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Question: Before you read TMA 03, you should study Block 3 Reading 21:  ‘Getting Started with Accounting and Finance’. This reading will help you appreciate one crucial purpose of accounting and financial information: to understand and improve the finances of any business. TMA 03 will assess your knowledge of how such information is used to understand and improve a particular business’ financial position, the one illustrat...

Question: There is a total word limit of 3500 words(excluding appendices) for the entire assessment. You are advised to spend about 2750 words on case A and 750 words on case B Section A This case must be attempted Case A: Puma and Adidas The scenario is intended to be realistic and the date is Jan 31 2020. (see note below) You have recently joined Puma in a management position. Your CEO regards competitor analysis as very important and con...

Course Code   :  ACC302

Referencing Styles  :  Harvard

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Task The TMA: The TMA requires you to: 1.Review various study chapters (from Chapter 1 to 7) of ‘Principles of Auditing & Other Assurance Services’ Book and apply some of the concepts within it. 2.Conduct a simple information search using the internet. 3.Present your findings in not more than 1,500 words. The word count excludes headings, references, title page, and diagrams. 4.You should use a Microsoft Office Word and Ti...

Assignment You are required to analyse a listed company and prepare an investment recommendation report. The report provides an assessment of the company’s current position and future prospects, incorporating the use of various valuation techniques to arrive at estimates of the intrinsic value of the company’s shares. Your report should make a case for the company’s shares to be rated in one of the following ways: Sell-The sha...

Course Code   :  ACCT6003

Referencing Styles  :  APA

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Questions: Part AQuestion 1 Impairment of assets (9 Marks)I. Aero Ltd has determined that its aviation division is a cash–generating unit (CGU).Information as at 30th June 2020 is as follows:$Buildings – At cost 600,000Equipment – At cost 500,000Inventory 25,000Land 250,000Receivables 150,000Goodwill 90,000Total 1,615,000   Additional information:Buildings - Accumulated depreciation as at 30 June 2020: $100,000 Equi...

Part A 1) Users of accounting information The textbook, Smart, Awan & Baxter, p. 21 lists the following seven stakeholders who have an interest in accounting information:• owners and investors• managers• creditors and lenders• employees• the government• unions• the general public. a) Explain the meaning of ‘stakeholder’. b) For each of the first five listed stakeholders above (i.e. excluding u...

Question: There will be one summative assessment which involves a comprehensive analysis of the financial and non-financial performance of an international organization (of your choice) and its closest competitor. You are required to select an international organization (company A), identify its closest competitor (company B), and analyze their financial performance using ratio analysis. You are then required to summarize and critique the Bala...

Task Question   1 A transaction can decrease two accounts. True False Question   2 During the closing process, expenses are reset to zero with a credit. True False Question   3 The accrual basis of accounting generally does not provide a more complete picture of economic reality than the cash basis of accounting. True False Question   4 United Airlines spends $100 million in cash to obtain g...

Task: You have been assigned to support the Padgett-Beale Merger & Acquisition (M&A) team working under the direct supervision of Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The M&A team is in the planning stages for how it will integrate a new acquisition, Island Banking Services, into the company as its financial services arm (PBI-FS). Initially, PBI-FS will function as a wholly owned subsidiary which means tha...

Answer: Introduction The national security of any country is sacrosanct to the welfare, wellbeing, peace and prosperity of the people of the country as well as for the nation itself. Nigeria is an African nation that is located on the western coast of the continent (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2021). Due to the proximity of the country with multiple other nations, it also consists of varied and different challenges in terms of border control tha...

In the accounting field, you will often be expected to both enter calculations accurately and articulate what this information means to internal and external stakeholders. In addition, you will be expected to propose financial solutions when a company is faced with a policy change, or when the company’s regulations change. For this project, imagine that you have just started in a new role as a financial accountant preparing for a year...

Case 3: Amazon.com’s Business Model and Its Evolution, by Syeda Maseeha Qumer and Debapratim Purkayastha (page C-10) Read the case and then respond to the case questions given below. (See Guide to Case Analysis for further guidance on written case analysis.) In addition to using the case study provided in the textbook, research the company further to find any relevant events that have transpired since the writing of the case study. Use the ...

Task: Answer any FOUR questions from Section A. Question 1 Pudding Ltd has two group companies, Cream Ltd and Custard Ltd. The income statements for Pudding Ltd, Cream Ltd and Custard Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2019 are given as follows: Required:Prepare the consolidated income statement for Pudding Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2019, showing retained earnings brought forward, dividend expense and retained earnings carried forwa...

