VALUATION TECHNIQUES Vault Guide to Finance Interviews Valuation Techniques How Much is it Worth? Imagine yourself as the CEO of a publicly traded company that makes widgets. You’ve had a highly successful business so far and want to sell the company to anyone interested in buying it. How do you know how much to sell it for? Likewise‚ consider the Bank of America acquisition of Fleet. How did B of A decide how much it should pay to buy Fleet? For starters‚ you should understand that the value
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Equity Valuation: Discounted Cash Flow and Residual Income Models Introduction Valuation plays a very important role when companies are trying to increase their value‚ raise money‚ acquire another firm or sell a subsidiary‚ also when a company decides to go public. Managers‚ investors and shareholders need to have the most accurate and reliable information in order to make decisions‚ that is why valuation is a fundamental exercise in corporate finance. It is pretty evident that whatever
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Corporations in Australia have started adopting IFRS as its domestic financial reporting standards since 2005. Although AIFRS applied almost whole contents and wording of IFRS‚ owing to the different domestic legislative environment‚ some modifications were needed and included the removal of certain options permitted or wording changes under IFRS. The species of these differences that exist between IFRS and AIFRS can be universally sorted as follow: 1. Recognition differences. 2. Measurement
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US GAAP and IFRS Part 3 China GAAP and IFRS Part 4 Summary of Convergence Process Part 5 Pros & Cons of Convergence Part 6 The reasons for differences in accounting practice ww.ifrs.org + The International Accounting Standards Board + The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation + Objective – a single set of global financial reporting standards + Aim – convergence between national standards and international standards + IFRS Framework + IFRS SMEs + Supported
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Same as other developing countries‚ there is no doubt that China has to adopt IFRS. However‚ it is not easy for such a centralized communist country to fully obtain the standards. This case study is going to explain the difficulties of obtain the IFRS‚ and the major reasons of adopting IFRS also will be discussed. According to Ramanna and Sletten (2010)‚ more powerful countries are less likely to harmonized IFRS‚ due to powerful countries’ unwillingness to forgo their standard-setting power to
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Comparing IFRS to GAAP Craig Ronquillo ACC/291 8 December‚ 2014 Joseph Bailey Comparing IFRS to GAAP I will be comparing IFRS to GAAP‚ and be discussing many ways these two get along with each other and see what they do differently as well‚ they both have their ways of doing things which are easier but sometime even harder. IFRS 8-1: What are some steps taken by both the FASB and IASB to move to fair value measurement for financial instruments? In what ways have some of the approaches differed
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SYNTHESIS IFRS FOR SMEs (International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities) INTRODUCTION 1.1 What is the objective of PFRS for SMEs? The objective of PFRS for SME is to develop a set of high quality‚ understandable and enforceable standards for SMEs. Which includes proper accounting practices for the preparation and presentation of financial statements that creates a common understanding between preparers and users of financial statements. PFRS for SME are
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Ernst & Young IFRS Core Tools October 2011 IFRS Update for ÔfYf[aYd q]Yj ]f\af_ +) JK ) af l`] Õjkl q]Yj g^ Yhhda[Ylagf& To achieve this‚ the transitional provisions in IFRS 7 were amended to clarify that the disclosures need not be provided for: Annual or interim periods‚ including any statement of ÕfYf[aYd hgkalagf$ hj]k]fl]\ oal` Yf YffmYd [gehYjYlan] h]jag\ ]f\af_ Z]^gj] +) JA; )1 oadd j]kmdl af Y _Yaf j][g_fak]\ af hjgÕl or loss as the fair value of the equity issued will often
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2011. Pp.125 - 136 IFRS Implementation in India: Opportunities and Challenges Pawan Jain1 One of the foremost requirements to operate a Business successfully is to have a good financial reporting system in place. Keeping this in mind‚ Accounting Professionals and Accounting Bodies across the globe‚ during last decade‚ had tried to put a financial reporting system in place which is harmonized‚ robust and have extensive applicability. IASB (formerly IASC) came out with IFRS which were adopted
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ADOPTION OF IFRS: IT`S BENEFITS AND IMPACTS ON FIRMS AND COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD The IASB was established in 2001 and since have assumed the responsibility of the standard setting from its predecessor body‚ the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) and began issuing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). IFRS has recently been dominating the regulatory changes in accounting for listed companies around the world. Through the years‚ over 100 countries have adopted IFRS reporting
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