...In an Islamic capital market (ICM) market transactions are carried out in ways that do not conflict with the conscience of Muslims and the religion of Islam. Here, there is assertion of religious law so that the market is free from activities prohibited by Islam such as usury (riba), gambling (maisir) and ambiguity (gharar). The ICM is a component of the overall capital market in Malaysia. It plays an important role in generating economic growth for the country. The ICM functions as a parallel market to the conventional capital market, and plays a complementary role in the Islamic banking system in broadening and deepening the Islamic financial markets in Malaysia. The Shariah Advisory Council (SAC) was established in May 1996 to advise the...
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...Financial Markets C h a p t e r - 6 59 helped to keep the money market sound and stable during the financial year 2008. A number of steps were taken for activation of secondary trading in treasury bills/bonds. As a result, the overall money market situation was moderate during FY08. Developments in the money market during FY08 are summarized below: Call Money Market 6.3 The volume of transactions in the call money market depicted a mixed trend during FY08 (Table 6.1) reflecting some brisk activities in the money market particularly during the second quarter of the year. It remained sluggish 6.1 A healthy, transparent and dynamically evolving financial system helps mobilize savings and allocate resources, ensure safe and efficient payment and settlement arrangements and ease financial crisis management. Efforts continued in FY08 to establish a healthy and transparent financial system in the country. In addition to the challenges emanating from the internal and external shocks that affected the real sector, there were signs of strain both in the interbank call market and forex market. Volatility in these two markets was tamed through repo operation and intervention by the Bangladesh Bank. Money Market 6.2 Money market, the important segment of financial market that basically channelizes the short term fund in the country was quite active and vibrant with the participation of both banks and non-bank financial institutions during FY08. The...
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...SWFs has been brought into the spotlight. An ever growing number of SWFs worldwide was thought to precipitate tectonic shifts in global equity and foreign exchange markets. Unlike central banks, the SWFs are more likely to invest in emerging nations rather than the developed countries. Stephen Jen, the managing director and chief currency economist at Morgan Stanley, says that the trend for SWFs to move away from sovereign debt to assets that generate higher returns, including financial, resources, tech, and infrastructure plays, is a natural outcome of the globalization financial markets that seeks to adjust existing global imbalance. Based on the diverse investment nature of SWFs, the global fund industry anticipates huge opportunities to make money off the SWFs. At the same time, SWFs are believed to have a stabilizing role in global markets, helping to resuscitate struggling financial institution. This is based on two prominent features of SWFs. One is its longer investment horizon. The other is its greater tolerance for swings in the balance sheets. Despite the optimistic point of views on SWF, potential problems regarding transparency, potential interference and its effect on currency markets have been revealed. Other challenges faced by SWF are about its conservative nature and apparent impact on capital markets according to Jonathan Anderson, the chief economist at UBS Asia-Pacific. 2) As a business student, it is inevitable for us to read business cases. However, enjoy...
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...globe where some genius brains have been able to use the vulnerable platform of stock market to their own advantage by enriching themselves enormously at the cost of unprecedented financial losses to thousands of others. A common tool used by these manipulative brains is what in common parlance is known as Insider trading. With the vast developments in trade and commerce all over, every person has become very materialistic. That is the reason why people in general and particularly those in business have developed profit motives. And it is quite often that to fulfill their own monetary expectations, such people employ illegal or immoral means. One such illegal method used by some vested interests in area of corporate business is insider trading.[1] Thus, when an insider of a company uses its price sensitive confidential information to buy or sell its securities thereby making a personal profit, he commits acts to the detriment of the interests of bona fide investors of the company. However, in reality, insider trading can be both legal and illegal. Legal in the sense when the corporate insiders officers, directors, and employees buy and sell stock in their own companies, whereas illegal insider trading refers to buying and selling of stock by corporate insiders not within their own company.[2] UK and USA had long back created separate boards for the regulations of the securities market. UK has the securities and investment Board (SIB) and USA...
