The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand Trimester 1‚ 2012 71303 Corporate Finance Final Examination Time allowed Three hours‚ plus 10 minutes to read this paper. Instructions 1. 2. 3. 4. Answer all questions. Read each question carefully. Start each question on a new page. Show all of your workings. Mark allocation Question Part A Part B 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cost of capital Risk and return Investment timing real option Capital structure Dividend policy 14 12 15 20 15 Total 100 Topic Multiple-choice
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Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge all the help we have received from our lecturer in collecting the data and using the cases. Besides‚ every member in our group is contributed in completing the report averagely. Abstract: Investment appraisal techniques are adopted to assess whether or not capital expenditure on a particular project will be profitable. This report is able to present the weakness and strength of the techniques according to the wind turbine system project of McCain
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depending on whether the discount rate is less than‚ equal to‚ or greater than the IRR. The discounted payback includes the effect of the relevant discount rate. If a project’s discounted payback period is less than the project’s life‚ it must be the case that NPV is positive. Assuming conventional cash flows‚ if a project has a positive NPV for a certain discount rate‚ then it will also have a positive NPV for a zero discount rate; thus‚ the payback period must be less than the project life. Since
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QUESTION 1: 1. If the first deposit is at 36 years and the last expected deposit is at 65 years‚ then annual deposits will be made for 30 years. Expected annual withdrawals are $90‚000 for 15 years from the retirement fund with a bank that offers compound interest of 8% annually. Calculation Present value (PV) =? Future value (FV) = (90‚000*15) = $1‚350‚000 Periodic payment amount (PMT) =? Interest rate per period (Rate) = 8% or 0.08 Number of payment periods (Nper) = 30 Using the Excel
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reinvesting the second year dividends for the final year. Mean = Ṝ = (R1 + … + RT) / T Risk premium = Difference between risky returns and Riskfree return Real return = Ṝ minus inflation Return = mean Risk = standard deviation Chapter 13: Corporate Financing Decisions and Efficient Markets There are three ways to create valuable financing opportunities: 1. Investors lack an understanding of the risk an d valuation of complex securities. But as investors are not that easy to fool‚ the complex
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A Comparison of Capital Budgeting Techniques Capital budgeting deals with setting the criteria and prescribing the process required for making capital investment choices. Choosing an investment project‚ that is‚ making a capital investment choice is ultimately a cost/benefit analysis. It requires valuing the project by comparing the payoff to its costs. Problem Value‚ rank and select investment projects Example 1. Project A Required rate year 1: year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 Initial
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Part 1: Fianacial Ratios After having the financial information about Deep water experts company‚ we have generated the financial ratios for the company for the years 2010‚ 2011 respectively as below and has the following comments: Liquidity: There is more than one ratio that measures the liquidity for a company which is included in the following table: Ratio Type | 2011 | 2010 | Liquidity | Current Ratio | 3.29 | 2.67 | Quick Ratio | 2.2 | 1.798 | Cash Ratio | 1.56 | 1.08 |
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asset-backed financings or single-lessee leasing arrangements. 2.) Even though the investment risk is greater than 10% of the total assets for LeaseMed‚ you still have to demonstrate that the equity is sufficient to permit the legal entity to finance its own activities according to ASC 810-10-25-45a‚b‚c. LeaseMed does not meet qualification A because it is not able to issue investment grade debt and there is no evidence that it has invested into other similar entities (qualification B). So it
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Chapter 04 Long-Term Financial Planning and Growth Multiple Choice Questions 1. Phil is working on a financial plan for the next three years. This time period is referred to as which one of the following? A. financial range B. planning horizon C. planning agenda D. short-run E. current financing period 2. Atlas Industries combines the smaller investment proposals from each operational unit into a single project for planning purposes. This process is referred to as which one
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interest of the Italian State to buy this stake before the group is put on the market so as to present a streamlined structure? Or would it be preferable to leave things as they are? Why? TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Executive summary In the above case study Roberto Group incepted 30 years ago by IRI one of the largest holding companies
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