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Comment on Fannie Mae ‘Census Block Grid’ Adjustment Raises Redlining Concerns by Baggins

Appraisers Blog

When making personalization models, the developers model the actual players, not the target events. Whereas a typical score predicts only one kind of target event (e.g. FICO, default), the personalization models simultaneously predict a portfolio of target events across a wide range of borrower, asset and local market behaviors.

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Measuring the ROI of M&A Deals: Key Metrics and KPIs

Sun Acquisitions

It is calculated by dividing the net profit from the investment by the initial investment. Internal Rate of Return (IRR): This is a more sophisticated metric that considers the time value of money. It calculates the discount rate at which the net present value of the investment’s cash flows equals zero.

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Brian DeChesare

For example, some groups are dedicated to pricing, internal audits, or evaluating and hedging risks (interest rates, FX rates, and even macro events). Other Corporate Finance Jobs: Pricing, Internal Audit, Risk, Tax, and More Besides these categories, there are plenty of other jobs within corporate finance.

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Meeting Set To Approve Merger Between Gold Cos.

Benzinga

The prefeasibility study projected a net present value (NPV) of US$493 million at a 5% discount rate and an internal rate of return (IRR) of 33.5% based on a gold price of US$1,950 per ounce (gold was US$2,354.82 on Thursday).

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Does the Threat of Securities Class Actions Add Value for Shareholders? Evidence from China

Reynolds Holding

On the other hand, the negative market reactions to events that increase SCA risk indicate that SCA can be costly to shareholders. [1] These improvements are consistent with the patterns in short-term stock market event-study reactions and suggest the deterrence effect of SCA on firms’ opportunistic behaviors. First, SCA in the U.S.

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Fraud on the Crypto Market

Reynolds Holding

The paper also articulates a framework for how fraud on the market should be applied to the crypto asset context and discusses methodological issues relevant to the framework’s application in a given crypto asset case, including considerations relating to the use of event studies for assessing price efficiency of the at-issue crypto asset.

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Rethinking the Value and Emission Implications of Green Bonds

Reynolds Holding

Using a sample of 2,564 corporate green bonds obtained from the Bloomberg Fixed Income database as of December 31, 2020, we examine the emissions implications of green bonds and its value for investors. First, the issuer concentration in this asset class influences the event study results. We find three main results.