National conference on “Emerging Strategies for Sustainable Growth & Competence “ The Impact of Dividend Policy on Shareholders’ Wealth-A study of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) in Sri Lanka Elangkumaran Periyathamby Department of Accountancy Advanced Technological Institute Trincomalee vpelango@yahoo.com Jenitta Jesuthas Navaratnaseelan Department of Accountancy Advanced Technological Institute Trincomalee jenyseelan@gmail.com The impact of firm’s dividend policy on shareholders’ wealth
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The University for business and the professions MSc Degree in Shipping‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Supply Chain‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Energy‚ Trade and Finance Cass Business School Module Code SMM586 Exam title Corporate Finance Full/Part time Date 1st May 2013 Time 10.00 -13.00 Division of Marks: Section A carries 36 marks‚ Section B carries 28 marks and Section C carries 36 marks. Instructions to students: Students should answer TWO questions
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Retained earnings are determined by dividend payout. The spreadsheet sets ROE at 15% for the five years from 2006 to 2010. If Reeby Sports will lose its competitive edge by 2011‚ then it cannot continue earning more than its 10% cost of capital. Therefore ROE is reduced to 10% starting in 2011. The payout ratio is set at .30 from 2006 onwards. Notice that the long-term growth rate‚ which settles in between 2011 and 2012‚ is ROE × ( 1 – dividend payout ratio ) = .10 × (1 - .30) = .07. The spreadsheet
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How Geography Impacts Insurance Industry in Canada By: Gia Nhi Long Student #: 500208078 Professor: Steven Farber Course: Regional Analysis of Canada Course Code: GEO505-011 Date: November 21‚ 2010 Introduction Insurance is a form of risk management primarily used to protect against the risk of the contingent‚ uncertain loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss‚ from one entity to another‚ in exchange for payment (Wikipedia). Insurance is important
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FPL An Overview FPL Group‚ Inc. is Florida’s largest electric utility company. In 1925‚ through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies‚ they formed Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L). FP&L grew steadily over the next 50 years until rising fuel costs‚ operating issues‚ and construction costs began to decrease profitability. In the mid-1980s‚ FPL diversified with four major acquisitions - Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company‚ Telesat Cablevision‚ Inc.‚ CBR Information Group
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Do you believe Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are appropriate? Why or why not? According to the current situation‚ we think Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are not appropriate. capital structure： Blaine is currently over-liquid and under-levered. In this case‚ Blaine’s shareholders are suffering from the effects. Because Blaine is a public company with large portion of its shares held by conservative family members‚ Blaine has huge financial surplus
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CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The owner or shareholder of any business expect their investment to earn a return that reward is expected to be commensurate with the perceived riskiness of the investment. There are many alternative vehicles for the investment of capital‚ so a particular investment often be said to carry an opportunity cost. This is the difference between the actual return forgone from the alternative investment‚ olowe (1997) noted that the maximization of
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Industry has been analyzed using various econometric techniques. It may be concluded that lagged dividend‚ PAT‚ interest are the most important factors affecting dividend decisions of the industry whereas capital expenditure is not. However‚ Target payout ratio of the industry has decreased to 44% in 2005-06 from 71% in 1996-97. The paper may serve as ready reference for future researches in this field of corporate finance vis-à-vis Dividend Decision Policy. Key Words: Dividend Decisions; Lintner
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CORPORATE DIVIDEND PRACTICE One consideration is the desire to have a relatively stable dividend; the second is the desire to pay out‚ in the long run‚ a given fraction of earnings. This fraction is usually referred to as the payout target. These objectives may be conflicting. Earnings tend to fluctuate substantially from year to year. If a corporation routinely paid out a given fraction of those earnings as dividends‚ then the dividend itself would tend to fluctuate drastically from year to year
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stakeholders and capital suppliers have an impact on a firm ’s dividend policy. To test this proposition‚ we use a more direct measure of free cash flow as a way to relate dividends and agency costs and an objective smoothing procedure on the dividend-payout ratios. Our results indicate that an interaction between the dividend and investment policies of a firm does exist. This paper is divided into five parts. In Section I‚ we review the related literature and provide background information on stakeholder
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