing benchmarks to evaluate the current condition of the banking and thrift industries. The site contains commercial banking reports, savings institution reports, and bank and thrift failure reports from 1934 to 1999. The Milestones feature … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: FDIC | Subjects: Finance, Statistics | Industry: Finance / Banking

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This 117 page .pdf paper addresses the causes, consequences and implications of cross-border consolidation of financial institutions. It finds that, on average, domestic banks have higher profit efficiencies than foreign banks (with the exception of U.S. banks which operate efficiently at home and abroad). The results do not preclude successful international expansion but they do suggest limits to global consolidation.

Content: Article | Author: Various | Source: Federal Reserve Board (FRB) | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

This excellent site offers 10 (and counting) free, online courses on financial mgmt. Each lesson — on topics incl. Evaluating Financial Performance, Capital Budgeting Analysis, Managing Cash Flow & Risk, and Strategic Planning — is available for download in three formats: .pdf, Word, or as a self-extracting file and should take about two hours to complete. Users may also choose to receive training through one … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Financial Management Training Center | Subjects: Education, Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

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describes Offroad Capital, a pioneer in online private equity placements

Content: Article | Source: Forbes | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

In the last two months alone, four European financial institutions have announced their interest in acquiring U.S. investment banks and brokerage firms. Why the sudden activity? And what are the chances these acquisitions will succeed? Two Wharton finance professors look at the companies involved and analyze the dynamics of the global underwriting business.

Content: Article | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

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Content: Online Resource | Subject: Finance | Industry: Finance / Banking

Mochtar Riady, the son of immigrant shopkeepers, got his start in banking in 1960. Now he heads a global financial powerhouse with $11 billion in assets. The secret? Putting everything into allegiances and alliances to gain a foothold on the world stage.

Content: Case Study | Author: Rosabeth Moss Kanter | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: International – Asia, Strategy | Industry: Finance / Banking | Company: Lippo Group of Indonesia and Hong Kong