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...RBI 2012-13/358 IDMD.PCD. 07 /14.01.02/2012-13 January 1, 2013 All market participants Dear Sir/Madam, Guidelines for Issue of Commercial Paper (CP) In the light of the recent developments in the financial markets, the directions applicable to issuance of CP have been reviewed in consultation with the Technical Advisory Committee on Money, Forex and Government Securities Market. 2. A copy of the RBI Notification No IDMD.PCD. 1284 /14.01.02/2012-13 dated October 16, 2012, consolidating and amending all earlier directions issued in this regard and published in the Gazette of India is enclosed. Yours faithfully, (K K Vohra) Chief General Manager The Gazette of India EXTRAORDINARY Part III – Section 4 Published by Authority RESERVE BANK OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, October 16, 2012 Reserve Bank Commercial Paper Directions, 2012 Whereas the Reserve Bank of India, in exercise of the powers conferred by Sections 45J, 45K, 45L of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and of all the powers enabling it in this behalf, notified the Non-Banking Companies (Acceptance of Deposits through Commercial Paper) Directions 1989 vide Notification No.IECD.1/87(CP)-89/90 dated December 11, 1989; And whereas the said directions having been amended from time to time vide Notification No.IECD.14/08.15.01/96-97 dated September 6, 1996; Notification No.IECD.21/08.15.01/97-98 dated June 17, 1998, and Notification No IECD 3/08.15.01/2000-2001 dated October 10, 2000 respectively; And whereas...
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... Investment bankers help deficit spending units (DSUs) bring new primary security issues to market. Deposits in a credit union by a household are an example of direct finance. When a surplus spending units (SSU) owns a financial claim created by financial intermediation, its residual claim is against a deficit spending units (DSU). Assets of financial intermediaries include direct financial claims only. Finance companies take small consumer deposits and make large consumer loans. Liabilities of financial intermediaries are indirect financial claims. Direct finance requires a more or less exact match of preferences. There must be an equal number of DSUs and surplus spending units ( SSUs) in a period. Every financial claim appears on two balance sheets. Without a financial sector, real investment must be financed internally by the deficit spending unit. Depository intermediaries issue claims that are for the most part highly liquid. A household is a surplus spending units when income for the period exceeds spending. A surplus spending units surplus spending unit (SSU) must hold a claim until its scheduled maturity. Financial claims or securities are written for the mutual benefit of both SSU and DSU. Deficit spending units (DSUs) and surplus spending units (SSUs) always have some contact with each other in financial markets. Commercial banks lend to businesses in direct financial markets. “Futures contract” and “forward contract”...
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...A study on Investors Preferences towards various investment avenues in Capital Market with special reference to Derivatives. by Dr. K. RAVICHANDRAN, READER, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, (School of Excellence of Bharathidasan University), Tiruchirapalli. Introduction: In India, generally all capital market investment avenues are perceived to be risky by the investors. But the younger generation investors are willing to invest in capital market instruments and that too very highly in Derivatives segment. Even though the knowledge to the investors in the Derivative segment is not adequate, they tend to take decisions with the help of the brokers or through their friends and were trying to invest in this market. This study was undertaken to find out the awareness level of various capital market instruments and also to find out their risk preference in various segments. Need for the study: To educate investors who are risk averse for trade in derivatives Awareness about the various uses of derivatives can help investors to reduce the risk and minimize the losses REVIEW OF LITERATURE “Investment property portfolio management and financial derivatives” by Patrick McAllister, John R. Mansfield. His study on Derivatives has been an expanding and controversial feature of the financial markets since the late 1980s. They are used by a wide range of manufacturers and investors to manage risk. This paper analyses the role and potential of financial derivatives...