Perch prepares consolidated financial statements under the fair value enterprise (FVE) theory (also known as “entity” theory).Required:● Prepare the entry on Perch’s books to record its investment in Salmon on December 30, year 2. ● Calculate the acquisition differential, goodwill and non-controlling interest (NCI) at acquisition date using the FVE (entity) theory.● Prepare the acquisition eliminating worksheet entry at ac...

Course Code   :  EMBA602

Referencing Styles  :  BMJ

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Task 1. This problem requires you to estimate the WACC of a real company using publicly available data as of the fall of 2019. The company is Home Depot (Ticker: HD). You need to collect information as directed below. Here are the sources for the various data: Look up market data on any recent day (unless otherwise specified) and use those in your calculations. Assume that the market value of debt is equal to its book value and that the tax r...

Referencing Styles  :  APA

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Task: Final Project Submission: Case SInstructions Submit your case study analysis and proposal with recommendations that will evaluate the cultural competence of an organization and the ways it provides services from a population health approach framework. For additional details, please refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document study Analysis and Proposal IHP 410 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview The final project for...

Questions: Upon the successful completion of this module, the student should be able to:   • Apply and critically evaluate the relevant theoretical framework and models of international  financial management;   • Evaluate, apply and critically discuss various methods and techniques relating to the financing of an international business;   • Apply and critically appraise various theoretical models of corporate...

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional BhdTenaga posted its first quarterly loss in more than seven years on higher operating cost and increased impairment of financial instruments. Net losses in the three-month ended Dec 31 was RM134mil, the company said today. Operating profit in the fourth quarter fell to RM697mil compared with RM1.47bil registered in the preceding quarter on lower revenue and increase in impairment of financial instruments.The disappo...

Course Code   :  FINTHE100

Referencing Styles  :  Harvard

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Tasks:  Instructions To Students for assignments:Read properly the mode of submissionPlease note that any assignment submitted after the deadline, marks will be deducted as per assignment submission procedure document. Format: Please follow the guidelines in the document “Guide to writing assignments” available on Moodle.You are required to conform to Harvard referencing style.Please include a bibliography at the end of your document.Pla...

Answer AT LEAST TWO questions, and NO MORE THAN THREE questions from this section. You are the audit partner for Anthony’s Building Company Ltd. (ABC), a property developer specialising mainly in residential housing. At the end of 2019, the assets of the company were valued at cost at £250m. Sales totalled £100m for the year with ABC 10% net profit. Seeking to diversify, in the first two months of 2020, ABC borrowed extensively ...

Course Code   :  BBOA3010

Referencing Styles  :  Chicago

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Question: Accounting Processes Company Background Scallion Ltd began business on 1 July 2019, specialising in the purchase and supply of packaging materials. An accounting system was designed and a chart of accounts was established.The business uses the periodic inventory system and is registered for GST at the rate of 10%. The company also employs two office staff who work a five-day week from Monday to Friday. One office staff member is r...

Course Code   :  FN018A

Referencing Styles  :  Harvard

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Questions: Question 1 Assume that you work as a senior equity analyst in a financial services firm. Consider the following probability distribution of returns for two stocks, A and B: Required: 1. Calculate the expected return and standard deviation of returns for each stock.   2. Calculate the covariance between the returns of stocks A and B.   3. Calculate the correlation coefficient between the returns of stocks A and B.   4. C...

Task Part A (60 marks) Answer ALL three (3) questions in Part A Question 1. The Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) guides treasury management function in any bank. The committee plays an important role in the functioning of the Treasury Department. Discuss in detail the make-up, functions and the role of ALCO in managing banks’ assets and liabilities. (20 Marks)  Question 2. Severe financial crises results in systemic risks in ba...

Scenario You have been asked to evaluate Company A and Company B and make your recommendation for acquiring one or both companies. Based on your initial assessment, you have created balanced scorecards for both companies. You are now ready to analyze the information you have gathered so far about the two companies so that you can compare the costs, benefits, and risks associated with acquiring each company and make a well-informed decision. In th...

Task You are required to produce and submit a written report (max. 3,000 words) through Turnitin. In your assignment you need to discuss critically these three questions:   1. Discuss the effects of negative interest rates on banks’ performance and financial stability.   2. Analyse the competitive threats and opportunities of BigTech and Fintech companies for banking intermediaries and the implications for financial stability.   3. Wh...