CPA Program The practical experience guide and logbook If you require further information about the practical experience requirement, or would like to notify us of a change, please contact CPA Australia: practicalexperience@cpaaustralia.com.au or contact your local office – details can be found on the inside back page of this guide. Disclaimer The material used in this booklet has been designed and prepared for CPA Australia’s practical experience requirement. It provides tailored guidance
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CPA Program The Practical Experience Guide EVE CHENG CPA SENIOR ANALYST BHP BILLITON Contents Practical experience requirement How to identify if your role is relevant Where do you fit? What skills areas do you need to demonstrate? Your mentoring relationship How to record your experience in the logbook The skills guide Personal effectiveness skills Leadership skills Business skills Technical skills 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 MICHELLE ROACH CPA 2 Practical experience requirement
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management corporate, Director Counterparty credit risk and underwriting management in European emerging markets with special focus on Russia and Ukraine. 12/2008 – 01/2010 Structuring complex corporate credit transactions such as LBOs and investment loans. Developing an advanced internal tool for calculating Risk weighted assets under both standardised and IRB approaches. Developing and implementing industry concept in credit risk management. Reporting large and complex transactions
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for financial risk (Capital Structure 2015). This shows that a raise of leverage and the individual risks is influenced between the investors but the total risk is retained. It means that it does not create any extra value. In real life, an imperfections market of capital structure might occurred, so, the theories of capital structure such as trade-off theory and pecking-order theory has been
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The traditional approach to company gearing and the WACC The traditional theory of optimal capital structure assumes that there is an optimal debt-equity ratio (and thus an optimal capital structure) for every company. The optimal level of gearing describes a situation with minimal financial cost. Thereby specific behaviours of the investors are assumed. For a given total capital a company is able to minimize the average cost of capital by substituting more expensive equity through cheaper debt
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1.a.) Business risk is the equity risk arising from the nature of the firm’s operating activity, and is directly related to the systematic risk of the firm’s assets. Financial risk is the equity risk that is due entirely to the firm’s chosen capital structure. As financial leverage, or the use of debt increases, so does financial risk and, hence, the overall risk of the equity. Business risk depends on a number of factors, including competition, liability exposure, and operating leverage. b.)
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Corporation to Demonstrate the Optimal Capital Structure Trade-off Theory John C. Gardner, Carl B. McGowan Jr., and Susan E. Moeller1 ABSTRACT In this paper, we apply the trade-off theory of capital structure to Microsoft. We use data for bond ratings, bond risk premiums, and levered CAPM betas to compute the cost of equity and the weighted average cost of capital for Microsoft at different debt levels. This study shows the impact of increasing financial leverage on WACC. As financial leverage increases,
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incremental long-term assets Capex. At the end of the study period we also have estimates of cash inflow from sale of residual assets (RV), or the present value of FCFs which extend beyond the study period called continuing value (CV) RSM 2301 Financial Management - Fall 2011 © Asher Drory All rights reserved 9- 3 Valuation Alternatives: NPV vs. APV Models Net Present Value (NPV) NPV Expansion Decisions 9- 4 t t 0 FCFt (1 k )t Where: k = WACC keu is unlevered equity
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an extreme case of an institutional arrangement that can preclude investors from choosing fully optimal portfolios. In particular, I assume that investors are unable to take negative positions in assets. For this version of the model I draw heavily from papers by Glenn (1976), Levy (1978), Merton (1987) and Markowitz (1987, 1990). Finally, I discuss the stock index futures contract - a major financial innovation of worldwide importance that postdates the development of the CAPM. Such contracts can
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Optimal Payments Plc Audited Results for the year ended 31 December 2010 Mark Mayhew Joel Leonoff Keith Butcher Thursday, 31 March 2011 1 1 © Optimal Payments Plc. www.optimalpayments.com www.optimalpayments.com © Optimal Payments Plc. Agenda Introduction 2010 achievements 2010 financial performance Looking forward Conclusion Appendices A di Presentation team: Mark Mayhew CEO Mark Mayhew Mark Mayhew Keith Butcher Joel Leonoff Mark Mayhew Joel Leonoff CEO Keith Butcher
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