standards (IFRS). 8. These standards will help companies to reduce accounting costs‚ make it easier to acquire foreign companies‚ and facilitate comparisons between foreign companies. 9. Know the primary objective of financial reporting 10. What makes information relevant? 11. Financial information should be understandable to whom 12. Balance Sheet – lists assets‚ liabilities and owners’ equity 13. Income Statement – revenues minus expenses equal net income 14. Net Income = Revenues - Expenses
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WTO Agreement on Trade in Financial Service The Financial Service Agreement (FSA) became an Annex to the GATS agreement in 1997. The main propose of it is to open commercial banks‚ securities and insurance industries to foreign competition providing a better financial service and helping countries’ economy to grow. Liberalization of Financial Services allows services and services providers to enter the country. Each country has its GATS list or schedule‚ where they add which sectors the country decided
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price risk and liquidity costs With FIs: Broker Function and Asset transformation function Act as broker by providing transaction and information services. They conduct research‚ make investment recommendations‚ and conduct purchase and sale of securities. They reduce transaction and information costs: more efficient. Act as asset transformers: FI purchase financial claims issued by corporations and finance these purchases by selling financial claims to household investors. FIs are better at
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Executive Summary The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the financial position of John Keells Holdings PLC. The author has consisted only JKH PLC along and not its subsidiaries (group). The author has made use eleven ratios to analyze the financial position of the company. The ratios that he has used are Return on Investment (ROI)‚ Return to shareholders‚ Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)‚ Earnings per share (EPS)‚ Price-Earnings Ratio (P/E)‚ Dividend yield‚ Dividend payout‚ Gearing ratio
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B6013 Spring 2010 B6013 - Financial Accounting Financial Assets and Liabilities Shareholder’s Equity Professor Urooj Khan o esso U ooj a Outline – Session 19 1. Financial Assets and Liabilities – Accounting for Financial Assets 2. Shareholder’s Equity – – – – Capital Stock Cisco Case Dividends and Share Repurchases Comprehensive I C h i Income B6013 Spring 2010 © Columbia Business School 2 Prof. Urooj Khan 1 B6013 Spring 2010 Background Readings and Practice Problems
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accountants are. The practicing accountants should include those people who work in or relate to the accounting‚ such as the financial accountants‚ management accountants‚ auditors and regulators. Hendriksen (1970‚ p. 1) defined the accounting theory as: …logical reasoning in the form of a set of board principles that (1) provide a general framework of reference by which accounting practice can be evaluated and (2) guide the development of new practices and procedures. Normative theories and
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anciSEGi University 2013 Coursework BBM – Financial Accounting (FIN 2241) SHARIFUDDIN HAZIQ BIN ABDUL AZIZ SCM 022587 Ms. Janice Contents No. | Title | Pages | 1 | Executive summary | 2 | 2 | Question 1 | Introduction | 3 | | | Sole Proprietorship | 4 | | | Partnership | 5 | | | Limited Liabilities Company | 6 | | | Accounting | 7 | | | Benefits
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------------------------------------------------- Chapter 9 Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements ------------------------------------------------- ANSWERS TO END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS 9-1 a. The operating plan provides detailed implementation guidance designed to accomplish corporate objectives. It details who is responsible for what particular function‚ and when specific tasks are to be accomplished. The financial plan details the financial aspects of the corporation’s operating
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company’s accounting statements or financial statements and making comparisons with relevant information Financial Ratios are measures of relative values of key financial information. Ratio Analysis involves methods of calculating and interpreting financial ratios to assess the firm’s performance. Ratios are measured as (1) percentages; (2) times or multiples; and (3) number of days. Ratios are of interest as key indicators of financial health to: shareholders‚
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Financial distress‚ reorganization and bankruptcy You are required to explore‚ study and investigate the issues of financial distress‚ reorganization and bankruptcy of firms around the world‚ in particularly Malaysia and examined the factors that may have caused this phenomenon. Search for journal articles (at least 10) that are related to these topics and provide your comments and opinions in your write-up‚ not more than 10 pages. Financial distress can be defined as situation in which a company
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