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Table of Contents: “…a new, more flexible mortgage instrument -- What "smart loans" are -- "Smart loans" give you available cash -- Interest-only mortgages -- Interest-only mortgages : the increasingly popular way to free up usable cash -- The concerns over interest only mortgages -- Negative amortization loans -- Negative amortization : a mouthful of a phrase, a generator of quick cash -- More on negam mortgages : and why they are gaining more and more adherents -- The new real estate instruments -- Gaining a tax advantage : performing tenants-in-common real estate transactions -- 1031 exchanges : another great vehicle to avoid paying taxes -- 1031 exchanges and the importance of deadlines -- Save taxes and improve cash flow : do a cost segregation study -- The real estate budding pro -- Personal strategies for real estate transactions -- Mark Mouma : the handyman who buys and sells real estate -- Dan and Gayle Gile: they began by helping Dan's mother-in-law and then amassed $3 million in real estate equity -- Dean Budney: the freshly minted real estate pro who went to work for the Cutaias.…”
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Table of Contents: “…The concept and development of service-learning / Carol Ma Hok-ka -- Service-learning and the aims of Chinese higher education / Carol MA Hok-ka, Fanny MAK Mui-fong, Alice LIU Cheng -- On the connection and dynamic interplay between service-learning and liberal arts education / XU Xin-zhong, YU Li-ren -- An exploratory study : the positive effects of service-learning on overall quality and psychological capital appreciation of medical students / LIANG Yong-feng, LI Yi-ang, WANG Yu-qing -- Philanthropy courses : the study on how to develop students' social responsibility / Cai Ying-hui -- Serving community by providing tax consultation : Sun Yat-Sen University Lingnan (University) College : service-learning project in the taxation management course / LONG Zhao-hui, JIANG Ping -- Waste separation, engage in civic education : waste management project conducted by South China University of Technology / Lily QI Lili, ZI Yanfei -- Record life history. respect for life : oral history of leprosy rehabilitation village : a service-learning project conducted by South China Normal University / Han Yi-min -- The renewal of earnest practice : a reflection on the practice of ethics of philanthropy and the preservation of rural culture : a service-learning program conducted by Sun Yat-Sen University / Sherry WANG Shuo, XIONG Huan, LIU Hai-juan -- Independent service-learning course : the characters of service-learning at Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College / Timothy CHEN Ka-kit, Katy Zhang lie-ni -- Service-learning and education realizing? …”
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Table of Contents: “…Part I Merger Incentives in Pollution Intensive Industries -- Merger Incentives and the Natural Environment -- Mergers in Cournot Markets with Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation -- The Impact of Foreign Emission Tax on Domestic Merger Profitability -- Electric Utility Mergers in the Presence of Distributed Renewable Energy -- An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Environmental Policy on M&A Activities -- Part II Welfare Implication of Mergers -- Welfare Impact of New Firm Acquisition -- Merger Induced Welfare Gains in the Presence of Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation -- Are Big Mergers Welfare Enhancing when there is Environmental Externality -- Part III Environmental Policy in the Presence of Mergers -- Merger Control and Environmental Policy -- Environmental Taxation and Mergers in Oligopoly Markets with Product Differentiation -- Cross-Country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers -- The Design of Emission Taxes in Markets with New Firm Acquisitions -- An Analytical Approach for Policy Coordination.…”
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Knights, Raiders, and Targets : the Impact of the Hostile Takeover. by Coffee, John C.

Table of Contents: “…Hostile Takeovers and Junk Bond Financing: A Panel Discussion; CAPITAL MARKETS, EFFICIENCY, AND CORPORATE CONTROL; MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR AND TAKEOVERS; EVIDENCE ON THE GAINS FROM MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS; MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS: TAXES, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND THE INCENTIVES OF MANAGERS; LEGAL RULES, TAKEOVER STRATEGIES, AND DEFENSIVE TACTICS; ONE SHARE, ONE VOTE; Index.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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Handbook of asset and liability management : from models to optimal return strategies / Alexandre Adam. by Adam, Alexandre

Table of Contents: “…PART V TOOLS FOR ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGERS21 Simulation tools for interest rates and other financial indexes21.1 Stochastic calculation21.2 Equity market simulation21.3 Interest rate simulation21.4 Generic models for joint simulation of inflation, stock index, interest rates, real estate, liquidity and credit spreads21.5 Market simulations including risk premiums22 Delta equivalent computation22.1 Principles22.2 Delta, penta, correla and courba equivalents or "Adam equivalents"22.3 Delta equivalent associated break-even point22.4 Examples of delta equivalent computation22.5 Hedging error and gamma equivalent23 Technical tools useful in ALM23.1 Risk measures23.2 Optimization methods23.3 Common statistical tools in ALM23.4 Other statistical tools and common ALM functionsPART VI ECONOMIC VALUE AND NEW RISK INDICATORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BASEL II AND SOLVENCY II REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE24 Basel II regulation and Solvency II24.1 Common regulatory risk constraints24.2 Basel II: normalized regulatory constraints24.3 Solvency II25 Links between ALM and financial analysis25.1 Performance indicators in the company25.2 Shareholder's equity value, economic value and risk premiums25.3 Capital allocation/attribution and capital consumption25.4 Company valuation and cost of capital with positive tax rate25.5 Merton's model25.6 Financial analysis and ALM implications26 Towards economic capital indicators26.1 Economic capital and its implications26.2 Economic capital computation main hypotheses26.3 ALM stress testing26.4 Credit risk economic capital computation26.5 Economic capital in ALM26.6 IFRS and regulation implications for ALM26.7 New indicators for the economic value approachPART VII OPTIMAL RETURN STRATEGIES27 Risk perfect hedging using the delta equivalent technique27.1 Micro hedging strategies with structured products27.2 Delta hedging strategies27.3 Example of a bank balance sheet with demand deposits28 Limits policy28.1 Economic capital limit28.2 Setting economic capital limits28.3 Gap limit28.4 Income sensitivity limit29 Income smoothing strategies29.1 Important preliminary comment about income smoothing and fraud29.2 Examples of income smoothing29.3 Example of a cumulative AFS bonds income smoothing strategy29.4 ALM and Hawks martingale30 Economic value management: the A/L manager's optimization programme under economic capital constraints and accounting constraints30.1 Point of view of "traditional A/L managers" and criticism of the models30.2 Economic value management30.3 Economic value optimization using grid methodology31 Application to Banking Book activities31.1 Deposit accounts: valuation and hedging in an economic capital approach using the grid methodology31.2 Application to Stock Market Book31.3 Application to Credit Risk Book31.4 Prepayment risk optimal hedging strategies31.5 Application to a global Banking Book including business and model risk31.6 Direct demand deposit income smoothing through a simple example32 Economic value management in insurance companies and in Capital Book management32.1 Economic value management in insurance companies32.2 Application to economic Capital Book managementPART VIII CONCLUSIONS ON THE ALM OF TOMORROW33 Conclusions on the future of ALM33.1 ALM diversity33.2 ALM benchmarking33.3 Conclusions on ALM and modelsPART IX ANNEXES34 Statistical advanced tools34.1 Extreme points34.2 Copulas35 The basis of interest rate modelling35.1 Yield curve reconstitution35.2 Yield curve stochastic interest rate modelsBibliographyIndex.…”
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