Banking Case Studies Samples For Students

The options are ideal tools for position trading as well risk management. These options give their holders some right to buy and sell their underlying assets at a quoted price on or before the expiration date. A call gives a holder the right to buy an option while a put enables a holder to sell an option. The three major option strategies are as listed below in the various case studies.

Bullish option strategy

The McDonald Company has, in past five years, expected the underlying stock price of their diversified commodities to go upward. For this very reason, the company financial management ...

Institutiona Affiliation

Healthcare dilemma:
Among the challenges experienced in healthcare service is the provision of the health services under the limited the funds. There have been many strenuous efforts to remedy the problems, but the business problem has always been a major problem. Financial problems have led to many dilemmas to the service providers the hospital, the service production and also the service delivery to the patients. On the other hand, the issues of inflation, whether it is not even higher, it is a tremendous challenge to the health providers. (Katherine 2005, p. 35) There has been this dilemma in the ...

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was ranked as the fourth largest bank in the US before it declared bankruptcy in 2008. The company was dealing in investment banking, equity and fixed income-income sales and trading, research, investment management, private equity, and private banking. A significant number of clients withdrew their accounts from Lehman Brothers and the share price of the stocks fell at an exponential rate. Consequently, on September 15, 2008 the company filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11. Lehman Brothers played a major role in the recession of the late 2000’s which drastically affected the entire country. The ...

With the ever increasing rate of shift from analogue to digital modes of communication and data processing, efficiency has improved tremendously. However, as can be expected, such development has come with its own evils, with the upsurge of cybercrime now the main headache for the companies using electronic data storage and processing. It is thus prudent to ask, how safe is clients’ electronically stored information concerning cyber-crime?
Many web developers have dedicated a big share of their time in developing hacker proof storage systems and websites to guarantee clients’ information safety, but they have not yet controlled it. Clients’ ...

There is a need for any country to have its central Bank. Unlike most countries, which use the central Bank system, the U.S has a federal Banking system which is also known as the fed. The headquarters of the federal Bank is in the capital Washington D.C and also has other twelve district banks in different locations. Federal Reserve Act established the fed in 1913 and was formed to solve problems of money in the country (Gali, 2009). The decisions made by the federal Bank directly affect the safety and soundness of the country’s financial system.
The federal ...

Overview of Marcus’ Case

The case is about an automobile parts company which is expanding into Hongkong. The human resource manager is supposed to come up with a staffing solution for his company in order for the global operations to kick off.

Key issues

The key issues include; an expansion of Banks Industries into a global player, staffing of the offshore operations and a challenge in determination of the best strategy for this expansion from the point of view of the HR Manager. In addition, the plant will start in the next six months.

One of the alternatives for Marcus is filling of executive positions ...

Introduction

Most business enterprises are normally creations of ingenious business minds that make difficult financial decisions in order to take the business to the next level. In most occasions, only businesses with spectacular principles and competitive managers have an edge over competitors thereby staying in a market. An important aspect of a business is its mode of financing which can either be equity or debt business financing. This paper gives a comprehensive discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of both equity and debt as business financing strategies. Additionally, the paper gives a recommendation on the decision of AMSC to settle ...

Ethical dilemmas do not have a direct response as one progress with the career. The exception to this is when the ethical dilemma involves the breaking of the law or profession regulation. Ethical dilemmas are entail situations of moral conflict and transgression between parties. In these kinds of situations, one has to choose a creative alternative to end the constant strive (Linzer 37).
In this issue, the ethical dilemma entails an overly dependent boss who takes all the credit from the worker. All the work that the group does credit goes to the boss and the manager. Sometimes the ...

Corporate Finance

Answer 1)
Compound Annual Growth refers to growth over the years and is calculated by adding each year growth to the original amount. As for the sales of the company, the compounded growth rate for sales over 5 years time horizon is 11.05%. In other words, starting with the year 2000, when the sales of the company were $600000, by the end of 5 years, the sales of the company following 11.05% growth rate had increased to $1013376.
However, the net income of the company grew with annual compound rate of -136.10%. In other words, there was no growth ...

International Financial Management

Answer-5)
All the money supply in the country is controlled by the Central Bank and it has a number of options to control it. The best of them is Open Market Operations (OMO). It will be used in this particular analysis. Let’s assume that Thailand’s central bank is looking for the ways to prevent the withdrawal of the funds from the country.
It is fully controlled by the government and the country. The country may issue government based T-Bills and securities of different maturities like 1 year, 6-Months, 2 years and others. This would help investors to ...

