Guy Ford

Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management

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99 Talavera Road

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1.

Leading Indicators for Operational Risk: Case Studies in Financial Services

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Maike Sundmacher and Guy Ford
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 3,099 (4,573)
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operational risk, National Australia Bank, Allied Irish Banks, Barings Bank, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

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Goodwill Impairment - An Assessment of Disclosure Quality and Compliance Levels By Large Listed Australian Firms

MGSM Working Paper No. 2007-8
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Feb 2007
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 1,916 (10,088)
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Goodwill, Financial Reporting, Creative Accounting, Impairment Accounting

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Hybrid Financial Instruments, Cost of Capital and Regulatory Arbitrage - an Empirical Investigation

Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance (JARAF), Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 43, 2006
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Nov 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 1,592 (13,513)
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Hybrid Securities, Financial Reporting, Creative Accounting, Regulatory Arbitrage

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A Loan Pricing Model: The Influence of the Lender's Credit Rating

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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loan pricing, economic capital, credit rating

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Intellectual Capital and Valuation: Challenges in the Voluntary Disclosure of Value Drivers

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Oct 2009
Richard Petty, Suresh Cuganesan, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Macquarie University, Swinburne University of Technology, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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intellectual capital, valuation, reporting, voluntary disclosure

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An Examination of Disclosure Quality of Goodwill Impairment Testing in a Post-IFRS Environment - A Stakeholder Perspective

MGSM Working Paper No. 2007-14
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Nov 2007
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 1,140 (22,615)
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Goodwill, Financial Reporting, Creative Accounting, Impairment Accounting

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Operational Risk Disclosures in Financial Institutions

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Maike Sundmacher and Guy Ford
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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operational risk, disclosure, financial institutions

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Do Hybrid Instruments Lower the Firm Cost of Capital?

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 May 2006
Guy Ford, Tyrone M. Carlin and Nigel Finch
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management, Southern Cross University and Saki Partners
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hybrid securities, cost of capital, regulatory arbitrage

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A Governance Perspective on Executive Options Plans - Reflections on Some Australian Empirical Evidence

MGSM Working Paper No. 2004-4
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Apr 2004
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 738 (41,718)
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Corporate Governance, Executive Options, Holding Concentration, Incentive Compatability

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A Deal Too Far - the Case of the Killer Acquisition

MGSM Working Paper No. 2006-13
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Oct 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Killer acquistion

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Bank Credit Rating Dynamics

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 20 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Banking, Credit Rating, Economic Capital

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Risk-Adjusted Performance of European Banks Under the Basel Accord

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Jun 2003
Guy Ford and Rae Weston
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and Macquarie Graduate School of Management
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When Inconvenient Observation Meets Comfortable Myth - A Fresh Look at Audit Quality

MGSM Working Paper No. 2007-9
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 27 Feb 2007
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Audit Quality, Financial Reporting, Corporate Governance, Goodwill, Impairment

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Basel II: A Research Agenda for Banks

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Basel II, regulatory capital

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Is a Uniform Hurdle Rate Relevant in a Banking Firm?

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 May 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch, Guy Ford and Richard Petty
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and Macquarie University
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cost of capital, isk-adjusted performance measures, option pricing

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Are All Audits Born Equal?

Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance (JARAF), Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 21-32, 2007
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 05 Sep 2007
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 467 (74,873)
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Audit quality, IFRS, impairment, Big 4, goodwill

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Magic Pudding or Regulatory Arbitrageur's Friend? The Use of Hybrid Debt Equity Securities by Australian Listed Corporations

MGSM Working Paper No. 2006-4
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 May 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Guy Ford and Nigel Finch
Southern Cross University, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and Saki Partners
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Hybrid Securities, Financial Reporting, Creative Accounting, Regulatory Arbitrage

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When Statistics Fail: Extreme Events in Financial Institutions

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Maike Sundmacher and Guy Ford
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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operational risk, financial institutions, extreme events

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The Use of Extended Reporting Frameworks in Australia

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 May 2006
Nigel Finch, Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Saki Partners, Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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extended reporting frameworks, Global Reporting Initiative, Australia

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Misadventure and the Form of Payment in Corporate Acquisitions