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...Russian financial markets ." Financial relations are a crucial element binding system of economic relations into a coherent whole , especially in the formation and development of market relations. The financial market is to establish direct contacts between buyers and sellers of financial of resource. He is one of the most important elements of any economy , because it allows to mobilize available cash flow and efficiently distribute them among those who need them , thus contributing to the activity of economic agents and the economy as a whole. Therefore, this topic is relevant since the inception of commodity-money relations and the emergence of the state with its functions and objectives. The Russian economic science problems of financial market models and methods of its regulation serious attention . Object of research - Russian financial market . Subject of research - development of the financial market in the Russian Federation. The purpose of this coursework is to familiarize with the history of the Russian financial market , revealing its contemporary problems and prospects of development .. To do this, perform the following tasks : • master the basic aspects regarding the financial markets; • familiar with the basic concepts ; • examine the current situation on the world market; An analysis of the financial activities of the state , condition, problems and development of financial markets in Russia ; ...
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...Tafatafa Maiava FIN/370 Week #2 Individual Assignment October 17, 2011 Professor Cindy Bayer #14-1) What are financial markets? What function do they perform? How would an economy be worse off without them? Financial markets are described as any marketplace where buyers and sellers participate in the trade of assets such as equities, bonds, currencies, and derivatives. Financial markets provide a mechanism for an investor to sell a financial asset, reduces the search and information costs of transacting and the interactions of buyers and sellers in a financial market determine the price of the traded asset. The six basic functions of financial markets are borrowing and lending, price determination, information aggregation and coordination, risk sharing, liquidity and efficiency. The economy would be worse off without financial markets because it would decrease the wealth of the economy as well as the rate of capital formation. #14-3) Distinguish between the money and capital markets. The money market is the market for shorter-term securities, generally those with one year or less remaining to maturity and the capital market is the market for longer-term securities, those with more than one year to maturity. The money market consists of US Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, and federal funds while the capital market consists of corporate stocks, government securities and bank commercial loans. #14-4) What major benefits do corporations...
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...topics include: 1) The capital market, how the primary market differs from the secondary market, and in the student’s opinion are these markets efficient, and why. 2) The three primary roles of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 augments the SEC’s role in managing financial governance, and if the writer thinks the passage of this act had the outcome of businesses becoming more ethical. Examples will be used to support this thinking.3) Ratios which measure a corporation’s liquidity, some problems associated with using these ratios, and how the DuPont analysis would overcome these problems. The DQ’s will be stated, and then the Discussion Answers will be explored below. DQ 1 – The Capital Market What is the capital market? How is the primary market different from the secondary market? In your opinion, are these markets efficient? Why? Discussion Answer 1 The capital market is “Any market in which securities are traded. Capital markets include the stock and bond markets.” (Farlex Financial Dictionary 2009) “Traditionally, this has referred to the market for trading long-term debt instruments (those that mature in more than one year). That is, the market where capital is raised. More recently, capital markets is used in a more general context to refer to the market for stocks, bonds, derivatives and other investments.” (Harvey 2011) The primary market differs from the secondary market. Primary Markets are Transactions insecurities...
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...and challenges for CFOs. Rather than simply make aggregate capital-structure and dividend decisions, for example, they also have to wrestle with the capital structure and profit repatriation policies of their companies’ subsidiaries. Capital budgeting decisions and valuation must reflect not only divisional differences but also the complications introduced by currency, tax, and country risks. Incentive systems need to measure and reward managers operating in various economic and financial settings. The Globally Competent Finance Function The existence of what amounts to internal markets for capital gives global corporations a powerful mechanism for arbitrage across national financial markets. But in managing their internal markets to create a competitive advantage, finance executives must delicately balance the financial opportunities they offer with the strategic opportunities and challenges presented by operating in multiple institutional environments, each of which has it own legal regime and political risks. There is also a critical managerial component: What looks like savvy financial management can ruin individual and organizational motivation. As we’ll see in the following pages, some of the financial opportunities available to global firms are affected by institutional and managerial forces in three critical functions: financing, risk management, and capital budgeting. Financing in the Internal Capital Market Institutional differences across a company’s operations...
