MBA 620 Module8ESCOURSEHERO

Your task is to read the FINTRAC report and prepare a comprehensive analysis of the financial transactions and sanctions evasion techniques of North Korea. Your analysis should include the following: • An explanation of the indicator’s evasion techniques deployed by North Korea to evade sanctions. • An evaluation of the effectiveness of the sanction’s regime against North Korea, with recommendations for improving it. • A critical assessment of the challenges faced by law enforcement agencies in combating North Korea's illicit financial activities.

You are required to assess key functions including risk management and compliance for J.P Morgan Chase, and present a written report based on J.P Morgan Chase on the following in 2,000 words:  Risk management framework – Conduct an analysis of the risk management process/ framework implemented at the J.P Morgan Chase (including risk assessment and risk control mechanisms). You are required to report on key risks that the institution is exposed to and explain aspects of the framework, emphasizing the effectiveness of the risk management strategies used. Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Strategies – Discuss with examples, J.P Morgan Chase approaches/ strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing issues.  Statutory legislation and compliance - Explain the importance of financial institutions meeting regulatory requirements. Comment on specific legislation that J.P Morgan Chase must be compliant with.

Statement 1: When evaluated in economic terms, a market with many customers with poor living standards will have a relatively big market. Statement 2: When evaluated in economic terms, a market having many customers with poor living standards will have a tiny market.Statement 3: A market with a significant number of consumers who have low living standards may indicate that their purchasing power is constrained.Statement 4: A market with a huge number of low-income consumers might indicate limitless purchasing power.Which of the following is true? Statements 2 and 3 are both true Statements 2 and 3 are both false Statements 1 and 4 are both false Only statement a is true Both options a and c are true what is the best answer?

Evaluate potential solutions Show thoughtful and complete consideration of each proposed solution’s pros and cons.

CVP Analysis; Commissions; Ethics Lionel Corporation manufactures pharmaceutical products sold through a network of sales agents in the United States and Canada. The agents are currently paid an 18% commission on sales; that percentage was used when Lionel prepared the following budgeted income statement for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019: Lionel Corporation Budgeted Income Statement For the Year Ending June 30, 2019 ($000 omitted) Sales $28,500 Cost of goods sold Variable $12,825 Fixed 3,500  16,325  Gross profit  $12,175  Selling and administrative costs Commissions $ 5,130 Fixed advertising cost 800  Fixed administrative cost  2,150  8,080  Operating income $ 4,095 Fixed interest cost 705 Income before income taxes $ 3,390 Income taxes (30%) 1,017 Net income $ 2,373 Since the completion of the income statement, Lionel has learned that its sales agents are requiring a 5% increase in their commission rate (to 23%) for the upcoming year. As a result, Lionel’s president has…

You are required to select a well-established financial institution with a regional or international presence and assess key functions including risk management and compliance. You are to present a written report based on the following:  Risk management framework – Conduct an analysis of the risk management process/ framework implemented at the institution (including risk assessment and risk control mechanisms). You are required to report on key risks that the institution is exposed to and explain aspects of the framework, emphasizing the effectiveness of the risk management strategies used. Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Strategies – Discuss with examples, the institution’s approaches/ strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing issues.  Statutory legislation and compliance - Explain the importance of financial institutions meeting regulatory requirements. Comment on specific legislation that the financial institution must be compliant with.

What is educational about the article Wall Street Journal The Secret Oil-Trading Ring That Funds Russia’s War by by Joe Wallace?  What is interesting about the article Wall Street Journal The Secret Oil-Trading Ring That Funds Russia’s War by by Joe Wallace? What is insightful about the article Wall Street Journal The Secret Oil-Trading Ring That Funds Russia’s War by by Joe Wallace? Article Link: The Secret Oil-Trading Ring That Funds Russia’s War -

The Managing Director of B.S. Ltd. A consumer goods manufacturing firm, called an internal meeting of senior managers to discuss issues involved in acquiring SV Ltd. for about Rs. 350 crores. He started the meeting with following observations: ‘After acquiring SV, we will become the second largest consumer goods company in India with Sales of over Rs. 4500 crores. We will have more money for marketing initiatives, product launches and aggressive price-cuts. The key reason behind buying SV is to create shareholder value over and above that of the sum of the two companies. Recent years have been tough for both the companies with strong competition. The merged company hopes to gain a greater market share and achieve greater efficiency.’ Different issues discussed between the managers. Pertinent pointed out critical aspects: Like VP Productions emphasized that production facilities of both the companies need to be synergized. There is also need to close down production facilities of two…

