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PART VIII: SPECIAL AREAS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Link-sets

Bankruptcy Big Mac Index & PPP Foreign Exchange Rates and Education

Futures and Options Mergers and Acquisitions Risk Management

• adr.com. A wealth of information about American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) and international equities courtesy of JPMorgan.
  http://www.adr.com/
• The Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT). A UK gateway to information on corporate treasury matters. This includes foreign exchange, as well as infrastructure issues like risk management, and derivatives. Be sure to check out their magazine, The Treasurer.
  http://www.treasurers.org/
• The Australian Financial Review.
  http://www.afr.com.au/
• Bankruptcy Web Sites
  1. American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) World. Research and education resources related to insolvency.
     http://www.abiworld.org
  2. Bankruptcy Attorney ... and legal Research Information. Bankruptcy resources and even help in locating an attorney specializing in bankruptcy.
     https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/bankruptcy/
  3. BankruptcyData.com: Free Services. Extensive bankruptcy research resources -- some at no charge and some for a fee.
     http://bankruptcydata.com/
  4. Bankruptcy Research Database (BRD) | Web BRD. Powerful business bankruptcy research tool enables you to design and instantly execute an empirical study of large, public company bankruptcy cases in seconds.
     http://lopucki.law.ucla.edu/
  5. Corporate Bankruptcy. The SEC answers FAQs about the bankruptcy process.
     http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/bankrupt.htm
  6. The Insolvency Predictor Z-Score Page. Altman Z-Score calculator uses statistical techniques to predict a company's probability of failure.
     http://www.creditguru.com/CalcAltZ.shtml
  7. InterNet Bankruptcy Library. Link and resource site.
     http://bankrupt.com/
• The Big Mac Index and Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Web Sites
  1. Big Mac Index (Generator). Interactive Big Mac Index generator courtesy of Dr. Sergio Da Silva.
     http://www.angelfire.com/id/SergioDaSilva/bigmacppp.html
  2. Burgernomics: A Big Mac Guide to Purchasing Power Parity. Nice article on PPP courtesy of The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
     http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/03/11/pakko.pdf
  3. "Burger Survey Provides Taste of International Economics". Another article on PPP courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
     http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/regional/04/01/international_econ.pdf
• Börse @ GOYAX - Börsenkurse für Aktien, Fonds und Wertpapiere. GOYAX Exchange - quotes for stocks, funds and securities at German and European Stock Exchange Markets.
  http://www.goyax.de/
• China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Provides rules and regulations, market statistics on the China stock market as well as annual reports and information about listed companies in China. ( Chinese-language version )
  http://www.csrc.gov.cn/pub/csrc_en/
• CIA World Factbook. A wealth of information about every country on earth.
  https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
• Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS). The official site for CLS™ -- a private method for settling large-value foreign exchange payments.
  http://www.cls-group.com/
• Doing Business -- The World bank Group. Excellent database provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement that are comparable across 155 economies. They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth.
  http://www.doingbusiness.org/
• The Economic Times. India's No.1 business newspaper.
  http://www.economictimes.com/
• Economist.com: Country Briefings. Useful reference collection of country profiles, which contain background information, forecasts and statistics, market updates, and links to more information.
  http://www.economist.com/countries/
• Economy in Latin America -- LANIC. University of Texas Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) site covering business in Latin America -- in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
  http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/economy/
• Euroland.com. Reports on nine different European stock exchanges in eight different languages.
  http://www.euroland.com
• Euromoney. International banking finance and capital markets news and analysis. Many features require you to have a paid subscription; however, some Universities have arrangements with Euromoney that allow students on-campus access to more features.
  http://www.euromoney.com/
• Euronext. Europe's leading cross-border exchange. Provides services for regulated stock and derivatives markets in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, as well as in the UK (derivatives only).
  http://www.euronext.com/
• Export-Import Bank. Export-Import (EX-IM) Bank of the United States.
  http://www.exim.gov
• Export Portal. U.S. Department of Commerce site offers resources about trade and exporting.
  http://www.export.gov/
• Finance & Development. A quarterly magazine published by the International Monetary Fund featuring articles in international economics and finance, with special emphasis on economic development.
  http://www.imf.org/fandd
• FinanceAsia.com. Source of Asian finance news, commentary, analysis, interactive tools, and data for finance professionals (and students too).
  http://www.financeasia.com/
• Finance India: The Quarterly Journal of Finance. Web site of the official publication of the Indian Institute of Finance.
  http://www.financeindia.org/fi.htm
• Finfacts: Irish Finance and Business.
  http://www.finfacts.ie/
• Foreign Exchange Rates and Education Web Sites
  1. http://fxtop.com
     
  2. https://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/ Neat Canadian (U. of British Columbia) site allows you to change the "base currency" and plot data.
     
