Recent events in the business world have focused attention on the importance of high quality financial reporting. Of particular interest is where the collapse of prominent companies such as Baring Plc. was due to the company's involvement with derivative instruments. In Australia, some...

The word numéraire refers to the unit of measurement used to value a portfolio of assets. Thechange of numéraire technique involves converting from one measurement to another. Theforeign exchange markets are natural settings for interpreting this technique (but are by no meansthe only...

Although there is a plentiful literature on the use of evolutionary methodologies for the trading of financial assets, little attention has been paid to potential use of these methods for efficient trade execution. Trade execution is concerned with the actual mechanics of buying or selling the...

Trade execution is concerned with the actual mechanics of buying or selling the desired amount of a financial instrument of interest. A practical problem in trade execution is how to trade a large order as efficiently as possible. A trade execution strategy is designed for this task to minimize...

Die Dissertation wurde mit der Zielsetzung verfasst, die Bedeutung von derivativen Finanzinstrumenten f?r die Jahresabschlusspolitik und -analyse darzustellen. These der Dissertation ist hierbei, dass derivative Finanzinstrumente und die mit ihnen verbundenen Chancen und Risiken ma?geblichen...

These instructions provide basic guidelines to help authors prepare their final camera-ready papers for IFRS 7 Financial Instruments Disclosures standard was elaborated in order to review the existing similarities in IAS 32 and in IAS 30, but also to eliminate the redundant and expensive...

Islamic finance – financial institutions, products and services designed to comply with the central tenets of Sharia (Islamic law) – is one of the most rapidly growing segments in global financial services. However, despite its growing importance, it is only relatively recently that attempts...

The Islamic law prohibits charging and paying of interest but allowsearning profits on the basis of participation in the market. This legal injunctionhas motivated the establishment and successful operation of a number ofIslamic financial institutions. The emergence and rise of these...