Handbook of Financial Decision Making

Handbook of Financial Decision Making
Author: Gilles Hilary
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2023-08-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1802204172

This accessible Handbook provides an essential entry point for those with an interest in the increasingly complex subject of financial decision making. It sheds light on new paradigms in society and the ways that new tools from private actors have affected financial decision making. Covering a broad range of key topics in the area, leading researchers summarize the state-of-the-art in their respective areas of expertise, delineating their projections for the future.

What is Reinsurance?

What is Reinsurance?
Author: Robert M. Merkin
Publisher: Cavendish Publishing (UK)
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

In 1994 a Reinsurance Working Party was set up by AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances) with the aim of producing a series of comparative reports considering how particular aspects of reinsurance law operate in a range of jurisdictions.

An Introduction to Executive Compensation

An Introduction to Executive Compensation
Author: Steven Balsam
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780120771264

General readers have no idea why people should care about what executives are paid and why they are paid the way they are. That's the reason that The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Forbes, and other popular and practitioner publications have regular coverage on them. This book not only proposes a reason - executives need incentives in order to maximize firm value (economists call this agency theory) - it also describes the nature and design of executive compensation practices. Those incentives can take the form of benefits (salary, stock options), or prerquisites (reflecting the status of the executive within the organizational culture.

Risk Management

Risk Management
Author: Satyajit Das
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1348
Release: 2005-10-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470821655

Risk Management consists of 8 Parts and 18 Chapters covering risk management, market risk methodologies (including VAR and stress testing), credit risk in derivative transactions, other derivatives trading risks (liquidity risk, model risk and operational risk), organizational aspects of risk management and operational aspects of derivative trading. The volume also covers documentation/legal aspects of derivative transactions (including ISDA documentary framework), accounting treatment (including FASB 133 and IAS 39 issues), taxation aspects and regulatory aspects of derivative trading affecting banks and securities dealers (including the Basel framework for capital to be held against credit and market risk).

Valuation Techniques

Valuation Techniques
Author: David T. Larrabee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118397436

Analysis and insights from top thought leaders on a pivotal topic in investing and asset management Valuation is the cornerstone for investment analysis, and a thorough understanding and correct application of valuation methodologies are critical for long-term investing success. Edited by two leading valuation experts from CFA Institute, this book brings together the insights and expertise of some of the most astute and successful investment minds of the past 50 years. From Benjamin Graham, the “father of value investing,” to Aswath Damodaran, you’ll learn what these investment luminaries have to say about investment valuation techniques, including earnings and cash flow analysis. Features the best thinking on valuation from the industry’s masters on the topic, supplemented with dozens of fascinating and instructive real-world examples Comprehensively discusses special valuation situations, such as real options, employee stock options, highly leveraged firms, corporate takeovers, and more Supplies you with the tools you need to successfully navigate and thrive in the ever-changing financial markets Is being produced with the full support and input of CFA Institute, the world’s leading association of investment professionals

Manual of Accounting: Narrative Reporting 2012

Manual of Accounting: Narrative Reporting 2012
Author: PricewaterhouseCoopers (Firm)
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2011-01-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1847669077

UK companies are governed by legal and other regulatory requirements impacting elements of financial statements that are common to users of both International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and UK GAAP. These are often referred to as the 'front half' of the financial statements. This publication contains the guidance applicable to all UK companies regardless of the GAAP under which their financial statements are prepared. Key updates from the previous edition (Manual of Accounting: Management Reports and Governance 2011) include updated chapters on business review and corporate governance, with many more illustrations and examples. Written by PwC's UK Assurance Risk and Quality team, the manual includes practical advice based on PwC's work advising clients, partners, and staff. The book will be of particular interest to finance directors, accountants, legal practitioners, company administrators, financial advisors, and auditors.