Financial system
Course material - 3 pages - Finance
Financial markets are important because they provide finance to companies, governments and people with mortgages, are drivers of prosperity (if they work well), are regulated and supervised to ensure fairness. There is a strong link between financial markets and the well-being of a country. They...
Evaluating the Effectiveness of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Adoption on Financial Statement Transparency
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are designed to bring consistency, transparency, and comparability to financial statements across different jurisdictions. The adoption of IFRS is intended to enhance the quality of financial reporting, thereby improving the decision-making...
Introduction to Hedging and Derivatives
Course material - 3 pages - Finance
A firm establishes a contract in the form of a loan. The firm borrows in one currency, converts it to another, invests that currency. When the loan comes due, the firm receives payment from its operations and uses that money to repay the loan.
Introduction to Sustainable Finance
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
Green Finance: financial investments flowing to sustainable development projects, initiatives, environmental products, policies encouraging the development of a more sustainable economy.
Financial Markets and Institutions: Financial Intermediaries
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
This document contains a course on Financial Markets and Institutions.
Introduction to Financial Markets and Institutions
Course material - 2 pages - Finance
This document contains an introduction course to Financial Markets and Institutions.
Central Bankers and Interest Rates
Course material - 9 pages - Finance
Inflation was a major problem in the 1970s. The 1971 collapse of the Bretton-Woods agreement gave governments latitude to alter their currency exchange rates. The previously locked exchange rates had the effect of taming inflation. There were also "oil shocks" in 1973 and 1979, which caused oil...
The Stakeholder Theory
Course material - 1 pages - Finance
Stakeholders are usually those in a firm who have an interest in the resources and activities of the company. They contribute to the wealth-creating capacity of the company, it's often composed of shareholders, employees, suppliers. They can be external or internal. In this case the internal...
Managerial Finance
Course material - 12 pages - Finance
Financial markets: - Financing investments (for firms) ; - Inter-temporal allocation of cash-flows (for consumers/investors) ; - Risk transformation: risk-diversification and tis-transfer (for firms and investors). Companies are the unit of observation of this course (companies raise capital and...
Financial globalization
Course material - 3 pages - Finance
The term financial globalization refers to a free movement of finance across national boundaries without facing any restrictions. Financial globalization requires the introduction of a worldwide single currency managed and regulated by a single international monetary authority. The first...
