Task Learning Outcomes Upon successful completion of this assignment you will be able to: 1. Analyse fundamental corporate finance decisions and discuss their applications 2. Apply the investment decision rules of the traditional and discounted cash flow methods in analysing investment decisions and discussing the outputs, while utilising the outputs for investment decisions 3. Be able to compute cost of capital; discuss and critic...
Question: Summary Points: Foreign Currency Derivatives: Futures and Options 1. Foreign currency futures contracts are standardized forward contracts. Unlike forward contracts, however, trading occurs on the floor of an organized exchange rather than between banks and customers.2. Futures also require collateral and are normally settled through the purchase of an off setting position. Corporate financial managers typically prefer foreign cu...
Task Module Learning Outcomes Assessed: 1. Apply key International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) requirements and evaluate given accounting treatments for compliance with IFRS.2. Provide explanations, in a *professional context, for current accounting practice in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards. (IFRS).3. Prepare elements of single- entity financial statements and provide explanations of current accounting pra...
Question : Corporate Finance Assignment Brief: Part A – Business Valuations When we look at valuing a company, we take many factors into consideration. If a company has acquired a firm or merged this will ultimately affect the valuation. Mergers and acquisitions can add value if it was successful”. a) Evaluate the concept of mergers and acquisitions and how they can add value to a firm. Include real life examples of value creation ...
This assignment requires students to provide a Risk Management consulting report to a client. A marking rubric will be used to mark this report. In the report, students will need to address the issues faced by the client as mentioned below. The report should follow the general format of a consulting report. Scenario: Suppose you are a risk management professional working for iManageRisk firm which is located in Singapore. iManageRisk provide...
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...
Task: You must show your work in excel worksheet for full credit; showing your work will also ease getting partial credit. I have shown the available points for each problem. Please consolidate your excel files and submit only one workbook with a separate tab for each question. Also do not forget to name the tabs to identify the questions/problems. For the problems out of the Valuation textbook, you may use the spreadsheet templates pro...
Question: Use the following information to answer questions 1-4 BW plc’s finance director is considering a change in the company’s financing policy. The company has always relied entirely on equity finance but it is now assessing the likely implications of a share buy back to be financed by a bond issue. The company’s shares are trading at £4.00 and there are 25 million shares outstanding. It is planned to buy back 5 million shar...
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...
Question: Question 1- Cost of capital and Capital structure The newly appointed finance director of Trust PLC is currently reviewing the capital structure of her company. She is convinced that the company is not financing itself in a way that minimises its cost of capital (WACC). The company’s financing as at 31 December 2020 is as follows: The new finance director, Ms. Zara Green feels that by issuing more debt the company will be abl...
Answer: Case Study Analysis As per the case, the Sunflower Sdn. Bhd operates as a supermarket and retail chain in Malaysia. The business is looking to expand its operations in the market and planning to make certain changes so that the business can adapt to the online mode of commerce. In order to make changes in the business operations, the management has decided to raise funds but they are unable to decide the most appropriate source which ...
Question: Entrepreneurial Venture The case essentially involves analyzing and summarizing financing options available to this entrepreneurial venture. To ensure some consistency with your submissions, I have provided a spreadsheet template for you to complete. The layout of the spreadsheet follows the order in the case so it should be fairly intuitive. For example, Option 1 is Debt, Option 2 is Equity, Option 3 is Accelerator, and so on. i...
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...
Task: You will work out of excel for this problem. Add a worksheet that says Solutions. Locate the yield to maturity for ten-year Treasury bonds by going to finance.yahoo.com. Then, under the Markets tab select the US Treasury Bond Rates. You'll find this number listed as 10 Yr. Bond. make sure to record this number in your solutions worksheet. In the box at the top of the screen, type Walt Disney's ticker symbol (DIS) and press enter. Once you ...
Questions: The main goal of the project is to create a theoretical portfolio for yourself or someone that you know, as a client of yours. You are taking the role of an investment planner in this exercise. This will involve choosing stocks and estimating their value, buying mutual funds, and understanding what choices you need to make and what behavioural biases you may exhibit. Your hypothetical portfolio will start off with CAD 1,000,000 (one...
Question: Short Multiple Choice Questions. 1. Which of the following has primary responsibility to develop Generally Accepted Accounting Principles?a. Financial Accounting Standards Board.b. Company Executives.c. Securities and Exchange Commission.d. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 2. Which of the following has the legal authority to determine financial reporting in the United States?a. Financial Accounting Standards Board.b...
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...
Assignment Part 1: Ask the right questions Professionals with an analytics mindset need to develop a strong understanding of the economic and institutional factors that influence the data they are analyzing. They allow that understanding to guide their analysis and interpretation of the data. In this section of the case, we consider the economic, accounting and regulatory factors that could potentially influence banks’ investment de...
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...
Statement of Personal Benefit: The purpose of this assignment is to introduce you to a free website that is widely used to research mutual funds, ETFs, and sometimes individual stocks. You can use this free website in your personal life, and Morningstar has a professional version (called Advisor Workstation) that is far more robust. I have used both the free site and Advisor Workstation for professional and personal applications for 20+ years. Th...
The second assignment is to create a valuation model for Alimentation Couche Tard with a 12-month target for the price of the Class B shares. The project deliverable is a fully documented valuation model, including a DCF valuation and comparables analysis. Develop your narrative for this company. (Give me your story of how you see your company evolving over time, given what you know about it, its market and the competition) Tie your narrative to ...
Questions: Identify (Calculate) And Critically Analyse Key Relevant Financial Ratios Usingthe Data Provided In The Statements For The Two-Year Period. Try To Include At Least One Ratio From Each Category Of Financial Analysis: Liquidity, Activity, Profitability, Coverage. Make Sure To Provide Formulas For Calculations. Based On Different Online/Printed Sources, Financial Statements, Reports, Etc., Perform a Company/Business And Industry Analy...
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...
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...
Task: 1. A company has in place a floating-for-fixed four year interest rate swap with payments due every three months. The company pays three month Libor & receives 6.00% APR based on a notional principal amount of $25 million. If 1Y £ibor is 5.70% at the end of the first period, what is the net cash flow to the company?2. A company which uses gold in its manufacturing process wants to fix its gold costs today for the next two years. It ...