...N (Prerequisite: ACC 557 or ACC 556) COURSE DESCRIPTION Introduces the concepts of finance. Reviews the basic tools and their use for making financial decisions. Explains how to measure and compare risks across investment opportunities. Analyzes how the firm chooses the set of securities it will issue to raise capital from investors as well as how the firm’s capital structure is formed. Examines how the choice of capital structure affects the value of the firm. Presents valuation and integrate risk, return and the firm’s choice of capital structure. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Brigham, E. F., & Ehrhardt, M. C. (2014). Financial management (14th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources MBA Primer Note: The MBA Primer is designed to help students with little or no educational background in business to prepare for the rigors of an MBA program. The MBA Primer is also a useful tool for students who have the business background but might need a refresher. It is a way to help you prepare for the types of activities and concepts that will be covered in the MBA program, so you can feel more comfortable and confident as you progress into higher level courses. Students are emailed an access code for this product when they purchase MBA Primer from the Strayer Bookstore, accessible through iCampus. CNN Money. (2013). General format. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/ Criniti, A. (2013). The necessity of finance. Philadelphia...
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...that students should have done 'O' Level Business Studies 1.2 1.3 2 SYLLABUS AIMS The syllabus is intended to lead to courses that will encourage students to: 2.1 2.2 Understand and appreciate the nature and scope of business and its role in society; Develop critical understanding of organisations, the markets they serve and the process of adding value. This should involve consideration of the internal workings and management of organisations and, in particular, the process of decision making in a dynamic environment; Be aware of the economic, environmental, ethical, governmental, legal, social, technological etc issues associated with business activity; Develop skills in: decision making and problem solving in the light of evaluation, the quantification and management of information, where appropriate, effective communication, entrepreneurship. The emphasis should be on the application of concepts and issues to the local context where appropriate. 2.3 2.4 2 ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES Candidates are expected to demonstrate the following skills: 3.1 3.2...
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...* Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Analysis Model 3 3. Company Overview 3 4. Industry Outlook 3 5. Company Evaluation 4 Free Cash Flow Estimation 4 Cost of Equity, Cost of Debt, WACC Calculation 5 Discounted Cash Flows and Company Evaluation 5 6. Sensitivity Analysis 6 7. Final Recommendations 6 8. Appendix 7 Appendix 1: Historical Free Cash Flow Analysis 7 Appendix 2: Historical Free Cash Flow Analysis 8 Appendix 3: Growth Estimations 9 Appendix 4: 2012 Operating Expense Growth Estimation 10 Appendix 5: Income Taxes 11 Appendix 6 11 Working Capital, Depreciation and Amortization, Capital Expenditure Estimation 11 Appendix 6 Part II: Estimations Summary 12 Appendix 7: Free Cash Flow Estimation Analysis (in mln. €) 13 Appendix 8: WACC Calculation 14 Appendix 9: Equity Evaluation 16 Appendix 10: Sensitivity Analysis 17 9. References 18 Executive Summary This report discusses the possible profitability of investment in shares of the Allianz Group SE. Our analysis, based on discounted cash flows and weighted average cost of capital, suggests that under the assumption of stable economic growth, no drastic escalation of the European sovereign debt crisis and industry shocks due to natural disaster like the hurricane Sandy, the current share price of the company is currently below its estimated value and thus a promising investment opportunity. If the company manages to keep its stable growth in the last quarter of the year...
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...trying to change the company’s structure and corporate culture in order to create a truly international enterprise. He reformed in corporate governance and the new management system for resource allocation and performance measurement is based on economic value added (EVA). 2) Problems & Causes (in 2002) a. The effect of Main bank (Tokyo-Mitsubishi bank) Main bank is a cross shareholder, so they can interfere on company’s operation, performance and financial. For example, some corporations invited senior bank managers as executive or non-executive board members which would be a part of corporate governance. Since main bank is the largest debtor, they will concern on company’s risk and possibly to manage company to avoid financial risk to make sure they could get money back result in confused of company’s goal. b. The obstacle of reform Conflict with minority shareholders and stake holders AGC is global company with many joint ventures in many regions. In order to reform, a lot of function, company’s structure and corporate culture have to be drastically changed. For example, reduced of board of directors and management role, incentives, unfair resource allocation and performance measurement would result in conflict of interests and resist from local management level. 3) Choices Mr. Ishizu decided to implement EVA as a tool for resource allocation as well as for performance evaluation for managers and above. 4) Evaluation...
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... | Financial Structure is the framework of various types of financing employed by a Oil company to acquire and support resources necessary for its operations, commonly, it comprises of stockholders’ investments, long- term loans, short-term loans and short-term liabilities as reflected on the right hand side of the Oil company balance sheet. Financial Structure is different from capital structure in the sense that it also includes current liabilities. Therefore, financial structure is the combination of two main components 1) Capital structure and 2) Current liabilities. To provide an understanding of the concept of financial structure in Oil sector specifically capital structure of Padma Oil Company Limited, the balance sheet, debt and equity, working capital, cost of capital and opportunity cost are need to be explained. The capital structure is how an Oil company finances its overall operations and growth by using different sources of funds. It is a mix of a company’s long-term debt, specific short-term debt, common equity and preferred equity. Debt comes in the form of bond issues or long-term notes payable, while equity is classified as common stock, preferred stock or retained earnings. Short-term debt such as working capital requirements is also considered part of the capital structure. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Current assets...
