Prabhu papers

Papers and Writeups

The papers give a good idea of my writing and communication skills.

Restructuring and Bankruptcy
A paper  on Nortel Restructuring and Bankruptcy submitted in May 2009 highlighting the troubles facing the Telecom giant, a detailed financial analysis and recommendations to the company
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www.raghavendraprabhu.com/papers/Prabhu_NortelNetworksReport.pdf
The paper correctly predicted that Nortel will liquidate and Nortel announced that it was liquidating in June.

Links to a Term Paper on Banks in the Financial Sector
Wrote a term paper illustrating a KMV Merton Credit Risk Technique  that modeled the Structural Probability of Default for Citibank and a similar model applied to Washington Mutual – a failed bank
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Default Modelling Paper
The paper predicted a low Distance to Default  for Citi (High probability of default) and Citi stock touched further lows after the report was written (as on Dec 2008).

Peformance Analysis, Attribution for a Fixed Income 4Q 2009 and Returns by Sector, Industry
The presentation discusses returns for 4Q 2009 by Asset Classes Treasuries, Agencies, MBS, CMBS , ABS and Corporate High Yieldsa. The presentation also summarizes a sample performance analysis for a Bond fund
Please click below to download presentation in 2003 format
Returns and Performance Analysis 2003 format
Please click below to download presentation in 2007 format
Returns and Performance Analysis 2007 format

Report on Sprint - Telecom and wireless
The paper discussed issues facing the telecom company including its huge technology investments in WIMAX, poor customer service,  high customer churn rate and outlook for the company back in 2007. The file is 25 Mb and may take a while to download
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ICA Integrated Project done on Sprint as a group of team members submitted in Dec, 2007.


Strategy Case Papers - Written individually and Covering Strategy cases
Facebook
Honest Tea
Oxo
Noodles and Company


Managers and Legal Environment
The following writeups cover hypothetical and current legal issues plaguing companies and managers. The objective is to analyze a particular situation as a manager and decision maker and figure out a way to tackle the issue from a legal perspective.

Torts Writeup
Intellectual Property Writeup
Contracts Writeup
Employment Contract
 
Course Case Paper Note submissions
The following are some of the cases where I did a short write up and notes  to analyze the case.  The case studies are Harvard cases and the originals have to be purchased. Due to the limited times and more because their case study presentation nature, the focus is not on the language. The focus is on the  facts. The notes are meant as a reference and increase the understanding of the situation at hand.
Prepackaged bankruptcy – Flagstar Case
Bankruptcy Conventional – Sunbeam
Spinoff - Humana
Divestiture–IPD
Investing in High Yield Bonds - Metromedia
Venture Leasing – Aberlyn Rhomed Case
IPO decision and price - Amazon
Shelf Registration Company Perspective – Philip Morris
Shelf Registration Investor Perspective - Philip Morris
Repurchase of Shares –Dell case study and write up
Synthetic Lease financing - PPL
Foreign Exchange - GM