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Compared to the Thai Baht whose value was about equal to the Philippine Peso before 1980. now. its exchange rate had similarly diminished. but merely up to Bh 35. 00 to the US dollar. as against our P51. 65 per dollar. On the other manus. another Asiatic neighbour. Japan. had shown gradual grasp of its…

BACKGROUND Risk Arbitrage is the practice of arbitrage that involves certain levels of risk. It encompasses three main forms: merger and acquisition arbitrage (also known as merger arbitrage), liquidation arbitrage, and pairs trading. This case study focuses specifically on merger arbitrage, which exploits arbitrage opportunities that arise when a merger or acquisition agreement becomes public….

Larry Yung, Chairman of Citic Pacific Limited, has a decision to make. He must decide if he should invest in property and build the “Citic Tower II”. Under the current conditions, the current net present value is negative, which is one of the factors that Larry is using to decide. Another concern is that the…

Statement of the Problem In the instance Roche Holding AG: Funding the Acquisition, Roche and Genentech are interested in an acquisition. Roche is geting about having all outstanding portions of Genentech. Roche Holding AG is a Switzerland-based pharmaceuticals and nosologies company. It discovers, develops and provides diagnostic and curative merchandises and services from early sensing…

Technical analysis is a very old discipline in market analysis. Created for the most part, by pure practitioners, it has most of the time been questioned, rejected or ignored by academic circles. However, technical analysis has developed over the centuries from clear chart reading into a state where many varying toolsets are used. The used…

The workplace culture of investment banking is one that could be described to being similar to that of a lion’s den. In the animal kingdom the lion is the most fierce, savage, and overall king of the jungle. To translate into investment banking, the graduates of Ivy League schools such as Princeton, Yale, and Harvard…

The idiom “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” highlights the significance of taking risks for accomplishing success. In terms of investments, this implies that one must invest their own money to reap financial benefits. There are different types of investors including venture capitalists who invest in start-ups, investment banks or insurance companies that invest in securities portfolios,…

Forthcoming Journal of Applied Finance, Financial Management Association The Exxon-Mobil Merger: An Archetype J. Fred Weston* The Anderson School at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles jweston@anderson. ucla. edu February 26, 2002 Fred Weston is Professor of Finance Emeritus Recalled, the Anderson School at the University of California Los Angeles. Thanks to Matthias Kahl, Samuel…

Summary MarineCorp was the maritime solution provider for the SURIA group of companies. It had two subsidiaries which are Green Port Sdn Bhd and Sungai Emas Port Sdn Bhd. Hafiz Hasyim is the person who is responsible to report financial performance in the company. He is one of the Boards which is CFO in organizational…

Cliquet Options A derivative is a financial instrument derived from another asset. Market participants enter into an agreement to exchange money, assets or some other value at some future date based on the underlying asset (Investopedia.com, 2007). Among different types of financial derivations, options/futures and swaps are the most common. Options are contracts where one…