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...Bryan Kimmell How do CFOs make capital budgeting and capital structure decisions? Introduction A comprehensive survey is gone that describes the current practice of corporate finance. The survey will give us a betting understanding of where the theory and practice of corporate finance are consistent and areas where they are not. The survey conducted is based on two parts, capital budgeting and capital structure. The survey goes deeper and tries to find out what causes capital budgeting and structure decisions in firms. The survey consists of 100 questions to explore capital budgeting and structure decisions in depth. The original sample for the survey was 4,440 firms but only 392 CFOs responded to the survey, making the response rate a dramatic 9%. The results of the survey were analyzed based on firm characteristics. The responses given by the executives are compared in relation to the firm size, P/E ratio, leverage, credit rating, dividend policy, industry, management ownership, CEO age, CEO tenure, and CEO educational attainment. Comparing the responses to all these variables gives the results a more meaningful explanation because it is able to test various finance theories. The responses to the capital budgeting portion of the survey follow academic advice and use present value techniques to evaluate new projects. But when it comes to capital structure, firms rely on practical, informal rules and pay less attention to academic advice. Survey Methodology Before the...
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...Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital Analysis TABLE OF CONTENTS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................ 2 II. COMPONENT ESTIMATIONS ............................................................................... 2 1. Effective Tax Rate - t ............................................................................................. 2 2. Capital Structure – D/E ......................................................................................... 3 3. Cost of Debt - r" .................................................................................................... 3 Exploration & Production (E&P) ................................................................................ 3 Refining and Marketing (R&M).................................................................................. 4 Petrochemicals ......................................................................................................... 4 4. Cost of Equity -r# ................................................................................................... 4 1) r$ ........................................................................................................................ 4 2) βlevered ............................................................................................................. 4 Exploration & Production (E&P) .................................................................
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...Group Assignment (Groups of 2 or 3) Assignment Submission date: 3pm AEST 21 September 2014 Submission Method: Hard Copy & Soft Copy Bachelor of Business Trimester 2 2014 Unit: Business Accounting Unit Code: B01ACT105 Student #_________________________________________ Signature_______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- Assessment item 3: Assignment-Comprehensive Accounting Exercise (Group) ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Objective(s): This addresses Unit Learning Objectives 1, 2 and 3 ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Weighting: 15% ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Due: 22/09/2014 at 3pm AEST ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Task: ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Overview: ------------------------------------------------- This assignment is designed to assess students’ understanding and ability to conduct financial statement analysis as well as report writing using appropriate referencing style. Students are required to read Chapter 15 of the prescribed textbook on Financial statement analysis before attempting this assignment. Students are encouraged...
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...------------------------------------------------- FIFTH SEMESTER BAS 311 | Methods of Food Analysis | 2 0 3 4 | | TheoryUNIT – I Introduction to Food Analysis: Rules & Regulations of Food Analysis, Safety in Laboratory. Sampling and sampling techniques, sample preparation for analysis. Basic principles of spectroscopy: UV-VIS molecular absorption spectrometry, atomic absorption & emission spectrometry, fluorescence spectrometry, Atomic mass spectrometry, IR spectrometry.UNIT – II Separation Science: Basic principles of chromatography, HPLC, GC, TLC, Super critical fluid extraction chromatography UNIT-III Analysis of liquids: Total liquids concentration, Solvent extraction; Non-solvent liquid extraction methods; instrumental methods. Determination of liquid composition. UNIT-IV Electrophoresis methods, Chemical methods; enzymatic methods; physical methods; immunoassays; analysis of polysaccharides fiber. Analysis of proteins Determination of overall protein concentration; protein separation and characterization; methods based on different adsorption characteristics separation due to size differences; separation by electrophoresis. UNIT-V Radiochemical Methods: Use of radio isotopes, viscosity and consistency measurements of food, measurement of rheological properties. | | | Practical 1. Introduction to Food Analysis Techniques and calibration of glasswares 2. Sampling techniques and methods of sample preparation. 3. Experiment using principles...
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...termination of a project. Students get knowledge of different players involved in projects as well as an in depth information regarding organizational structure and communication etc. for project. Students are also taught how to prepare project feasibility study which is the core outcome of this subject. In addition to the regular course work, students will be indulged in discussion of articles and case studies also. 1. Introduction to Project Management: 1.1: Definition of a Project, 1.2: Importance of Project Management, 1.3: Project Management Life Cycle, 1.4: Types of Projects, 1.5: Project scope triangle 1.6: Characteristics of a Project 2. Project management life cycle 2.1: Scoping the project 2.2: Planning 2.3: Launching the plan 2.4: Monitoring and controlling 2.5: Closing out the project 3. Project manager skills and competencies 3.1: Classifying Project Managers 3.2: Skills and competencies 3.3: Business Achievement Competencies 3.4: Problem-Solving Competencies 3.5: Influence Competencies 3.6: People Management Competencies 3.7: Self Management Competencies, 4 Management organization/ organization structure 4.1: Pure Functional structure o Advantages and disadvantages 4.2: Pure Project Structure o Advantages and disadvantages 4.3: Matrix structure o Advantages and disadvantages 5. Scheduling 5.1: Precedence analysis 5.2: Gantt Charts 5.3: PERT / CPA ...