Read the Wall Street Journal article, "Boeing Board Accused in Lawsuit of Lax Oversight During 737 MAX Crisis." This lawsuit is a great example of "shareholder activism." Boeing's shareholders took action when they felt the management failed to maximize their long-term value, and the board of directors failed to fulfill its fiduciary obligation to protect the interests of the shareholders. Respond to the following questions based on theories and concepts in Chapter 9. Q3-1. What are the role and duties of the broad of directors in corporate governance? Assuming Boeing shareholders' complaints are true in this lawsuit, in what ways did Boeing's board fail to fulfill its fiduciary duties to the shareholders? Q3-2. Assuming the shareholders' complaints are true, what are some likely reasons that Boeing's board failed to effectively fulfill its duties? Q3-3. We learned in Chapter 9 the importance of making sure the management acts in the best interests of shareholders. After reading the…

7 In June 2005, IESBA issued a revised Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. What does the term IESBA stands for? a. Internal Ethics Standards Board for Auditor b. Institutional Ethics Standards Board for Auditor c. Integrity and Ethics Standards Board for Accountants d. International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants Clear my choice

You are required to assess key functions including risk management and compliance for the Bank of America. You are to present a written report based on the Bank of America on the following:  Risk management framework – Conduct an analysis of the risk management process/ framework implemented at the institution (including risk assessment and risk control mechanisms). You are required to report on key risks that the institution is exposed to and explain aspects of the framework, emphasizing the effectiveness of the risk management strategies used. Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Strategies – Discuss with examples, the institution’s approaches/ strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing issues.  Statutory legislation and compliance - Explain the importance of financial institutions meeting regulatory requirements. Comment on specific legislation that the financial institution must be compliant with.

Your CEO wants to divest the Northern business unit because unit sales are decreasing. She directs you to evaluate a potential sale. Which of the following analyses should you conduct? A. Identify buyers that might value the business unit more than your company does. B. Calculate the NPV of the unit's future projected cash flows. O C. Identify which of the company's other business units rely on the unit for sales leads. O D. A, B and C. O E. A and C.

Identify four major business risks of Myer Holdings Limited and provide a detailed explanation of why each factor is identified as a risk to the business. https://investor.myer.com.au/FormBuilder/_Resource/_module/dGngnzELxUikQxL5gb1cgA/file/Myer_Annual_Report_2020.pdf

Use the following financial statements of Heifer Sports Inc. in Table 14.14 to find Heifer’s:a) Inventory turnover ratio in 2012.b) Debt/equity ratio in 2012.c) Cash flow from operating activities in 2012.d) Average collection period.e) Fixed-asset turnover ratio.f) Return on equity.

A relation to this caseA. Develop a risk management programme appropriate for this case (see attached risk management template)  B. Explain how compliance to this risk management programme can prevent the credit risk management issue(s) experienced by Washington Mutual.  C. Discuss the importance of an internal risk assessment and auditing process in relation to this case

As a new sales and marketing manager, Muthu and his team successfully determined the market penetration price strategy for children's new fruit-flavoured chewable vitamin C. Muthu and his team must now design an advertising campaign strategy in order for this new product to be successfully launched in the market.Demonstrate the elements to develop an effective advertising campaign that can break through the clutter for children's new fruit- flavoured chewable vitamin C with a variety of fruit flavours.

You are required to assess key functions including risk management and compliance for the Bank of America, and present a written report based on the Bank of America on the following in 2,000 words:  Risk management framework – Conduct an analysis of the risk management process/ framework implemented at the institution (including risk assessment and risk control mechanisms). You are required to report on key risks that the institution is exposed to and explain aspects of the framework, emphasizing the effectiveness of the risk management strategies used. Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Strategies – Discuss with examples, the institution’s approaches/ strategies to combat money laundering and terrorist financing issues.  Statutory legislation and compliance - Explain the importance of financial institutions meeting regulatory requirements. Comment on specific legislation that the financial institution must be compliant with.

Washington Mutual, was a US bank which went bankrupt at the end of 2008 due to a number of risk management issues. (A) develop a risk management programme appropriate for this case (B) explain how compliance to this risk management programme can prevent the credit risk management issue experienced by Washington Mutual (C) discuss the importance of an internal risk assessment and auditing process in relation to this case

Disruptors are focused on a particular innovative technology or process in everything from mobile payments to insurance. they have been attacking some of the most profitable elements of the financial services value chain. This has been particularly damaging to the incumbents who have historically subsidized important but less profitable service offerings.    Identify an existing and real life example on how a specific financial disruptor have affected a certain industry/company.    How did the certain industry/company have mitigated the damaging effect of the Financial Disruptor?

