Family Financial Management through Islamic Family Wealth Management

Ataxia telangiectasia: Family management

Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is a rare autosomal recessive disease resulting in progressive degeneration of multiple systems in the body. Both A-T homozygote and heterozygote are at increased risk of developing malignancy. We report a family in which three generations were affected by this disorder. Our index case is a 12-year-old female child, born of second degree consanguineous marriage diagno...

Shareholder Wealth Effects of MANAGEMENT Regulatory COMPLIANCE

Purpose: This paper addresses whether and how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(SOX) affects shareholder wealth (firm value) by focusing on the trade-off between improved corporate governance leading to a lower cost of capital and increased managerial compliance costs of regulations. Design/Methodology: We use an analytical model of solving the management utility maximization function and the cha...

Management of Sex Disorders through Family Welfare Planning Centre

A satisfactory sex life is established to be the most important factor for normal development and functioning of a healthy family life. Sexual disorders, however minor, lead to frustration, worry and stress and have a serious impact on the life and happiness of a couple. The atmosphere in the house becomes gloomy and irritable with mistrust causing frequent clashes between the spouses. Children...

Family limited partnerships preserve wealth.

Family Control, Socioemotional Wealth and Earnings Management in Publicly Traded Firms

We examine the unique nature of agency problems within publicly traded family firms by investigating the earnings management decision of dominant family owners relative to nonfamily. To do so, we draw upon literature demonstrating that family owners are loss averse with respect to the family’s socioemotional wealth (SEW), or the affective endowment derived from firm ownership and control. Our t...