Introduction

Sampling is a more convenient way of identifying and picking the most suitable representation of a population in a survey that could be daunting or impossible if the whole population had to be studied. In that respect, the concept is widely applied in market research where different sampling techniques are applied for different types of population. Thus, this analysis seeks to demonstrate the application of different sampling techniques using a case of Nevada National Bank that seeks to use its list of 400,000 credit card users who are spread all over the United states to test for the ...

- What value does Partenón provide to Banco Santanr?
The evolution of technology, particularly in the global banking industry, has considerably revolutionized the manner in which banks carry on their financial operations. From the analysis of the case, it is obvious that Banco Santanr has not been locked out been locked out of the technology world. Here, evidence reveals the bank have recently acquired Partenón in an attempt to boost its banking operations (Busquets et al., 2011).
Although acquired (built) at substantial costs of approximately €70 million, there are positive prospects that the new core banking system ( ...

About Lativia

Latvia is a country that is found within the Baltic region. This is also found in Northern Europe. There are over two million people living there. In addition, the country had its independence restored in 1991. It is also part of several foreign relations; majorly the United Nations, European Union, NATO, among others. In terms of human rights, the country has an above average rating among the countries that are sovereign in freedom of the media, democracy as well as privacy. The point of interest is in its economy. It has membership with the World Trade Organization as well ...

Executive Summary

China Development Bank is among the most essential financial institutions in China. This is because it is among the vital drivers of economic development and growth within the country. Although the institution was characterized by relatively high levels of growth between 1994 and 1997, it has the potential to exude better performance. The government of China is a major stakeholder of this financial institution, hence this paper will seek to highlight the manner in which it influences the operations of this bank. At the moment, its primary dilemma is how it will manage to carry out market oriented reforms, ...

1. What are the advantage and disadvantages of using currency futures and options to hedge?
1. Using Currency futures and options to hedge certainly have their pros and cons. The first and perhaps the greatest advantage is that hedging acts as a tool that can be used to diversify, which in turn leads to higher returns on investments. Secondly, hedging helps cut down the uncertainty levels by curbing down on the risk factor. This can lead to an increased sense of surety for a particular business, thereby ensuring that the business operates in a smooth manner. Lastly, hedging provides ...

The study of Bear Stearns abrupt fall and demise reveal the importance of credibility for a financial institution in a specific sense irrespective of its robustness. A business in general could fall if credibility and illiquidity become questionable. Bear Stearns is the first ever major investment bank to fail during the global financial crisis (Li and Mizrach, 2010). The 85 years old firm has survived a number of economic turmoil and recession, yet it fell when it was least expected to fall. A number of factors become apparent when studying the Bear Stearns demise, and these include the role ...

Tools for Evaluating the Projects

Biz Systems Consultants Ltd is a firm that is set up by experienced persons. Now they are in consideration for the projects that have investment of 17, 00,000$ and three projects are mutually exclusive. In this report we will find out the ways and tools that can help the firm in accessing the feasibility of the project. There are different methods of accessing the feasibility of projects as well as many sources of finance but we will discuss here the three major sources of finance that are best suitable for the company (Bearse, 1993).
For the company Biz ...

Introduction

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A. beingconsidered as one of the major bank organizations in Eurozone is thetopItalian bank group practically in all business segments, which are retail business, corporate business and private-banking system. Serving over 19 million clients in 40 countries, the Bankconcentrates its attention on the states of Mediterranean sink, as well as Central and Eastern Europe. As regards Italy, the Bank has over 11.1 million people, who prefer to cooperate with it and use its services every day (Intesa Sanpaolo, 2014).
However, every company should make some changes in its operation in order to increase efficiencyand make the health ...

Introduction

Changes in the business environment may have adverse effects on individual organizations. An evaluation of Friendly bank demonstrates that it faces a significant problem. First, the organization is facing an organizational culture problem. The problem can be attributed to the changes in the organizational design that have transformed the operations of the organization. The move has caused confusion among employees who have found themselves in a dilemma. They could either leave the organization or work in departments that they had not applied for. The changes in the organizational structure were prompted by two significant trends in the banking industry. ...

Introduction

Friendly Bank has recently switched over to a new process and this requires excellent leadership efforts. Especially in a change management situation, it is essential that effective leadership is in place so that employees are motivated to perform. The decision to commence the online banking system of Parkers PLC and the incorporation of Friendly Bank is a change management initiative. Such situations warrant effective transformational leadership style which is based on the four fundamental principles of idealized influence, inspirational motivation, individualized consideration and intellectual stimulation (Gabel, 2013).
The main problem with Friendly Bank was the decision to rope in ...