MGSM Working Paper No. 2006-11
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Oct 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Guy Ford and Nigel Finch
Southern Cross University, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and Saki Partners
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share-exchange, acquisition, transaction risk

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The Impact of Economic Capital on the Optimal Funding Equation for a Bank

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 388 (93,040)
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Loan pricing, regulatory capital, economic capital, credit rating

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Some Empirical Evidence on Options Holding Concentration in Australian Listed Corporations

MGSM Working Paper No. 2004-9
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 May 2004
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 378 (95,973)

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Executive options, holding concentration, incentive compatibility

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Opinions on Options: Discordant Incentives and Desultory Disclosure

Journal of Law & Financial Management, Vol 2, No. 1, pp. 7-13, 2004
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Mar 2004
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Executive options, incentives, financial reporting

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Executive Options Plans and Firm Performance - Bigger Isn't Better

Macquarie Graduate School of Management Working Paper No. 2005-36
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Jan 2006
Tyrone M. Carlin, Guy Ford and Winnie Huang
Southern Cross University, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and Macquarie Graduate School of Management
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Executive Options, Firm Performance, Options Holding Concentration, Corporate Governance

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The Scaling Property of Randomness: the Impact of Reporting Frequency on the Perceived Performance of Investment Funds

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 May 2006
Nigel Finch, Guy Ford, Suresh Cuganesan and Tyrone M. Carlin
Saki Partners, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management, Swinburne University of Technology and Southern Cross University
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Investment funds, performance reporting , random returns, investment returns

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Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

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Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 2, November 2013
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Nov 2013
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, December 2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 01 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 12, No. 1, July 2013
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 09 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, December 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 08 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 12 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 25 (606,125)
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Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 9, No. 1, June 2010
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2012
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 17 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

Journal of Law and Financial Management - Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 11, No. 2, December 2012
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 18 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

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Transpacific Industries - A Case Study in Profit Quality Through the Examination of Impairment Disclosures

MGSM Working Paper No. 2009-1
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 24 Feb 2009
Tyrone M. Carlin, Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University, Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Impairment, goodwill, profit quality, Transpacific Industries

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Integrating Governance and Risk-Preference in Banking Institutions

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 219 (169,592)
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Banking, governance, risk-preference function, economic capital

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Corporate Acquisitions in Australia

Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance (JARAF), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 2-12, 2012
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 May 2012
Nigel Stephen Garrow, Guy Ford and Tom Valentine
Independent, Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and University of Western Sydney
Downloads 218 (170,368)

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Mergers and acquisitions, CEO remuneration, tenure

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Capital Standards and Risk Alignment in the Banking Firm

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Feb 2007
Guy Ford and Maike Sundmacher
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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capital standards, banking, risk-alignment

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Compensation Structure and Portfolio Selection in a Banking Firm

Journal of Applied Research in Accounting and Finance (JARAF), Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 27, 2008
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Mar 2009
Guy Ford
Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
Downloads 173 (209,900)
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Compensation, portfolio selection, RAMP

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Journal of Law and Financial Managment, Editorial, Volume 6 (1) June 2007

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2007
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

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Opportunities for Creative Disclosure: Distortions in the Calculation of Mer

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Feb 2006
Nigel Finch and Guy Ford
Saki Partners and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Management expense ratio, investment fund, superannuation, fee disclosure

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Journal of Law and Financial Managment, Editorial, Volume 8 (2) December 2009

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 8, No. 2, December 2009
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 09 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

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Jlfm Editorial, Volume 6 (2), December 2007

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2007
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 23 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

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Journal of Law and Financial Management, Editorial, Volume 8 (1) June 2009

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 8, No. 1, June 2009
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 21 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law

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Empirical Evidence on the Use Size and Cost of Executive Options Schemes in Australia

MGSM Working Paper No. 2005-16
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Nov 2005 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2008
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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Executive Options, Financial Reporting

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Journal of Law and Financial Management -- Editorial

Journal of Law and Financial Management, Vol. 13, No. 1, June 2014
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 05 Aug 2014
Tyrone M. Carlin and Guy Ford
Southern Cross University and Macquarie University - Graduate School of Management
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finance, law