FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (FIN5FMA)‚ SEMESTER 2‚ 2014 – ASSIGNED QUESTIONS FOR TUTORIAL 1 This assigned tutorial work is taken from Chapter 1 of Fundamentals of Financial Management 13th Edition‚ Brigham and Houston (2013). Question 1-3 Suppose three honest individuals gave you their estimates of Stock X’s intrinsic value. One is your current roommate‚ the second is a professional security analyst with an excellent reputation on Wall Street‚ and the third is Company X’s CFO. If the three estimates
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1. What three trends affect business management in general and financial management in particular? ANSWER: 1.The increased globalization of business 2. Ever-improving information technology 3. Corporate governance or the way the top managers operate and interface with stockholders. 2. What’s the difference between a stock’s current market price and its intrinsic value? ANSWER: Market price is based on perceived but possibly incorrect
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Part A There are three main areas of decision making for the corporate financial manager: Investment: The choice of projects or assets in which to invest company funds. Competing alternatives have to be assessed using a number of techniques. This type of decision will also be of concern to the private individual when making choices about which shares to buy. Finance: How these investments should be financed. It is necessary to evaluate the possible sources‚ external and internal‚ and the effect
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in the management of the firm. 3. In a corporation‚ what group has the ultimate responsibility for protecting and managing the stockholders’ interests? Board of directors 4. What document is necessary to form a corporation? Articles of incorporation 5. What issue does agency theory examine? Why is it important in a public corporation rather than in a private corporation? It examines the relationship between the owners of the firm and the managers of the firm. Management in privately
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Financial Management APC308 Individual assignment Weighting – 100% of the marks for this module This is an individual assignment of about 3‚000 words. Requirements: You are the senior financial manager in a large listed company‚ Carr plc. The directors of the company have identified a potential project‚ which they hope will be successful in increasing the wealth of the shareholders. The project will involve the purchase of new machinery costing £120 million with a life of
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marks deduction. QUESTIONS: 1. The person generally directly responsible for overseeing the tax management‚ cost accounting‚ financial accounting‚ and data processing functions is the: a. treasurer. b. director. c. controller. d. chairman of the board. e. chief executive officer. 2. The person generally directly responsible for overseeing the cash and credit functions‚ financial planning‚ and capital expenditures is the: a. treasurer. b. director. c. controller. d. chairman
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Multinational Management of Working Capital MNCs tie up funds when investing in their working capital‚ which includes short term assets such as inventory‚ accounts receivable‚ and cash. They attempt working capital management by maintaining sufficient short-term assets to support their operations. Yet‚ they do not want to invest excessively in short-term assets because these funds might be put to better use. The management of working capital is more complex for MNCs that have foreign subsidiaries
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MODULE II Capital structure-theories of capital structure – MM model‚ incentive issues and agency cost; financial signaling; Capitalization-under capitalization –over capitalization-capital gearing Leverage – operating leverage-financial leverage Cost –volume- profit analysis PREPARED BY MRS. REKHA VENUGOPAL Capital structure In order to run and manage a company funds are needed. Right from the promotional stage
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Business firms exist because they satisfy a human need by providing a product or service. No business firm can be established without sufficient financing. The owner(s) therefore put personal loans they have entered into‚ and/or their hard-earned savings‚ at stake to partially finance the firm. The owner’s or owners’ contribution is referred to as owners’ equity. Normally‚ owners’ equity is not sufficient Borrowed funds (loans) have to be repaid through
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customers and projects with his loan application. He also included a list of current receivables. Gupta told the loan officer that he had monitored his firm’s financial status closely and that he had financial reports prepared every six months. He said that the would send a copy to the bank. In addition‚ he was willing to file a personal financial statement with the bank. Question: 1. Prepare your recommendation on Agarwal Cast Company Caselet 2 This case has been framed in order to test the skills
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