Arab British Academy for Higher Education UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX THE ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL 10/09/10-04:05:28 The Effect of Applying Fair Value on the Financial Statements of UK Leading Companies By Bassam Kazmouz 0948799 Supervisor Dr Robert Wearing September 2010 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE (MSC) www.abahe.co.uk Arab British Academy for Higher Education TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction
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Current Ratio * A liquidity ratio that measures a company’s ability to pay short term obligations. Current Ratio 2011 Current Assets Current Liabilities 35‚343‚809 35‚774‚652 =0.99 The ratio of 0.99: 1 means that for every ringgit of current liabilities‚ Hwa Tai has RM0.99 of current assets. Current Ratio 2010 Current Assets Current Liabilities 36‚746‚539 37‚634‚489 =0.98 * The ratio of 0.98 : 1 means that for every ringgit of current
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Questions Instructor: Professor Edward H. Chow 周行一 Case study: financial bubble Case: Trouble with a bubble (9-808-067) 1. Why did Irving Fisher believe that stock prices had reached a permanently high plateau? 2. Why did the stock market crash in 1929? 3. Why did influential individuals like Fisher‚ Keynes and Rockefeller believe that the downturn would only be temporary? Case study: investment banking business and global financial crisis Case: Investment banking in 2008 (A): Rise and fall
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International Macroeconomics …London………………… Assignment X Oral Presentation □ Exam □ 1. Title: International Macroeconomics- Was faulty monetary policy responsible for the 2007 US subprime financial crisis? I hereby declare that the attached assignment is my own work and understand that if I am suspected of plagiarism or other form of cheating; my work will be referred to the Disciplinary Committee which may result in my exclusion from
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Case 3 – New Century Financial Corporation 1. Describe and evaluate New Century’s business model? New Century Financial Corporation‚ headed by founders Brad Morrice‚ Edward Gotschall‚ and Robert‚ was a firm which specialized in subprime mortgages. The company originated‚ sold‚ and serviced subprime home mortgage loans. New Century was structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and was composed of two operating divisions. The Wholesale Loan Division‚ known as New Century
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QUESTION 1 i. Current Ratio = Current Assets/Current Liability = $ 14‚651‚000/$ 19‚639‚000 = 0.750 ii. Quick Ratio = (Current Assets – Inventory) / Current Liability = ($ 14‚651‚000 – $ 6‚136‚000) / $ 19‚539‚000 = 0.436 iii. Total Assets Turnover = Sales/Total Assets = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 108‚615‚000 = 1.540 iv. Inventory Turnover = COGS/Inventory = $ 117‚910‚000/$ 6‚136‚000 = 19.216 v. Receivable Turnover = Sales/Account Receivables = $ 167‚310‚000/$ 5‚473
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TATA Consultancy Services‚ Beating the U.S Financial Crisis 2008 The American market is the hunting-ground for the Indian software companies. Most of its jobs are from the market of U.S. The subprime crisis and the subsequent freezing of purchase decisions in the U.S have brought home to the Indian information technology service (ITS) companies the recklessness of depending almost entirely on that one market. India’s top five ITS companies – TCS‚ Infosys‚ Wipro‚ Satyam and HCL Tech – collectively
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INTRODUCTION The global financial crisis‚ brewing for a while‚ really started to show its effects in the middle of 2007 and into 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out‚ and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with rescue packages to bail out their financial systems. On the one hand many people are concerned that those responsible for the financial problems are the ones being bailed
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The Inside Job - Sub Prime Crisis Sub Prime Crisis was the financial crisis which hit the global markets in 2008. This was caused in general because of subprime loans being given out by banks w/o working out the due diligence required to check the credibility of the borrowers. The key cause of the subprime crisis was the instability of the derivatives market. Prior to the housing bubble‚ there was widespread initiative to regulate the derivatives market so as to bring the stability necessary
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