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Basel II: Operational Risk in Financial Institutions
Soley, Jorge; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTechnical Note FN-537-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis note explains the concept of operational risk in financial entities. This new concept has been introduced by Basel II as a new requirement in the calculation of the own funds required by financial entities in order to achieve a more solvent financial system. Operational risk is understood to mean "The risk of losses resulting from inadequate and/or erroneous internal processes, personnel, systems or external events." Companies' results, and ...Starting at €8.20
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State Finance Agencies
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-400-EFinanceIn many countries; in practically all of Europe, most of Latin America, and even in the U.S., there are financial agencies, which normally act as credit agencies, and which are used to finance: Medium to long-term credit operations in strategic projects in the country, and as development banks, supporting the formation of fixed capital and the intermediation of companies, especially SMEs.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance of Credit Institutions
Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-544-EFinanceThe note reviews the main corporate governance rules worldwide for listed banks: the OECD Principles, the IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions) Principles, the Financial Services Action Plan in the EU, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US. It continues with a discussion of the Basel Committee recommendations on corporate governance in banks. The application of the general rules to the particular circumstances of the banking...Starting at €8.20
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Value at Risk (VaR) as a Risk Measure in the Treasury and Capital Markets Area
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-433-EFinanceThis note analyzes the VaR (Value at Risk) method used to evaluate risks incurred by credit institutions' financial and capital market activities. It explains the different methods used for calculating VaR, and the contributions of VaR to compliance with the regulatory framework, the measurement of market risks, the evaluation of the management and of the limits on negotiation portfolios.Starting at €8.20
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Private Equity
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-301-EFinanceThis note explains the characteristics of the risk capital sector in Spain and other countries. It discusses the different ways in which risk capital is managed, and the legal and fiscal framework of risk capital in Spain, depending on its form: risk capital funds and companies. The case also presents a broad outline of the different types of risk capital players: private capital companies and funds, regional industrial development societies, and...Starting at €8.20
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Operating Leases
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-428-EFinanceThe note refers to the operating leases regulated in IAS 17, as an alternative to financial leasing (full pay-out lease). Commercial features are analyzed (we need to bear in mind that operating leases are known in Spain as "renting" and, in France, as a "location longue durée"), focusing especially on the automobile and technology sectors. It also factors in the accounting aspect, from the standpoint of both lessor and lessee.Starting at €8.20
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Stealth Sports - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-122-EFinanceEarly in 2020, Pamela Taggart, the recently-appointed CFO of Stealth Sports (a non-publicly-trade company), had one overriding task and little time to waste: She needed to estimate a hurdle rate to force some discipline in the decision-making process of the company. Her problem was that unlike some of the companies she had worked for before, Stealth was not publicly traded; that complicated her job but did not make it impossible. This case is des...Starting at €0.00
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 2 - Mean Returns
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-553-EFinanceThis note discusses three definitions of mean returns and highlights their different interpretations and uses. In many cases, particularly when evaluating risky assets, the concept of "mean return"¿ is meaningless and stating the type of mean return discussed, arithmetic or geometric, is essential. Also, when investors trade actively, their mean return and that of the asset in which they invest may differ, which requires yet another concept, the ...Starting at €8.20
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MIFID (Market in Financial Instruments Directive)
Soley, Jorge; Zozaya E.Technical Note FN-550-EFinanceThis technical note talks about the European directive MiFID (Markets in Financial Instrument Directive) (*) which has completely changed its operation models in capital markets. (*) This directive became effective on Nov.1, 2007. The objectives are the following: -To protect the client and the individual investor. -To regulate the behavior of investment service companies. -To complete the European Union financial services market Main new points ...Starting at €8.20
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Project Evaluation in Emerging Markets: Exxon Mobil, Oil, and Argentina - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-70-EFinanceEarly in 2006 a brief report arrived at Exxon Mobil's headquarters in Irving, Texas, with the results of geological tests in the south of Argentina. The tests determined that the area explored seemed to be rich in oil and that, subject to a proper cost-benefit analysis, it could be worth investing in the necessary production facilities to extract oil from the ground. You have been asked to evaluate this investment opportunity and report to manage...Starting at €0.00