exam3a - Trinity University
... [XXXXX such a derivative is disqualified under SFAS 133 Paragraph 252 on Page 134 which excludes any contract with an underlying that is not exchange traded. See KPMG Example 16 on Page 64.] 31. (03 Points) The following contract does not have a SFAS 133 Paragraph 6 notional in a clear sense. Compan ...
... [XXXXX such a derivative is disqualified under SFAS 133 Paragraph 252 on Page 134 which excludes any contract with an underlying that is not exchange traded. See KPMG Example 16 on Page 64.] 31. (03 Points) The following contract does not have a SFAS 133 Paragraph 6 notional in a clear sense. Compan ...
AMERCO /NV/ (Form: 10-Q, Received: 11/05/2014
... provides life and health insurance products primarily to the senior market through the direct writing and reinsuring of life insurance, Medicare s upplement and annuity policies. ...
... provides life and health insurance products primarily to the senior market through the direct writing and reinsuring of life insurance, Medicare s upplement and annuity policies. ...
Why do foreign firms have less idiosyncratic risk than U.S.... Söhnke M. Bartram, Gregory Brown, and René M. Stulz*
... are controlled more effectively, so that firms can raise capital with less co-investment by insiders. As insiders hold less of a stake in their firm, their wealth is less sensitive to the firm’s idiosyncratic risk and they are more willing to take projects that make the firm riskier if these project ...
... are controlled more effectively, so that firms can raise capital with less co-investment by insiders. As insiders hold less of a stake in their firm, their wealth is less sensitive to the firm’s idiosyncratic risk and they are more willing to take projects that make the firm riskier if these project ...
PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD (Form: 6-K
... Company are “non-registered” shareholders because the Common Shares they own are not registered in their names but are instead registered in the names of a brokerage firm, bank or other intermediary or in the name of a clearing agency. Shareholders who do not hold their Common Shares in their own na ...
... Company are “non-registered” shareholders because the Common Shares they own are not registered in their names but are instead registered in the names of a brokerage firm, bank or other intermediary or in the name of a clearing agency. Shareholders who do not hold their Common Shares in their own na ...
Does Corporate Governance Predict Firms` Market
... We also find that Korean firms with 50% outside directors have 0.13 higher Tobin’s q (roughly 40% higher share price), after controlling for the rest of KCGI. This effect, too, is likely causal. Thus, we report the first evidence consistent with greater board independence causally predicting higher sha ...
... We also find that Korean firms with 50% outside directors have 0.13 higher Tobin’s q (roughly 40% higher share price), after controlling for the rest of KCGI. This effect, too, is likely causal. Thus, we report the first evidence consistent with greater board independence causally predicting higher sha ...
DOC - Investor Relations
... Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except share amounts) For contracts and policies written on a losses occurring basis, the risk period is generally the same as the contract or policy term. ...
... Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 (Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except share amounts) For contracts and policies written on a losses occurring basis, the risk period is generally the same as the contract or policy term. ...
Analysing and Decomposing the Sources of Added
... recommend that pension obligations be valued on the basis of a discount rate equal to the market yield on AA bonds, the most straightforward way for pension funds to match liability payments is to build a portfolio of long-dated, investment grade corporate bonds. In practice, institutional investors ...
... recommend that pension obligations be valued on the basis of a discount rate equal to the market yield on AA bonds, the most straightforward way for pension funds to match liability payments is to build a portfolio of long-dated, investment grade corporate bonds. In practice, institutional investors ...
Macroeconomic stress testing of a corporate credit portfolio Magister Scientiae By
... As a result, stress testing of portfolios by banks in an attempt to gauge the impact of adverse macroeconomic events is increasingly becoming an important aspect of risk management worldwide. Banking regulators have, in turn, became stringent with regard to stress testing and the Internal Capital Ad ...
... As a result, stress testing of portfolios by banks in an attempt to gauge the impact of adverse macroeconomic events is increasingly becoming an important aspect of risk management worldwide. Banking regulators have, in turn, became stringent with regard to stress testing and the Internal Capital Ad ...
Time-varying risk premia and the cost of capital
... stock market indexes in excess of a short-term interest rate vary over time (excess returns are forecastable). Moreover, this variation is found to be quite large relative to variation in expected real interest rates.1 These findings suggest that a large fraction of the variation in the cost of capit ...
... stock market indexes in excess of a short-term interest rate vary over time (excess returns are forecastable). Moreover, this variation is found to be quite large relative to variation in expected real interest rates.1 These findings suggest that a large fraction of the variation in the cost of capit ...
Determinants of Capital Structure: Evidence from a Major
... been extensive theoretical work on the determinants of firms’ capital structures. Already by the early 1980s, these efforts culminated in the development of the two major theories of capital structure. In the (static) trade-off theory, firms trade off tax savings from debt financing against deadweig ...
... been extensive theoretical work on the determinants of firms’ capital structures. Already by the early 1980s, these efforts culminated in the development of the two major theories of capital structure. In the (static) trade-off theory, firms trade off tax savings from debt financing against deadweig ...
RADIUS GOLD INC. (Form: 20-F, Received: 05/15
... The following tables set forth and summarize selected consolidated financial data for the Company, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) for 2011 and 2010 and in accordance with Canadian gen ...
... The following tables set forth and summarize selected consolidated financial data for the Company, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) for 2011 and 2010 and in accordance with Canadian gen ...
earnings management and dividend policy of small and medium
... equalled 11.91 percent of total assets based on Kasznik Model and 12.55 percent of total assets based on Kothari Model. Moreover, earnings management is found to have the positive influence on dividend yield of listed companies in MAI. That is, one percent increase in discretionary accruals in absol ...
... equalled 11.91 percent of total assets based on Kasznik Model and 12.55 percent of total assets based on Kothari Model. Moreover, earnings management is found to have the positive influence on dividend yield of listed companies in MAI. That is, one percent increase in discretionary accruals in absol ...
Overvalued Equity and Financing Decisions
... For a manager to cater to investor overvaluation of growth opportunities, the firm plausibly must seem to have such opportunities. Furthermore, scale economies in new projects will only matter for firms that have potentially attractive new projects. So, both arguments imply a greater sensitivity of ...
... For a manager to cater to investor overvaluation of growth opportunities, the firm plausibly must seem to have such opportunities. Furthermore, scale economies in new projects will only matter for firms that have potentially attractive new projects. So, both arguments imply a greater sensitivity of ...
Essays on information asymmetry and the firm
... would expect the wealth effects of OMRs to be more pronounced for relatively opaque firms. The intuition is as follows. Given asymmetric information can lead to misvaluation, and recognizing that undervalued (but not overvalued) firms will conduct OMRs renders the empirical prediction that the share ...
... would expect the wealth effects of OMRs to be more pronounced for relatively opaque firms. The intuition is as follows. Given asymmetric information can lead to misvaluation, and recognizing that undervalued (but not overvalued) firms will conduct OMRs renders the empirical prediction that the share ...
TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LTD (Form: 6-K
... Inc. has been engaged by the Company to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $10,000 plus their costs and expenses. Although there is no formal agreement to do so, the Company will reimburse banks, brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses i ...
... Inc. has been engaged by the Company to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of $10,000 plus their costs and expenses. Although there is no formal agreement to do so, the Company will reimburse banks, brokerage firms and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries for reasonable expenses i ...