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...inputs to enable the student to develop an insight regarding the different phases of Credit management. |Reference Books |Author / Publication | |Credit Management |ICFAI | |Practical Banking Advances |H.L.Bedi and V.K. Hardikar/ UBS Publishers | |The Bank Credit Analysis |Jonathan Golin/John Wiley & Sons | |Frontiers in Credit Risk |Gordian Gaeta/ John Wiley & Sons | |Money, Credit and Capital |James Tobin/McGraw | |Credit Risk |Michael Hanke/Springer | |Credit and Banking |K.C.Nanda/Response | |Credit Appraisal, Risk Analysis & Decision making |Mukherjee/Snow White | Detailed Curriculum Overview: Lending Activity – Basic Requirements for Lending....
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...JET2 Financial Analysis Task 1 Competition Bikes, Inc. Submitted by: Michelle Beacham Competition Bikes, Inc. is a manufacturer of bicycles for professional and other highly accomplished riders. The bicycle produced is a light weight, shaft driven bicycle that is custom made to fit each cyclist. It has been extremely popular among professional riders; however, recently sponsors have reduced funding to the riders causing a decline in sales volumes. This summary will be evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the Competition Bikes, Inc., analyzing the working capital of the company, evaluating the internal controls, and Competition Bikes’ compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses The first evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of Competition Bikes, Inc. will be a horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet. A horizontal analysis is a comparison of financial information across a particular time period. A comparison of the periods is completed based on a historical base period. For instance, we could compare sales for the current year as compared to the prior year. Each significant variance is investigated to determine the cause of the fluctuation (Accounting Tools, 2015). Gross profit is the difference between “Net Sales” and “Cost of Goods Sold”. Gross profit is up 37.5% in year 6 with a significant decline of 16.3% in year 7. The decline in year 7 is directly attributable to the decline in sales...
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...Aims: Provide students with some fundamental concepts of modern financial management theory relevant to making operating and investment decisions. The course also introduces some of the core financial management and decision making techniques used in the business world. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs) Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. Describe the financial environment, agency costs, the goals of the participants, and the basic structure of Hong Kong financial and banking systems 2. Explain working capital policies and apply working capital management tools 3. Apply the concepts of risk-return trade-off and time value of money in financial management decisions, and in stock, bond, and asset valuation; 4. Describe the meaning & implications of efficient capital markets; 5. Evaluate competing sources, uses and costs of finance available to corporations in corporate financing decisions; 6. Evaluate corporate investment decisions using capital budgeting techniques with consideration to ethics and corporate governance. Academic Honesty (Extracted from...
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...Aims: Provide students with some fundamental concepts of modern financial management theory relevant to making operating and investment decisions. The course also introduces some of the core financial management and decision making techniques used in the business world. Course Intended Learning Outcomes (CILOs) Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to: 1. Describe the financial environment, agency costs, the goals of the participants, and the basic structure of Hong Kong financial and banking systems 2. Explain working capital policies and apply working capital management tools 3. Apply the concepts of risk-return trade-off and time value of money in financial management decisions, and in stock, bond, and asset valuation; 4. Describe the meaning & implications of efficient capital markets; 5. Evaluate competing sources, uses and costs of finance available to corporations in corporate financing decisions; 6. Evaluate corporate investment decisions using capital budgeting techniques with consideration to ethics and corporate governance. Academic Honesty (Extracted from...
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...Banking Research & Writing Table of content Introduction 3 Structure and functioning of UK banking system: 3 Performance measurement system 5 Trading revenues and Value-at-Risk 7 Evaluation of Regulatory Challenges of UK Universal Banking Model 9 Micro and macro prudential regulation 9 Basel II, III regulation 10 Global Financial Crises in UK 12 Conclusion 13 References 14 Introduction The UK managing an account has experienced considerable change in the course of the most recent 20 years, essentially determined by local deregulation and different strengths that have changed supply and interest qualities of the money related administrations industry. Elaboration of structure and functioning of the UK banking industry, Evaluation of Regulatory Challenges of UK Universal Banking Model and Global Financial Crises in UK is discussed further in this paper. Structure and functioning of UK banking system: The UK banking system is regularly said to be very focused and subsequently deficiently aggressive. The UK banking sector contains one market and not many markets. The UK banking system is indeed a mix of numerous separate product markets with rivalry originating from distinctive regions and diverse contenders. The High Street banks are all sizeable members in each of the business sector fragments and giving administrations to the overall population, the leading bank in each one fragment has a tendency to appear as something else. Business banking...
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