Financial Institutions Management 5th Canadian Edition Test Bank



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1.     Investment banks specialize in the origination, underwriting, and distribution of new securities issued by corporations or governments.
True    False

2.     Investment banks engage in activities such as advising on mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring.
True    False

3.     Securities trading and underwriting is a profit generating activity that requires FIs to hold an inventory of securities they trade.
True    False

4.     The concentration of business among the largest firms in the securities firm/investment banking business has increased significantly since the stock market crash of 1987.
True    False

5.     Securities underwriting and trading is an activity that requires a considerable investment in long-term assets and relatively small investments in short-term assets.
True    False

6.     The revision of the Bank Act and other regulatory changes have been the cause of the increase in interindustry mergers of investment banks and securities firms since 1987.
True    False

7.     The value of assets is the traditional measure of size in the securities brokerage and investment banking industry.
True    False

8.     National integrated investment firms provide business services to both retail and corporate customers.
True    False

9.     The objective of the investment function of securities firms (funds management) is to allocate assets so that they outperform relative risk-return performance benchmark.
True    False

10.   Because the business of funds management generates fees based on the size of the pool of assets managed, the flow of income is more volatile than either investment banking function or the trading function.
True    False

11.   In a public offering of a new security, an investment banker places a new issue of securities with a handful of private, usually large, investors.
True    False

12.   Initial public offerings (IPOs) are first-time issues of firms whose equity has not previously traded in an organized market.
True    False

13.   In order for an investment bank to perform a firm commitment offering of securities, they must maintain at least 20% equity on their balance sheet.
True    False

14.   A best-efforts offering of a security is more risky for an investment bank than a firm commitment offering.
True    False

15.   When conducting a firm commitment offering, the investment bank is acting as an agent on behalf of the issuing company or government.
True    False

16.   Venture capital firms often make loans to finance new and often high-risk companies that may have no business history.
True    False

17.   As compared to venture capital firms, private equity firms specialize in assisting existing companies that have proven themselves in their industry.
True    False

18.   An angel venture capitalist is likely to be a wealthy individual that makes equity investments in unsuccessful, bankrupt firms.
True    False

19.   In order to realize a return on their investment, venture capital firms sell their equity interest in the company.
True    False

20.   Market making involves creating a primary market in a financial asset.
True    False

21.   Market makers in a stock are obligated to buy shares from sellers even when the market for the stock is declining.
True    False

22.   Agency transactions of market makers are two-way transactions on behalf of customers
True    False

23.   Principal transactions allow the market maker to always make a profit regardless of whether the market price for a specific stock is rising or falling.
True    False

24.   In pure arbitrage, a trader would sell an asset in one market at one price while buying the same asset in another market at a higher price.
True    False

25.   Electronic brokerage allows an investor to have direct access to the trading floor.
True    False

26.   Cash management accounts were an early attempt by commercial banks to provide investment banking services to individuals.
True    False

27.   The principal reasons for the growth in profitability of the securities industry in the middle 1990s were the trading profits from fixed income securities and the growth in new issue underwriting.
True    False

28.   Activity and performance trends in the investment banking industry are highly correlated with general economic expansions and recessions.
True    False

29.   Most securities firms are subject to large amounts of interest rate and market risk because of the large amount financial assets on the balance sheet.
True    False

30.   The largest source of funding for securities service firms and investment banks as an industry is repurchase agreements.
True    False

31.   As of 2012, equity capital in the securities industry measured over 12 percent.
True    False

32.   The goal of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act is to prevent deceptive accounting and management practices and thus to increase confidence in corporate governance.
True    False

33.   The U.S.A. Patriot Act requires firms to implement processes to deter money laundering.
True    False

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