Hashem Fouad

 Event Study and Risk expectations – Analyzing Abnormal Excess return in relation to Earnings Announcement  Constructing and Managing a portfolio on a weekly basis over a ten week period as well as measuring the weekly performance using Active and Passive strategies. Also prepared Investment Policy Statement.  Weak and Semi Strong form Efficiency analysis applied on Saudi Arabia Sharia based S&P Index  Merger and Acquisition valuation & financial statement analysis on “Air Arabia “company. Valuation methods used: Discounted Cash flow method, Retained earnings, Dividend Discounted model, and Rebalancing of Balance sheet & income statement  Effect of Free trade agreements on UAE using Gravity Model of trade applied.  International Business Strategy for exporting product overseas, using various hedging methods such as Forwards, Futures and options.  Comparative Credit Analysis of three major banks using methods such as Asset quality , Capital adequacy ratio, Liquidity ratio, profitability ratio, Coverage ratio and Cost-to-income ratio

Main Focus: International Finance, International Business, Accounting Principles, Investment Analysis