Institutional and Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting Week 1 Lecture Schedule of weekly topics › UoS Outline Assessment › Mid-semester test (7 Sep 2013) 40% 60% › Final exam (final exam period) ACCT2011 Financial Accounting A Dr Eagle Zhang › Please note: You must achieve at least 40% in the final exam to pass the unit AND get an overall mark of 50% or more. 1 4 Overview of ACCT 2011 1. Applying specific accounting standards: • interpreting (reading & understanding) •
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Financial Markets Essay Topics (Final) 1) Explain the difference between commercial banks and investment banks. Discuss their roles in our financial system‚ how each facilitates capital raising by firms‚ and how each earns profits. Discuss the potential conflict of interest when these two entities are housed under the same roof. 2) Explain how commercial banks ‘create money’ and what transactions lead to money creation. Discuss the impact on our financial system of a new 100‚000 deposit
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government agencies. For sound decisions to be made based on this information‚ the profession of accounting has created several agencies to establish‚ monitor and maintain ethical codes of standards. Because of the widespread applicability of the information contained in the accounting process‚ honest reporting is critical. History has proven repeatedly that the temptation exists to manipulate figures for personal gains and corporate malfeasance. This paper will identify agencies that regulate accounting
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Since the size and volume of the global market is a lot bigger than the domestic market‚ opportunities can be found: Economies of scale: Companies with global market would be able to gain an advantage in production economies of scale since the level of production is relatively high compare to just targeting a specific market. Buying and negotiation power in everything from raw materials to advertising would also increase due to the higher budget and spending. For companies which do not have a
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Target Company Selection Process The target company we decided on for our financial analysis is General Electric. At first we were looking at Starbucks‚ as it is a rapidly growing multinational corporation‚ but after some research we discovered that the earnings per share growth of Starbucks is 40.2%. Therefore Starbucks did not meet the requirement set at 50% EPS growth to be considered a truly “rapidly growing company”. We then continued our research and were able to find that General Electric
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discontinued operations and before the effect of changes in accounting principles Discontinued Operations: A component of a business is defined as a segment for which operations and cash flows can be distinguished both operationally and for financial reporting purposes. It has to be sold in full. Check of impairment of segment if not sold off by the end of the year. Reported net of tax and must restate all previous reports. Asset Impairment: check undiscounted cf and reduce to fair value. Cannot
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Surviving the Global Financial Crisis: Foreign Ownership and Establishment Performance∗ Laura Alfaro† Harvard Business School and NBER Maggie Chen‡ George Washington University July 2011 Abstract We examine the differential response of establishments to the recent global financial crisis with particular emphasis on the role of foreign ownership. Using a worldwide establishment panel dataset‚ we investigate how multinational subsidiaries around the world responded to the crisis relative
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International Accounting Standards Board Dawn Becker University of Phoenix- ACC440 Mike Raponi September 5‚ 2005 International Accounting Standards Board History "The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was preceded by the Board of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC)‚ which operated from 1973 until 2001." http://www.lasb.org/about/history.asp . The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) was founded on April 1‚ 2001. Its role is to encourage companies
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framework for financial reporting Objectives 2.1 Why a conceptual framework? 2.2 IASB Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements 2.2.1 The objective of financial statements 2.2.2 Stewardship as an objective of financial statements: the current debate 2.2.3 Underlying assumptions 2.2.4 A note on the ‘going concern’ assumption 2.2.5 Qualitative characteristics of financial reporting information 2.2.6 Constraints on financial reporting 2.3 Elements of financial statements
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Valuation of Stocks and Functioning of Indian Stock Market The work in this area can be classified into three broad strands: a) those dealing with functioning of securities markets and financial institutions operating in these markets‚ b) those pertaining to the investment decision making process of individuals‚ and c) empirical work on Indian stock markets. One of the early works on functioning of stock markets and financial institutions was by Simha‚ Hemalata and Balakrishnan (1979). Bhole (1982)
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