EconomicThis document has been made available on www.actuaries.org.uk with the permission of the Society of Actuaries‚ Schaumburg‚ Illinois. Copyright 2008. Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Version 1.5 March 2004 Specialty Guide on Economic Capital Section I. II. Page FOREWORD...................................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW .........................................................
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Capital structure describes how a corporation has organized its capital—how it obtains the financial resources with which it operates its business. Businesses adopt various capital structures to meet both internal needs for capital and external requirements for returns on shareholders investments. As shown on its balance sheet‚ a company’s capitalization is constructed from three basic blocks: Long-term debt. By standard accounting definition‚ long-term debt includes obligations that are not
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11 Allocation of Joint Costs and Accounting for By-Product/Scrap Objectives After completing this chapter‚ you should be able to answer the following questions: LO.1 LO.2 LO.3 LO.4 LO.5 How are the outputs of a joint process classified? What management decisions must be made before beginning a joint process? How is the joint cost of production allocated to joint products? How are by-product and scrap accounted for? How should not-for-profit organizations account for the cost of a joint activity?
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The Basics of Capital Budgeting Integrated Case Study Allied Components Company You recently went to work for Allied Components Company‚ a supplier of auto repair parts used in the after-market with products from Daimler‚ Chrysler‚ Ford‚ and other automakers. Your boss‚ the chief financial officer (CFO)‚ has just handed you the estimated cash flows for two proposed projects. Project L involves adding a new item to the firm’s ignition system line; it would take some time to build up the
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Capital Punishment: Its Pros‚ Cons‚ and Effectiveness Within the United States I. Introduction This study looks to explore how capital punishment has had a positive or negative affect on our justice system. Some states enforce capital punishment within their state lines‚ and some do not. However‚ the states that do enforce it hardly ever do so‚ only in some rare instances. Crimes rates in the states vary with some being high and others remaining at a steady rate. Its no question that the
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117 Capital Market - Clearing and Settlement IS M R Capital Market - Clearing and Settlement Introduction The transactions in secondary market pass through three distinct phases‚ viz.‚ trading‚ clearing and settlement. While the stock exchanges provide the platform for trading‚ the clearing corporation determines the funds and securities obligations of the trading members and ensures that the trade is settled through exchange of obligations. The clearing banks and the depositories provide
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assignment should be submitted on Blackboard. No late assignment will be accepted. Enjoy the problems! Capital Budgeting The C & S Company manufactures ice-cream bars. They are considering the purchase of a new machine that will top the bar with high quality chocolate. The cost of the machine is $900‚000; it has a life of 10 years and the company will have to increase its net working capital by $20‚000 to use it. The machine can produce up to 1‚000‚000 ice-cream bars annually. The marketing director
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College Cost Crisis September 4‚ 2003 A Congressional Analysis of College Costs and Implications for America’s Higher Education System by: Rep. John A. Boehner (R-OH)‚ Chairman‚ U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce & Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA)‚ Chairman‚ U.S. House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness Table of Contents Introduction and Key Findings Part One: The Federal Investment in Higher Education Part Two: Historical Perspective on College Cost Increases
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Capital Budget Project HCS/571 November 26‚ 2012 Capital Budget Project Introduction The amount of money that can be borrowed has many entities and factors that influence the capital budget of the hospital (Cleverly‚ Song‚ & Cleverly). The Allen Pavilion of NY Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) is projecting that the purchase of an MRI machine for their facility will be a venture worth pursuing. The growth and demand of the small community of
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trends in the capital structure of India Inc. are as follows: Key observations: * Indian corporate employ substantial amount of debt in their capital structure in terms of the debt-equity ratio as well as total debt to total assets ratio. * As a result of debt-dominated capital structure‚ the Indian corporate are exposed to a very high degree of total risk as reflected in high degree of operating leverage and financial leverage and‚ consequently‚ are subject to a high cost of financial
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