Tony and Noel are two engineers who co-founded a technology company in 2004 based in the Midlands in the UK, Alpha-Z Ltd. Tony is The Chief Executive Officer CEO, and Noel is the Chief Technology Officer CTO. The company originally focused on hardware engineering by fitting high quality screens and projectors for tradeshows and events. Alpha-Z in its early days had 90% of employees from hardware engineering background. In 2010 the cofounders appointed a strategy director Ben, who comes with streategy and management consulting background, as well as the appointment of Sarah as HR and career development manager, as the company wanted to grow further and move toward service provider and solutions with higher value creation than buying off-the-shelf ready-made products and reselling them. Now the company operates globally with offices and facilities in the Middle East, US, China and across the UK, making video games and implementing theme park attractions globally. In April 2021, Alpha-z…

Chicago Cinema Corporation (CCC) suffers severe losses during the pandemic. CCC experiences a loss of 68% in its net income in 2020. CCC is listed at the NYSE and hence its plummeting share prices raise eyebrows at the board of directors: they discuss a series of radical measures in order to turn the tide of CCC. The board of directors has six members (i.e., the CMO, the CFO who serves as the Chairman of the Board, the COO, and three independent members working in the banking industry) and the market capitalization of CCC prior to the onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic is $2.5bn. The board meeting is taking place in September 2020. 1c. The three independent board members believe that nothing needs to be changed. In fact, the debt levels of CCC are still sound and they mention that there still exist bondholders that need to be repaid (i.e., there exist a certain amount of bonds whose contracts will expire in nine months). Why are they right in being optimistic?

Gadget King Corporation manufactures personal computers, tablets and mobile phones. The company began operations in 2015 and reported profits for the years 2015 through 2018. Due primarily to increased competition and price slashing in the industry, 2019’s income statement reported a loss of P15,000,000. Just before the end of the 2020 financial year, a memo from the company’s chief financial officer to Hendrick Cruz, the company controller and Nathan Santos, the company director for finance, included the following comments:   If we don’t do something about the large number of unsold computers, tablets and mobile phones already manufactured, our auditors will require us to write them off. The resulting loss for2020 will cause a violation of our debt covenants and force the company into bankruptcy. I suggest that you ship half of our inventory to Bilis Benta, Inc., in Quezon City. I know the company’s president and he will accept the merchandise and acknowledge the shipment as purchase.…

In 2013, chat app Mxit a South African social networking platform reported that its monthly active user base was 7.5 million – but this figure dropped to just 1.2 million monthly active users in July 2015. In October 2015, Mxit announced that it was finally shutting down its corporate operations but would still leave the app available for download and use. Yet, a year later in October 2016, the app users couldn’t send and receive anymore. The start-up was founded in 2004. Mxit rode the instant messaging wave before the likes of BlackBerry Messenger and WhatsApp took off with the advent of smartphones and was a popular app of choice among South African teens and twenty-somethings when it entered the pre￾smartphone era in 2005. In 2012, it acquired Motribe - a platform that allowed anyone, anywhere to build, manage and generate revenue from their own social mobile website. 1.When Mxit first launched, they planned to be one of the biggest innovative organisation in the…

CHED Memorandum Order Nos. 27-30 series of 2017 on the Policies, Standards, and Guidelines on BSAc, BSMA, BSIA, and BSAIS do not explicitly stipulate what specific topics are expected to be included in each of the minimum required subjects. This is to allow "ample space for HEIs to innovate in the curriculum in line with the assessment of how best to achieve learning outcomes in their particular contexts and their respective missions." To help these schools have something to start from, the Professional Regulatory Board of Accountancy, in coordination with nACPAE and other undisclosed entities, crafted the Syllabi and Table of Specifications for the LECPA (Licensure Examination for CPAs) effective October 2022. However, after distributing the board exam topics in the most appropriate subjects in the curricula, there are subjects that remain to be not adequately populated with content. What recommendations can you make for the HEIs to undertake to resolve the issue?

Ay 1 - mcq Company X and Company Y Ahrens Vitamins. Inc., have high market commonality, both geographically and in the market segments in which they compete. Company X, the number two firm in the industry, has undertaken a major strategic attack upon Company Y, the market leader. Which of the following statements is MOST likely to be true? A. Company Y will respond after a long delay as the nutrition supplement industry is a slow-cycle industry. B. As the market leader, Company Y has little to fear from an attack by Company X and will not expend organizational slack ana major response. C. Company Y will respond aggressively because of the high multimarket contact between both companies. D. Company Y will not respond aggressively since this is a strategic move and not a tactical action.

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Can I receive assistance with the below two questions, please PART A: Several years ago, Hurricane Gilbert destroyed thousands of acres of banana in Jamaica. Farmers whose crops were destroyed by the hurricane were much worse off, but farmers whose crops were not destroyed benefited from the hurricane. Why did this occur? What information would you need about the market for bananas in order to assess whether farmers as a group were hurt or helped by the floods? PART B: Explain why the following might be true: A drought in the Caribbean raises the total revenue that producers receive from the sale of coffee, but a drought only in Grenada reduces the total revenue that Grenadian producers receive. Ensure that you define any key terms used in your discussion.