Bank performance in Egypt

This research aims at examining the determinants of bank performance in Egypt by measuring the effect of the following factors: capital adequacy, assets quality, management quality, and liquidity on the bank performance measured by the profitability (return on equity) and the risk (the standard deviation of the return on equity ) in comparison analysis between … Read more

Mariner finance

When it comes to mariner finance, it avails loans that will help the poor-credit defaulter cover the daily expenses. Mariner Finance can be a good option for you if you have things like   A Poor Credit Score – The acceptable minimum score of the lender is 580. This is the reason why the annual … Read more

Financial development and income inequality in India

The Research Paper “Financial development and income inequality in India: an application of ARDL approach” published in The International Journal Of Social Economics by Madhu Sehrawat and AK Giri from the Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, have carried out a pioneering work in the finding out the … Read more

The currency of gold

Prior to the 1870s, European countries faced challenges trying to maintain smooth financial operations under various gold, silver, and bimetallic standards. Discoveries of silver, technological advancements, and France’s loss to Germany in the Franco-Prussian war were among the factors that eventually gave way to the emergence of the Classical Gold Standard in the 1870s. After … Read more

Embracing Blockchain innovation

The state of Delaware expects to receive a vote on a bill that would recognize recorded stock on Blockchain. As $51 million has been slashed from Delaware’s budget, there were important issues such as votes on legislative changes to the state’s death penalty and marijuana policies will likely be set aside until 2018. Agreed to … Read more

The Euro

The Euro is a currency based on the political and economic union that is the European Union. With 28 member states the European Union’s goal is to create a single European market that allows people, goods and services to flow freely within the confines of the Union. One of the Union’s attempts to accomplish the … Read more

Sovereign Wealth Fund

The Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund. The past of Sovereign Wealth Funds dates back to 1950s. They have been becoming more and more popular in recent years. These funds pertaining to governments are large-scaled worldwide. Besides all these, there is a dispute whether it threats countries which is invested by SWFs or … Read more

What are Commercial Banks?

Commercial bank is defined as an authorized financial institution by the law whereby they receive money from individual and businesses as well as lending money to them. Commercial banks are open to the public and serve individuals, institutions as well as businesses (Study.com, undated). In a more detailed explanation, commercial banks is a financial institution … Read more

Investment Banking

Do you want to make money out of money? If yes, then the solution is Investment bank. To be precise, Investment bank is nothing but a bank which matches the expectations of people having the capital with people who need the capital. 1 It is a financial intermediary that specializes primarily in selling securities and … Read more

Evolution of BASEL

The pre-Basel era was characterized by increasing globalization, leading to rapid expansion of international financial services sector. The swift proliferation contributed to gradual deregulation, which created new revenue opportunities for banking institutions, and intensified competition. International banks indulged in regulation arbitrage, and relocated to less stringent geographies. The need for a stricter and more stringent … Read more

The effect of exchange rate and inflation on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Exchange rate movements do affect FDI values because they not only greatly affect the amount of cash inflows received from investments but also affect the amount of cash outflows required to pay to continue operating these investments. Currencies appreciate and depreciate according to prevailing Market conditions (Kabura 2013). These movements of exchange rate affect inflation … Read more

FINANCE FOR STRATEGIC MANAGERS

ACTIVITY ONE A Brief Company Profile Lekwot & Sons Limited, a limited liability partnership business, was incorporated January 9, 2007. It is engaged in the sales of retail and wholesale consumer products in 2 major states of the federation, Nigeria. The Company does business in five strategic merchandise units, grocery, entertainment, health and wellness, apparel … Read more

Adoption of IFRS – literature review

LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 INTRODUCTION The decision to adopt IFRS is gaining momentum by the days as more countries embrace the adoption. Generally, it is believed that the adoption arises from the understanding that IFRS is a product with network effect, (Tanko 2012). Iyoha and Jimoh (2011) observe that network effect is said to exist where … Read more

Initial Public Offerings

INTRODUCTION In the early nineties, Initial Public Offerings were considered to be one of the hottest items in the stock market, tempting many new firms to consider this scheme as a means to raise their much needed capital to finance business expansions and to jumpstart new projects. Through the years, however, IPOs seem to have … Read more

Implementation of the IFRS in Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study The globalization of capital markets is an irreversible process and the benefits associated with mutually recognized and prospected International Accounting Standards are enormous. The earliest recognized standard setting body was the ‘Committee on Accounting Procedures (CAP)’which was formed in 1938 but the move towards developing an acceptable … Read more