AAbout the BAT with Sample Questions Table of Contents Introduction Test Overview Sample Questions Scoring Introduction We are excited about your participation in the Bloomberg Aptitude Test (BAT). The BAT is a global‚ standardized online exam that the Bloomberg Institute has developed in partnership with premier companies‚ university faculty‚ and business professionals around the world. The test is designed for undergraduates and recent graduates who are interested in an entry‐level job in
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Merger Fundamentals Firms sometimes use mergers to expand externally by acquiring control of another firm. The objective for a merger should be to improve the firm’s share value‚ a number of more immediate motivations such as diversification‚ tax considerations‚ and increasing owner liquidity frequently exist. Sometimes mergers are pursued to acquire specific assets owned by the target rather than by a desire to run the target as a going concern. Mergers‚ Consolidations‚ and Holding Companies
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Executive Summary Statement of Problem Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company that owns and manages chains of hospitals on a for-profit basis. HCA is currently facing a complex financial situation with their ratio of debt to total capital approaching 70%‚ as opposed to a target ratio of 60%. While some investors welcome HCA’s more aggressive use of leverage‚ others are worried that HCA’s capital structure could decrease the company’s current A bond
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From the introduction of the first public company by Francis Cabot Lowell in 1814‚ the principal – agent conflict between stockholders and managers has existed. The Greed Cycle offers an exploration and analysis of the agency problems that exist between stockholders and managers as well as some of the mechanisms that have been used to reduce these problems. The following review will highlight the changing nature of the goal of the corporation‚ the relationship between agency problems and the goal
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marking to market (or pure FVA) in times of financial crisis‚ it is less clear that these problems apply to FVA as stipulated by the accounting standards‚ be it IFRS or U.S. GAAP. Third‚ historical cost accounting (HCA) is unlikely to be the remedy. There are a number of concerns about HCA as well and these problems could be larger than those with FVA. Key words: fair value accounting; historical cost accounting; financial crisis 1. Introduction The recent financial crisis has turned the spotlight
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Brink’s Company: Activists push for a spin-of Masters in Finance | Applied Corporate Finance • April 20th 2015 Duarte Marques 989 Mafalda Oom Torres 948 Teresa Botelho Neves 1029 Francisco Vieira de Campos 960 Gonçalo Pereira de Almeida 1034 Nova School of Business and Economics Agenda Executive Summary Industry Overview Brink’s Company Conglomerate Discount Activists Issues being target my activists Brinks is undervalued by the Markets Alternatives to Spin-offs Value created by Spin-offs Valuation
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FINANCE 394.4 – Financial Management of the Small Firm Course Outline –Spring Semester‚ 2011 TTH 8:00-9:30; 9:30-11:00 – UTC 1.104 (Unique #03190‚ #03195) TTH 12:30-2:00 – GSB 3.106 (Unique #03200) Office Hours: TTH 11:00 – 12:15; 2:00-3:00 Professor: Jim Nolen & by appointment Office: GSB 4.126G Phone: 471-5798‚ Fax 471-5073 TAs – Devang Gardi (8:00); Vivek Ponnada (9:30) Peter Song (12 :30) e-mail: james.nolen@mccombs.utexas.edu Office Hours – By Appointment Course Material Posted on
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Mergers and Acquisitions Broc Romanek and Cynthia M. Krus FINANCE 05.09 I Fast track route to mastering mergers and acquisitions I Covers the key areas of M&A‚ from detailing how to structure different types of transactions to meet varying objectives to the history of M&A activity and the impact of the Internet and other new technologies I Examples and lessons from some of the world’s most successful businesses‚ including Daimler-Chrysler‚ Vodaphone-Mannesman and UFJ Bank I Includes a
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following part of the essay will firstly look at different ways in which organization can restructure. The traditional forms of restructuring were through merger and acquisition by inter corporate sell-offs‚ spin-offs‚ Management buyouts or management buy-ins and leveraged buy-outs. These traditional forms of restructuring were aimed to maximize shareholder wealth. However other forms of restructuring exist in the form of rightsizing which includes
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Introduction Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) is a proprietary hospital management company. The company has been following an acquisitive strategy by taking over hospital companies and not-for-profit hospitals. The firm is also considering expanding into new health service areas like home health care and outpatient surgery. The company is at a crossroads with regard to its financial goals; HCA currently faces the likelihood of adverse changes to the Medicare/Medicaid policy which could strain
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