Which of these are the main sources of regulations governing financial reporting in Australia? A) The Corporations Act‚ The AASB‚ CLERP B) Accounting standards‚ conceptual framework‚ stock exchange listing rules C) Government legislation‚ stock exchange listing rules‚ accounting standards D) AASB‚ FRC‚ government legislation. If there is a conflict between the provisions of the Framework and the requirements of the accounting standards A) The statements of accounting concepts prevail B) The
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Background Victoria Chemicals‚ a major player in the global chemical industry that supplies polypropylene‚ polymer that used to manufacture carpet fibers‚ packaging‚ automobile parts to the customers in Europe and the Middle East. Apart from numerous small producers‚ the company also receives the threats from the other seven major competitors. The company owns two plants in Europe‚ one being Merseyside Works‚ England and Rotterdam Facility‚ Holland. Both plants were built in 1967 and are identical
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Case Analysis: Diamond Chemicals plc Group Members PREPARED By: Kumar Vivek MP13031 Rajeev Das MP13040 Sanjiv Ranjan MP13048 Suraj P.Upadhyay MP13062 Vishav Bandhu Sharma MP13070 Case Background Diamond Chemicals is a large worldwide chemicals producer with two factories in Liverpool England andRotterdam Holland. Both of their plants were built in 1967 with annual output of 250‚000 metric tons polypropylene. Compare with low-cost producer‚ the production cost per ton is 1.09 which
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Diamond Chemicals: Case 21-22 TO: Lucy Morris FROM: DATE: September 30‚ 2009 SUBJECT: Merseyside Project In this memo I will be making a recommendation for or against the Merseyside Project. With the help of a few questions that guide my memo‚ I will be able to determine whether or not to continue funding for the Merseyside Project. This memo will include an exhibit that will show an analysis of the Merseyside Project including the NPV and the IRR. In the DCF analysis that was
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VICTORIA CHEMICALS PLC THE MERSEYSIDE AND ROTTERDAM PPROJECTS I would choose Merseyside project rather than Rotterdam’s not only for its superior prospect based on the quantitative criteria‚ but also for a more rational strategy consideration. For the four investment criteria‚ here’s the elaboration. NPV. Since the two plants are of identical scale‚ age‚ design and similar project size‚ it makes sense to use NPV to compare the two projects. Not taken into account the erosion at Merseyside‚ the
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其A3 Diamond Chemicals PLC (A) and (B) Teaching Note Synopsis and Objectives These two cases present the capital investment decisions under consideration by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2001. The A case (case 20) presents a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B case (case 21) reviews the same project but from one level higher‚ where the executive faces an either/or investment decision between two mutually exclusive
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Corporate Finance Case Discussion : ‘Diamond Chemicals Plc (A)’ 1. Purpose: This case presents the capital investment decision under consideration by executives of a large chemicals firm in January 2001. This involves a go/no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. A critical assessment of a capital investment evaluation system is the focus of this case. The case also enables discussion on conflicts of interest and other ethical dilemmas that may arise
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hese two cases to consider the investment decisions of managers of large chemical companies are made in January 2001. The A ‘case‚ a go / no-go project evaluation regarding improvements to a polypropylene production plant. The B ‘case‚ checked the same project‚ but from a higher level‚ where the executive is an either / or investment decision between two mutually exclusive projects. The goal of the two cases is to expose students to a broad range of capital budgeting … Read more » These two cases
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REPORT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Diamond Chemicals PLC (B) Merseyside and Rotterdam Projects Table of content Key Issues 3 Analysis 3 Recommendations 8 Appendix 9 Appendix 1: Company Description 7 Appendix 2: Calculation on Merseyside Project Revision 7 Appendix 3: Calculation on Rotterdam Project without Right-of-way 7 KEY ISSUES The Diamond Chemical PLC as the producer of polypropylene has two production plants which are in Merseyside and Rotterdam. Both factories have
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Case #22 Victoria Chemicals Synopsis and Objectives go/no-go decision 1. The identification of relevant cash flows; in particular‚ the treatment of: a. sunk costs b. cash flows obtained by cannibalizing another activity within the firm c. exploitation of excess transportation capacity d. corporate overhead allocations e. cash flows of unrelated projects f. inflation. 2. The critical assessment of a capital-investment evaluation system. 3. The treatment of conflicts of interest
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