Assignments - 2008

Management of Investment Banks

1. Intermediaries - Business concept and revenue models

use some material collected

http://nrao-mgmt-smi-handbook.blogspot.com/search/label/Business%20concept

2. Strategy

Try to examine the strategy of Reliance Mutual Fund. It started late as a mutual fund and now it is number one mutual fund in the country. What is the strategy employed by it?

3. Marketing

Explore the how securities market intermediaries are implementing differentiation and positioning as explained by Kotler.
http://ibm-course.blogspot.com/2008/09/marketing-strategies-kotlers_15.html

4. Finance

Explore the issue of overleverage in investment banks
http://ibm-course.blogspot.com/2008/09/investment-banks-financing-problem.html

The Ultimate Hedge Fund CFO
http://www.cenpartners.com/images/HW_Ultimate_HF_CFO.pdf

http://hubpages.com/hub/An_Outline_for_Corporate_Financial_Managers

http://ibm-course.blogspot.com/2008/09/finance-division-planning-analysis.html

5. Management of Equity Research Department
Integrating ESG into Investment Research, a presentation by Goldman Sachs
http://ibm-course.blogspot.com/2008/09/integrating-esg-into-investment.html

6. Management of Fund Management Department

7. Management of Backoffice and IT systems
www.partad.ru/otchetn/cert/smi/falk.pps
http://www.ftfnews.com/files/File/2nd%20Annual%20Rec/Derrick.pdf
http://www.anshinsoft.com/files/Back%20Office%20Solutions%20-%20Case%20Study.pdf
http://www.digia.com/C2256FEF0043E9C1/vAttachments/Carnegie_en_080516/$file/Carnegie_en_080516.pdf

Clearing and Settlement of Derivatives By David Loader
http://books.google.com/books?id=86Pl3jYVN0MC&printsec=frontcover&dq=clearing+settlement&ei=SlLjSO6lB4f0sQP14Z2TBA&sig=ACfU3U2zgy63WODT4QU9-aIiw3sI1cpI7w

Clearing, Settlement, and Custody By David Loader
http://books.google.com/books?id=qpqnBki-aXoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=clearing+settlement&ei=n1PjSPGBLou8tAP-nNi0AQ&sig=ACfU3U3XgmF_ZunGcBZCCWeodPFtvHT-Dw



8. Risk Management and Compliance
Sources: Inspection and Compliance Manual of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.
http://www.efinancialnews.com/content/2451892654

http://www.bankofny.com/htmlpages/data/whitepaper_hedgefundrisk.pdf

The New Generation of Risk Management for Hedge Funds and Private Equity Investments
By Lars Jaeger
Published by Euromoney Books, 2004
ISBN 1843741350, 9781843741350
462 pages
http://books.google.com/books?id=2w0bRIv7cygC




Investment Banking issues

Issues to be covered: Changes in regulation during the last two years, Volume of issues during the last two and half years. 2006-07, 07-08, April to August 2008(up to the date data is available), Significant issues that are to be highlighted.

1. IPO - equity
2. Right issues
3. FPOs
4. Private placement - debt
5. private placement - equity
6. International GDR or ADR - equity shares
7. FCCB issue
8. ECB - External commercial borrowings
8. Open offer due to takeover