Overview of the objectives of strategic financial management What is financial management? That part of management accounting concerned with setting financial objectives‚ planning and acquiring the optimum finance to meet them‚ and seeing that fixed and working capital are effectively managed.’ (CIMA). Two fundamental questions: 1. What investments should a firm make? Long term investments are referred to as capital investment projects’ e.g. build a new supermarket or factory. 2
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Introduction Michael O’Leary is the abrasive chief executive of Europe’s largest low-cost airline Ryanair . His dogged unrepentant style was a winning strategy for an upstart airline trying to establish itself. His obsession with cutting costs as well as trying to always put one over on the large national carriers is what makes him appear arrogant to most people. His press conferences are usually very theatrical; it is not unusual to see him dress up as any thing from the Pope to‚ a large Mobile
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Properties and Publishing & Printing businesses.” Mission: “To be a world-class multinational enterprise providing superior returns to our shareholders‚ excellent value for our customers and a rewarding career for our employees.” STRATEGIES F&N existing strategy is differentiation ‚ this is through product innovation (coming up with new products)‚ brand name (Magnolia‚ Seasons‚ 100 plus)‚ distribution channels (the Asian region and also soon the Middle East with its Halal certification)
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UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND LEVEL M MODULE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT & CONTROL ASSIGNMENT CODE: PGBM01 TUTOR: Mr.Sum DUE DATE: 20/01/2012 Return date: 20/01/2012 Assessment weight: 100% of module Outcomes Assessed: All module learning outcomes‚ knowledge and skills‚ are assessed in this assignment. This assessment is in four parts‚ please answer all elements. Please note that this is an individual assignment and the policy of the University on “Policy on Cheating‚ Collusion
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TOPIC SCOPE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY SULOCHANABA S. CHUDASAMA (M.Com.‚ B.Ed.‚ Ph.D.) LECTURER OMVVIM COLLEGE MORBI – 363641 ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATIONS c/o Vaghela Jitubha Kanubha Ram Krishna nagar‚ Shivam park Limbdi. Dis – Surendra nagar Email : Vaghelashivangi@gmail.com (M.NO: 9274030489‚ 97235 61444) Declaration I Chudasama Sulochanaba Sahdevsinh‚ here by declare that this paper is my research paper and about that its my responsibility
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Chapter 1 An Overview of Financial Management Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: ◆ Identify the three main forms of business organization and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each one. ◆ Identify the primary goal of the management of a publicly held corporation‚ and understand the relationship between stock prices and shareholder value. ◆ Differentiate between what is meant by a stock’s intrinsic value and its market
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16 SBUs operating over 4 major geographical market segments:- 2.0 Internal Analysis 2.1 Financial Analysis (Appendix A‚ B‚ C) 1. Profitability Net profit margin is keep going up from year 2007 until 2010. Unstable return on equity and return on capital from year 2007 until 2010. 2. Efficiency Debtor turnover increase from 24 days to 30 days. Unstable creditor turnover day due to financial crisis at the year 2008 and 2009. Inventory turnover increase from 7.69days until 9.7 days. 3
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1. Framework A. Identification of the risk Financial Risk There are three kinds of financial risk: market risk‚ liquidity risk and credit risk. Market Risk Price Risk The risk of a decline in the value of a security or a portfolio. Interest Rate Risk The risk that the value of an investment will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates. Example Dexia had a great interest rate risk. They had a lot of mortgage loans (long term). They financed the long term liabilities
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Chapter 10 The Cost of Capital Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: Explain what is meant by a firm’s weighted average cost of capital. Define and calculate the component costs of debt and preferred stock. Explain why the cost of debt is tax adjusted and the cost of preferred is not. Explain why retained earnings are not free and use three approaches to estimate the component cost of retained earnings. Briefly explain the two alternative approaches
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TUTORIAL WEEK 13 – MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICES QUESTION 1. The conditions under which a firm sells its goods and services for cash or credit are called the: a) terms of sale. b) credit analysis. c) collection policy. d) payables policy. 2. The basic factors to be evaluated in the credit evaluation process‚ the five Cs of credit‚ are: a) conditions‚ character‚ capital‚ control‚ and capacity b) capital‚ collateral
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