Current Issue : July - September Volume : 2019 Issue Number : 3 Articles : 7 Articles
This paper explores the half-life volatility measure of three cryptocurrencies\n(Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ripple). Two GARCH family models were used (PGARCH\n(1, 1) and GARCH (1, 1)) with the student-t distribution. It was realised that,\nthe PGARCH (1, 1) was the most appropriate model. Therefore, it was used\nin determining the half-life of the three returns series. The results revealed\nthat, the half-life was 3 days, 6 days and 4 days for Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ripple\nrespectively. This shows that, the three coins have strong mean reversion\nand short half-life and that it takes the respective days for volatility in each of\ncoin to return half way back without further volatility....
As a universal rule, every investor eyes for best return, however, his appetite to take risk may differ from person to\nperson. It may not be wrong to state that all investors want best return but with least risk. This is where, mutual funds comes as\na blessing. A mutual funds company creates a pool or a reservoir of funds by collecting small savings of individual investors.\nThese companies have professional fund managers who take decision to invest these funds in various stocks and commodities.\nSince an average individual investor does not have the time, resource and expertise to study and research various investment\noption himself, mutual fund option with professional expertise in the area comes a great relief. Also an individual investor can\ninvest his small savings in varied of investment portfolio which otherwise would have been impossible at his individual level.\nAlong with the variety of investment option in which the funds are invested, mutual funds have an added advantage of liquidity.\nInvestment through mutual funds apart from giving benefit of convenience, diversified investment option, professional handling\nthe operations with transparency, also has advantage tax efficiency. It may not be apt to state that in India individual investors\nare not opting for mutual funds. However, the ratio between the choice made by investors between mutual funds and other\noptions of investment such as bank fixed deposit, equity shares, gold real estate etc is very low. Educating the investor â??\nespecially the rural investor and convincing them that mutual fund investment is a safe bet and also it will give them a decent\nreturn is the biggest challenge....
This study aims to determine the strategy for non-performing financing\nmanagement on financing in Islamic banks based on the economic sector of\nfinancing. This study was specifically carried out at the BRI Syariah Bank in\nthe period 2010 to 2017, using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) in determining\nits handling strategy with the involvement of nine experts as respondents\nwith the background of three people from Islamic bank practitioners,\nthree people from the profession academics or lecturer staff, and three\npeople from the sharia banking authority or regulator. In the formulation of\nstrategies for handling non-performing financing in financing, it is divided\ninto five levels, namely level 1) goal, level 2) economic sector, level 3) factor,\nlevel 4) actor, level 5) program. The results showed that the economic sector\nthat needs attention with a high level of importance is the trade, restaurant\nand hotel sector with a weight of 0.197, followed by the construction sector\nwith a weight of 0.189 and the industrial sector with a weight of 0.168. An\nimportant factor that needs attention regarding non-performing financing is\nthe handling of NPF with a weight of 0.243, followed by bank rating of the\nbankâ??a risk profile with a weight of 0.217 and Indonesiaâ??s economic growth\nwith a weight of 0.148. The actors who play an important role in handling\nnon-performing financing are directors with a weight of 0.300 followed by\nwork units with a weight of 0.178 and economic conditions with a weight of\n0.144. The most important non-performing financing management program\nis intensive collection with a weight of 0.340, then the restructuring with a\nweight of 0.312 and collateral sales with a weight of 0.151....
Audit cost has a great impact on the independence of audit work and the\nquality of audit report, which has aroused many scholarsâ?? research and discussion.\nRisk-oriented auditing requires certified public accountants to put\nenterprises in the current economic environment, analyze and evaluate the\nimportance level of auditing from various aspects such as the industry situation,\nbusiness activities and internal control of enterprises, so as to determine\nthe part with higher risk level of auditing and conduct key auditing. This article\nselects A part from 2013 to 2015 a-share listed companiesâ?? financial reporting\ndata, establishing audit fees and measuring business risk index of the\nregression model, multiple regression analysis. At the same time, the influence\nof audit fees related index has carried on the empirical research. The research\nresults indicate that: the asset-liability ratio and audit fees of listed companies\nare positively correlated; accounts receivable turnover and net interest rate on\nsales are negatively correlated with audit charges. And according to the results\nof research and analysis, I put forward relevant opinions and suggestions....
The current paper aims to explore a set of internet financial reporting (IFR)\namong the technology-organization-environment (TOE) model, by the financial\ninstitutions in the Libya context. The conceptual framework, and the corporate\ngovernance factor and other relationships proposed in the review process to explore\nthe confirmation of the impact of the proposed framework. The discussion\nwith reference to particular financial institutions has some common characteristics\nthat unite their assessment in terms of the government sector. There are\nmany relationships between the three factors technological, organizational, and\nenvironmental factors considered. It is important to combine these factors to define\ntheir significance in a complete future study. The existing paper suggests a\npractical framework for the study of the most significant factors, influencing the\npotential relationship between TOE model and IFR adoption in a clear signal\nthat it has not been studied before in the Libyan context, directly giving the clear\nsigns of such future study, especially in the context of Libya....
Cost of building is usually influenced by several factors; one of such is frequent changes in macroeconomic variables.The purpose\nof this study is to establish the need to conduct further research on the impact of changes in macroeconomic components on the\ncost of public educational buildings. The study adopted the qualitative research approach; purposive and snowballing techniques\nwere used in selecting respondents. Questionnaire survey was used to obtain primary data from respondents who were Quantity\nSurveyors and Estimators. The questionnaires were analyzed through descriptive analysis. Secondary data was obtained through\nliterature review. The study revealed that respondents were satisfied with cost management procedures and practices and mainly\nrelied on cash flow, progress reporting, and project cost controlmethods asmeans ofmonitoring andmanaging project cost. Relative\nimportant index, prime rate, interest rate, and inflation were some of the macroeconomic components that professionals considered\nhaving impact on cost. The respondents also recommended further studies on the impact of macroeconomic variability on cost of\npublic buildings....
As a universal rule, every investor eyes for best return, however, his appetite to take risk may differ from person to person. It may not be wrong to state that all investors want best return but with least risk This is where, Mutual Funds comes as a blessing. A Mutual Funds Company creates a pool or a reservoir of funds by collecting small savings of individual investors. These companies have Professional Fund Managers who take decision to invest these funds in various stocks and commodities. Since an average individual investor does not have the time, resource and expertise to study and research various investment option himself, Mutual Fund option with professional expertise in the area comes a great relief. Also an individual investor can invest his small savings in varied of investment portfolio which otherwise would have been impossible at his individual level. Along with the variety of investment option in which the funds are invested, mutual funds have an added advantage of liquidity. Investment through Mutual funds apart from giving benefit of Convenience, Diversified Investment Option, Professional handling the operations with Transparency, also has an advantage Tax Efficiency. It may not be apt to state that in India individual investors are not opting for Mutual funds. However, the ratio between the choice made by investors between mutual funds and other options of investment such as bank fixed deposit, equity shares, gold real estate etc is very low. Educating the investor – especially the rural investor and convincing them that Mutual Fund investment is a safe bet and also it will give them a decent return is the biggest challenge....
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