Archive for April, 2009

HOW VALUE IS CREATED THROUGH INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:59 Comments Off

It is equally useful to examine the transformation processes by which these assets are converted to value. Consider first a hypothetical example of how important a seemingly mundane intellectual asset such as validated test procedures can be. Professor Stern, who teaches chemistry at a small college in Delaware, has synthesized and patented a new molecule, [...]

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FINANCES – WHAT ARE TRANSFER PAYMENTS?

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 20:51 Comments Off

Broadly speaking, transfer payments are taxes paid by one sector of a population that are transferred as income to another sector. Today, the term is synonymous with welfare—income taxes paid by the working population are transferred to the poor, the aged, and the disabled, usually to ensure a decent standard of living to all citizens. [...]

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WILL THERE BE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES?

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 15:49 Comments Off

The strongest argument for the continuation of unprecedented prosperity is that strategic capital is certain to grow as knowledge expands and as increasing numbers of people are educated. This fact is apparent from crude numbers. More than half of the scientists ever trained are alive today. An enormous fraction of the technical literature and of [...]

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Financial Occupancy

Sunday, April 26, 2009 11:28 Comments Off

The investor and second home risk multipliers are directionally the same across product type. The investor risk multipliers of 1.48 (hybrid ARM) and 2.53 (fixed rate) indicate that investor occupancy types default at a rate 48.0% and 153.0% greater than the baseline (single family). The second home cohorts default at a rate 50.0% and 29.0% [...]

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Finances, Currency and Interest Rate Hedges

Saturday, April 25, 2009 13:36 Comments Off

Funding multicurrency and often fixed rate assets in a CRE CDO requires a mechanism to translate foreign currency and to hedge interest rate movements to correspond to with the single-currency, floating rate CRE CDO liability structure. Most issuers have accomplished this through the use of perfect asset swaps. Under a perfect asset swap contract, a [...]

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Finances and Specific valuation standards

Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:08 Comments Off

Valuations for certain purposes are subject to additional, specific standards. In the UK the bases for valuations that are to be included in financial statements are set out in the Red Book. Valuations may also be required for other regulated purposes. These include stock market listing particulars, takeover and merger information, for collective investment schemes, [...]

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