1 See the attached excel sheet
2The three sections of the cash budget are the receipts section in which all the cash receipts and all the credit receipts which are to be collected in a particular month are to be grope together. Then there can be other inflows of cash resulting from sale of assets or issuing new stock. Together these form the total receipts section. The second section comprises of the cash disbursements section. In this section any outlays of cash are recorded from operating activities and non operating activities and a total cash outflow number is calculated. ...

Question 1

The role of the head offices is essential for a Multinational Companies to achieve strategic success in the cross-market integration. The head offices are the places where the almost all significant functions of the organization are harmonized. Therefore, the head offices provide environment where the full responsibilities of business activities are coordinated and managed. The head office enables the managers to formulate and coordinate policies that can be applied to both international and local operations. As a result, the head office provides specific strategies that can help the MNC to meet their objectives and hence achieve strategic success. The ...

Question 1 (Appendix A):

Government interventions in the financial markets have been and will always be an issue of ethical dilemma (Stiglitz, et.al, 1993). Therefore, it may be worthy to understand beforehand, what an ethical dilemma is. In YourDictionary, ethical dilemma is defined as “situation in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In such cases, societal and personal ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for the chooser. Ethical dilemmas assume that the chooser will abide by societal norms, such as codes of law or religious teachings, ...

Neighbor Works, Cleveland, Ohio. Neighbor works America also known as Neighborhood Reinvestment Cooperation started as Neighborhood Housing Services of Pittsburgh. Its inception is believed to be in the year 1968 when a central north side resident of Pittsburgh Dorothy Mae started campaigning for better housing in the neighborhood. It is a non-profit organization that was congressionally charted during 1978 to provide housing services and programs in the state cities. The organization has a branch in Cleveland. It has been providing excellent services and programs for more than thirty-seven years to the residents of northeast Ohio. It is made up ...

The analysis of 15% guarantee sounds satisfactory since it is above the average and the historical average in the country. Going by such a rate, it means that the investment in the annuity will earn an amount of 240000 annually which is above the $120000 required for annual maintenance. However, the couple has a high aversion to risks and unaware of the market shocks and the decline in stock prices that the country experienced in 2008. They, therefore, feel that your analysis is not adequate to address these concerns.
Supposing that the market experiences financial problems again, and the ...

Executive Summary

The probability function is also in the favor of the company, and found that the chance of earning high is effective and powerful as far as the effectiveness of the company are concerned. The company should go forward with the same aspect in order to grow its market substantially and effectively in different regions.

Introduction

Decision making is an important activity for an organization, and it is equally beneficial for the long term sustainability of an entity in a particular industry (Allayannis and Brown, 2005). The value of decision making can be analyzed with the fact that the whole effectiveness ...

1. Valuation ratio analysis
I have analyzed the health of Northwest Savings Bank (Ticker Symbol: NWBI), hereafter referred to as Northwest, with several relevant valuation ratio. These ratios are useful to determine whether its stock is currently undervalued or overvalued. These presents a kind of measure as to whether the stock is a potential buy or otherwise. We have also made comparisons between Northwest and its competitors, which includes PNC Bank (Ticker Symbol PNC) and Erie Bank (a division of CNB Bank, Ticker Symbol CCNE. Table 1.1 gives an overview of the financial data that we will be using ...

Tidal Community Bank is a perfect example of a company embroiled in conflicts attributed to differing opinions on the best growth strategy to adopt. While the management prefers to expand into new markets through acquisition, the institutional investors are interested in growing their earnings per share. The two protagonists are involved in vicious disagreements that are observed even at the investor conferences. They are all determined to force through their proposal, and none is willing to give a thought to any opposing views. One investor was quoted saying that they do not care about the strategies the management was ...

Introduction

Aeolian processes occur in environments such as deserts, agricultural fields, and coastal regions. The features of such environments include a nonexistent or sparse vegetation cover, strong winds, and a supply of fine sediments. In Egypt, the increase in human population has led to the lateral spread of human settlements from the Nile’s flood plains to various locations in the western desert land. Such areas include the Kharga Oasis, where the government has initiated land reclamation projects for agriculture and human settlements. However, the developmental plans have missed the issue of natural hazards such as dune movements. Hence, the ...

Reform Movement: Demolishing Barriers Between Computer Science and Computer Engineering in Purdue University

Introduction
Synergy Between Computer Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering is the ‘practice of safe and economic application of scientific laws’. Science is a ‘systematic observation of natural events in order to formulate laws.’ The field of engineering became a separate discipline from science in the nineteenth century.
Computer science, like engineering, is a field of applied science. Unlike science, it has a shorter-term view. Computer science aims to determine what will work, and not to discover fundamental laws of nature. It is akin to engineering in its emphasis on automation. Therefore, computer science is more aligned to engineering than ...

