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MBA FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT II YEAR
2.1 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
1. Discuss the
present state of the Insurance in India and outline causes for their high
growth.
2. Discuss
elaborately the role and the progress of commercial banks in the industrial
financing of this country.
3. Explain the
role of venture capital in the overall economy and how the venture capital industry
actually works as a whole and also discuss some of the biggest successes and
failures of venture capital.
4. What do you
understand by Credit Rating? Go to any financial institution , get your credit
rating and share your experience.
2.2 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
1. The
international financial environment has become very volatile.’ – Do you agree?
Discuss it by taking into account all relevant factors.
2. Do you know
the foreign exchange rates fluctuate? How do these fluctuations affect us? What
can be done to minimize these fluctuations?
3. Discuss the
international monetary system, why did the international monetary system move
from a fixed exchange rate system to floating exchange rate system? What has
been its impact?
4. The
responsibilities of the foreign banks in the export finance area have today increased
tremendously as compared to earlier years of 20th Century comment.
2.3 DERIVATIVES MANAGEMENT
1. Cipla has a
market price of Rs.890. The volatility on the share is 0.32; the riskfree interest
rate is 5 percent. What would be the price of the call with a strike price of
Rs.880, if the expiry date is 20 days ahead? Assume there has not been any
dividend announcement.
2. You are given
three call options on a stock at exercise price (k) of Rs 40, Rs.45 and Rs.50
with the expiration date in 3 month and the premium of Rs.4, Rs.2 and Rs.1 respectively.
Show how the call options can be used to create a butterfly spread. Construct a
table with different market prices and show how profit changes withstock price
ranging from Rs 30 to Rs 60 for a butterfly spread.
3. You are a
portfolio manager who has just been exposed to the possibilities of stock index
futures. Respond to the following situations.
(a) Assume that
you have the resources to buy and hold the stocks in the S&P 500. You are
given the following data. (Assume that today is January 1)
i) Level of the
S & P 500 index = 258.90
ii) June S&P
500 futures contract = 260.15
iii) Annualized
Rate on T. Bill expiring June 26 (expiration date) = 6%
iv) Annualized
Dividend yield on S&P 500 stocks = 3%
v) Assume that
dividends are paid out continuously over the year. Is there potential for
arbitrage? How would you go about setting up the arbitrage?
(b) Assume now
that you are known for your stock selection skills. You have 10,000 shares of
Texaco in your portfolio (now selling for 38) and are extremely worried about
the direction of the market until June. You would like to protect yourself
against market risk by using the December S&P 500 futures contract (which
is at 260.15). If Texaco's beta is 0.8, how would you go about creating this
protection?
4. What are
various types of derivative instruments traded at NSE? What are various
products available for trading in Futures and Options segment at NSE?
2.4 RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
1. You are the
newly appointed Risk Manager within an organisation and have noted that there
is no written risk management philosophy or statement in place. Advise the
Board of the advantages of adopting a risk document, describing the elements
that should be referenced within it.
2. You are the
Internal Audit Manager within an organisation. At a recent Board meeting, you
were asked to prepare for an internal audit of the risk management process.
(a) State the
aim of an Internal Audit team as defined by the Institute of Internal Auditors
(IIA).
(b) Explain the
role and assurances that the internal audit has to provide in relation to risk
management.
(c) Explain how
the responsibilities of the internal audit function differ from those of the
risk management committee.
3. Discuss the
need and growing importance of Liability insurance policies in India quoting
relevant examples with specific reference to Professional indemnity liability
policy in the backdrop of the recent corporate scams.
4. “Claims
handling requires specialized skills.” Do you agree? What makes insurance
claims processing difficult and complicated and unpleasant especially in
general insurance. Refer to the relevant IRDA guidelines for speedy settlement of
claims.
2.5 INVESTMENT, SECURITY AND PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT
1. Cite recent
examples of political, social, or economic events (market risk) that have
excited (a) The stock market, and (b) Stocks in a specific industry, to surge ahead
or plummet sharply.
2. “Public issue
of securities through prospectus is not only most popular but also the best
method of raising fresh capital.” – Critically evaluate.
3. ‘Stock market
indices are the barometers of the stock market.’ – Discuss.
4. Technical
analysts believe that one can use past price changes to predict future price
changes. How do you justify this belief?
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2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1. If strategic
planning is essentially a program, can it display the degree of adaptiveness
that 21st Century enterprises need? Would ‘strategic improvisation’ be a
plausible alternative? Explore the practical consequences of strategic
improvisation for enterprise management.
2. Select an
Automobile industry in India, and evaluate its competitive business strategy
using Porter’s five force model? What strategies can you suggest to convert the
unattractive forces in to attractive ones?
3.
“Complementary mergers may result in each firm filling in the missing pieces of
their firm with pieces from other firm” – Examine the validity of the statement
in the Indian context with necessary examples.
4. ‘Formality is
the enemy of creativity and innovation’. ‘Informality is the enemy of
disciplined and reliable performance’. Is it consequently impossible for an
enterprise to be both innovative and disciplined? Investigate how these
qualities can be combined.
2.7.1 E-COMMERCE
1. Describe the
current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future prospect of
e-commerce.
2. Explain the
characteristics of large companies that involve B2G and B2C transactions in
their business, which require roboust, capable and scalable electgronic
commerce system.
3. Visit the
following sites:
www.olx.com
/www.labour.tn.gov.in/www.clicks.co.za/www.digitalplanet.co.za
a. For each site
determine whether it is in the exposure stage, interaction stage, e-commerce
stage or e-business stage. Provide reasons for your answer.
b. Determine
whether each site is B2C, C2C, C2B or B2B and why.
c. Critically
discuss the process of setting up a free-standing website and evaluate the
potential of e-commerce for small business development in India.
4. Consider the
development of a portal for a Retailer shop. Discuss the various technologies,
tools and components involved in designing the same.
2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
1. Below is the
gist of an article from Business Week. After reading it
(a) identify the
broad problem area,
(b) define the
problem, and
(c) explain how
you would proceed further.
While Chrysler‘s
minivans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles take a big share of the truck
market, its cars trail behind those of GM, Ford, Honda, and Toyota. Quality
problems include, among other things, water leaks and defective parts.
2. It is
advantageous to develop a directional hypothesis whenever we are sure of the
predicted direction. How will you justify this statement?
3. If a control
group is a part of an experimental design, one need not worry about controlling
other exogenous variables. Discuss this statement
4. Whenever
possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been developed
and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our own
instruments for our studies. Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your answer.
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