Developments in corporate governance, its cost and  possible impact on fraud and misuse of company assets.

Contemporary Issues in Finance - Audio

Developments in corporate governance

Contemporary issues in finance

The driving forces behind the use of private equity within financial markets.

Private equity

A history of hedge funds, and what the future may hold for them.

Hedge funds

Marcus Davidson and Graham Honeybourne explore issues of performance measurement.

Performance measurement

The IFRS, Pension Funds and the impact its introduction has made.

International financial reporting standards

Marcus Davidson and Graham Honeybourne explore the issues.

Pension scheme deficits

The various financial risks associated with  businesses and how they can be managed.

Managing financial risks

Possible future consequences of a single currency.

Foreign exchange and currency unions

The use of different derivatives within  two businesses.

The use of derivatives

Éducation

The complex field of finance is relevant to everybody in one way or another and is particularly relevant to all aspects of management. Representatives from Boots, De La Rue and ABN Amro offer insights into the various issues surrounding risk – what kinds of risk their companies are concerned with; how those risks are managed; their companies' differing attitudes to those risks. The album also explores developments in single currency, pension scheme deficits and corporate governance and explains what’s meant Forward Rate Agreement and Efficient-Market Hypothesis. This material forms part of The Open University course B821 Financial strategy.

Developments in corporate governance

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