3) Peralta National Bank’s ALCO committee has lots to consider and lots on their plate given the circumstances and the future likely events. Currently, they are witnessing an upward sloping yield curve. However, they have to decide whether to investment in long-term or short term. Both investment alternatives have their own drawbacks and own benefits. As a result, even the ALCO committee is divided over which investment tenor to pursue. There was an argument that if the banks invest in short term they will have to sacrifice one percent of their net income over the limits set by ...

The RAMPART scandal led to a relation of diverse illegal operations, shootings and incrimination by some members of the L.A.P.D. The initial case was in 1997 during which an officer in duty, Lyga, killed his colleague, Gaines, in a road rage shootout. Lyga claimed that Gaines who was apparently connected to Death Row Records had initiated the shootout pointing the gun at him. This was connected to a bank robbery in November the same year during which another officer Mack in conjunction with his girlfriend working in the bank masterminded the robbery.
In February 1998, a detainee Jimenez was ...

The market for banks is fast changing with new product, new markets and new players. Not only are these, but also the ways previously consumers and banks interacted changing. It is hard to say how much more change are we going to see in the banking industry. What we can say is that only unchangeable element in the banking industry. Other factors, people, things, interactions and relationships are changing.
Denecker et. al (2014) states in his article that banks are constantly changing as a result of new technology. New technology is making old process obsolete and slow and, therefore, ...

Recommendation and Justification

In my opinion, growing through acquisition is a better solution than becoming more mainstream. Growing through acquisition means that the Citibank can purchase banks in the saturated markets. As a result, the product portfolio of the bank will be improved, which will play a great role in helping the bank with its many services. Purchasing bank will help the bank spread out the work, which will take the pressure of the employees off. Thus, the employees will be able to work freely, which will result to provision of high-quality services to the new and esteemed customers. Citibank can use ...

The document will analyze financial positioning of ClineKinds Inc that has proposed a loan of its future operation. The goal set for the purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the financial information of the chosen company in order to have in-depth understanding about the company’s positioning. It is also due to identification of the company’s performance are eligible to acquire further loans for its future operations.
Currently, ClineKinds have requested the commercial banks for another loan of $300,000 for at least five years and more. In order to expand its business operations, introduce new ...

Clarkson Lumber is a young company that needs many sources of finance to keep running its operations. However, recently a bank has denied Clarkson Lumber a financing of $750,000. This is a big loss for the company. The company is highly geared with the leverage of $1 amount of debt for every $1 of equity invested. The current ratio of the company is also in a bad condition signifying working capital difficulties. For every $1 in current liability, the company has only $0.6 in current assets. This situation is very alarming. In future, if the creditors of the ...

The vision behind forming the Mystic Monk Coffee is that Father Daniel Mary wants to help setup the business that would help them with the purchase of the Ranch that Father Daniel Mary wants. He is achieving this by serving a niche market of the coffee drinkers. This niche market is very large with more than 150 million consumers. There are also expansion plans that Father Daniel Mary has in mind. He wants to increase his sales and wants to buy a bigger Roaster to meet the demand. His marketing techniques are aggressive, but only limited to word of ...

The decision for Royal Caribbean International to determine whether to continue to make stops in the devastated Island Nation of Haiti and its Labadee beach is certainly one that has deep implications associated with it.
In the wake of the utterly devastating Haiti Earthquake, even though research states that there will be no effect on the number of reservations made for the cruise liner, the company still has a moral and social obligation which is far greater than the profit motive. Although the Labadee beach has remained untouched by the earthquake, having guests stay in the same area where ...

Nowadays, in the banks much attention is being paid to the management of the risk. People are now more aware of using bank as their medium of sending money from one place to another. In this regard, the risks of the money laundering are increasing, and this issue requires proper attention. Several guidelines have been provided in every country in order to properly manage the risk associated with the money laundering so that the activities that finance terrorism can be combated. The prudential management of the risk along with the effectual supervision plays an important role in the protection ...

Executive Summary

This work has to be written consecutively and logically in order to consider and to take into account all features and decisions of the problems and to comprehend the overall situation. I intend to define the main problem of the case, its issues and describe it.
When the problems will be defined, and the description will be finished, I am going to analyze the financial performance of the business using the financial data of the case. This part of the paper is the largest and has a very important meaning for decision-making. Financial and numerical data describes precisely the ...