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...Executive Summary ‘Capital market is largest and oldest trading organization in Bangladesh, with years of experience. Adaptation of modern technology both in terms of equipment and trading practice ensures efficient service to clients. Capital market serves both clients and country and it strive to be the acknowledged global leader and preferred partner in helping our countries succeed in the worlds rapidly evolving financial market. This report is basically the analysis of capital market’s inner strengths and the inside forces that affect the organization. The organization has full power over these forces and can use them effectively. There are, of course, many different forces that work within an organization, and we have explained a few of them in the following passages to illustrate the condition of capital market. In this report we find out the history of this market. That means what is the background of this market, trading process, present condition, and future opportunity of this organization from the perspective of information. The main purpose of the study is to compare the theoretical knowledge with practical scenario and at the same time get an in-depth knowledge about capital market and its policies. In order to serve this purpose the following Main Discussion History of Bangladesh Capital Market: The first concept capital market was come from USA at Wall Street in 1653. It came to South Asia in 1890. The origin of Stock Market in Bangladesh was 28th April1954 named...
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...mechanism for arbitrage across national financial markets as capital markets open up within them. CFO has to balance the traditional question with new questions which arises due to the globalization. By exploiting their internal capital markets, CFO can create value in 3 functions: 1. Financing the internal capital market. 2. Managing Risk Globally, 3. Global Capital Budgeting. 1. Financing the internal capital market – A CFO can significantly reduce a groups overall tax bill by borrowing disproportionately in countries with high tax rates and lending the excess cash to operations in countries with lower rates. But the global CFO needs to be aware of downside of getting strategic about financing in these ways. Saddling the mangers of subsidiaries with debt can cloud their profit performance. 2. Managing Risk Globally – The existence of an internal capital market also broadens a firms Risk management options. Instead of managing all currency exposures through the financial market, global firm can offset natural currency exposures through their worldwide operations. Given this potential for minimizing risk, it might seem perverse that many multinationals let local subsidiaries and regions manage their risks separately. Doing so, however, can obscure the performance of local units, making it harder for headquarters to assess local managers and easier for financial managers to take purely speculative positions. 3. Global Capital Budgeting - CFOs can add value by getting smarter...
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...-plums and lemons- assuming everything is a lemon or bad 5. When can privileged information be use legally -making the information public before using it 6. What is the basic premise of AIH -suppose some people have access to pockets of information concerning the true value and risk of assets while others do not 7. What resource is available for investors harmed by insider trading - 8. What is the primary market * It is for trading new securities * Raising capital to support in new investment in buildings, equipment and inventories 9. What is the most important financial asset in the economy -income? money 10. What is the secondary market * Deals in securities previously issued * Function is to provide liquidity to security investors 11. What are secondary securities? * Issued by financial intermediaries include such familiar instruments as checking and saving accounts * Low risk of default * Acquired in small denomination 12. Which markets make up to circular diagram? * Money and capital market 13. Which sector of economy is usually deficit budget sector? * Ultimate borrowers? 14. Which sector of economy is usually surplus budget sector? * Ultimate lenders? 15. How to express a deficit unit and a surplus unit in Gurley-Shaw equoation? * Deficit: Revenue< expense, financial asset decreased, debt increased * Surplus: Revenue> expense, financial asset increased, debt decreased ...
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...CHAPTER 2 FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS 1. You recently sold 100 shares of Microsoft stock to your brother at a family reunion. At the reunion your brother gave you a check for the stock and you gave your brother the stock certificates. Which of the following best describes this transaction? a. This is an example of a direct transfer of capital. b. This is an example of a primary market transaction. c. This is an example of an exchange of physical assets. d. This is an example of a money market transaction. e. This is an example of a derivative market transaction. Answer: a 2. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? a. The NYSE does not exist as a physical location. Rather it represents a loose collection of dealers who trade stock electronically. b. An example of a primary market transaction would be your uncle transferring 100 shares of Wal-Mart stock to you as a birthday gift. c. Capital market instruments include both long-term debt and common stocks. d. If your uncle in New York sold 100 shares of Microsoft through his broker to an investor in Los Angeles, this would be a primary market transaction. e. While the two frequently perform similar functions, investment banks generally specialize in lending money, whereas commercial banks generally help companies raise large blocks of capital from investors. Answer: c 3. Which of the following is a primary market transaction? a. You sell 200 shares of IBM stock on the NYSE through your...
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