  3. http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/
  4. Forex Traders. Foreign currency trading news, reviews, charts, tools, and education.
     http://www.forextraders.com/
• Futures and Options Web Sites
  1. CBOE | Chicago Board Options Exchange. Real-Time & Delayed Options Quotes.
     http://www.cboe.com/
  2. CME Group. Building on the heritage of CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX and KCBT, CME Group serves the risk management needs of customers around the globe.
     http://www.cmegroup.com/
  3. Eurex. Futures and options market for European derivative instruments.
     http://www.eurexchange.com/exchange-en/
  4. Futures Online. Online version of Futures magazine plus additional futures/options information and links.
     http://www.futuresmag.com
  5. IVolatility.com. Stock options analysis site provides a stock's current volatility, implied volatility, historical volatility, and more.
     http://www.ivolatility.com/
  6. The Office for Futures and Options Research (OFOR). Futures, options, and derivatives markets information and links.
     http://ofor.ace.illinois.edu/
  7. Options Industry Council (OIC). Devoted to educationg users about options -- has a variety of information and data.
     http://www.optionscentral.com
  8. The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). Equity derivative clearing organization provides a Learning Center, publications, market data, and more.
     http://www.theocc.com
  9. A Short Course -- Commodity Markets and Futures Trading. TFC Commodity Charts, a Canadian company, offers this short course on U.S. commodities and futures trading for beginners.
     http://tfc-charts.w2d.com/tafm/
• GlobalEDGE. A web-portal maintained by Michigan State University that provides information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities.
  http://globaledge.msu.edu/
• Global Finance Magazine. Monthly news and analysis since 1987 about companies and financial institutions that do business around the world.
  http://www.gfmag.com/
• GlobeTrade.com. Has links to a lot of information useful to entrepreneurs and small businesses wanting to go global.
  http://www.globetrade.com/
• INSEAD Knowledge. A portal to prominent business research.
  http://knowledge.insead.edu
• International Compliance Association. The International Compliance Association supports and educates compliance professionals in the fight against terrorist financing, corruption, money laundering and financial crime.
  http://www.int-comp.org/
• International Corporate Governance Network. A number of resources are provided by a group interested in fostering a dialogue on the development of global corporate governance practices.
  http://www.icgn.org/
• IMF Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board. Economic and financial data provided by member countries of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  http://dsbb.imf.org/
• London Stock Exchange.
  http://www.londonstockexchange.com/
• Mergers and Acquisitions Web Sites
  1. Federal Trade Commission: Bureau of Competition. The FTC's antitrust arm seeks to prevent business practices that restrain competition -- including monopolistic practices, attempts to monopolize, conspiracies in restraint of trade, and anticompetitive mergers and acquisitions.
     http://www.ftc.gov/about-ftc/bureaus-offices/bureau-competition
  2. Statistics on Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A). Courtesy of the Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances.
     http://www.imaa-institute.org/statistics-mergers-acquisitions.html
  3. U.S. Department of Justice: Antitrust Division. Provides access to electronic documents related to the enforcement of antitrust laws, including policies, guidelines, case filings, speeches, testimony, and press releases.
     http://www.justice.gov/atr/
• Pensions & Investments: The International Newspaper of Money Management. Pension fund management and institutional investing news, performance data, articles, and links.
  http://www.pionline.com/
• A Plain English Guide to Antitrust Laws. Full text of Promoting Competition, Protecting Consumers booklet from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Visit the FTC for mergers and acquisitions guidelines, business guidance, and more.
  http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/index.htm
• Project Finance Portal. A comprehensive reference guide for students, researchers, and practitioners seeking to obtain information about project finance.
  http://www.hbs.edu/projfinportal/
• RiceBox.com. Extensive set of information links on Asia, courtesy of Dr. Neale O'Connor, City University of Hong Kong.
  http://www.ricebox.com/
• Risk Management Web Sites
  1. EDHEC-Risk Institute. An academic institution of reference for the investment industry.
     http://www.edhec-risk.com/
  2. GARP: Global Association of Risk Professionals. Leading professional orgainization for risk managers.
     http://www.garp.com/
  3. RIMS | Risk Management Magazine. A source of analysis, insight and news for corporate risk managers.
     http://www.rmmag.com/
  4. RiskLab® Switzerland. RiskLab is an inter-university research institute, concentrating on precompetitive, applied research in the general area of (integrated) risk management for finance and insurance. The research results are freely available; technical reports and papers are published on RiskLab's website.
     http://www.risklab.ch/
• Site-By-Site! International investment portal and research center -- featuring daily market data · news · economics · research · analysis & commentary.
  http://www.site-by-site.com/
• Transparency International. International coalition against corruption in international business transactions. Site contains news, surveys, publications, links, and more (and is available in a number of languages).
  http://www.transparency.org/
• US-ASEAN Business Council. ASEAN business information, news, market research, and updates on economic trends and doing business in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
  http://www.us-asean.org/
• ValuationResources.Com. Business valuation resources including links to valuation publications, industry resources, economic data, public company information, mergers and acquisitions data, etc. -- some of the data providers linked to require a fee, but many do not.
  http://valuationresources.com
• World Trade Organization (WTO).
  http://www.wto.org
• YaleGlobal Online Magazine. A place to explore the many dimensions of globalization courtesy of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
  http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/

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