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Company backgroundIn  early  January  2009,  David  Johnstone  received  the  draft  2008  financial  statements  for  Strong  Tie  and  began to question the company’s performance when compared to previous years. How were profits holding up,  given  the  intense  price  competition  in  the  industry?  Were  ...

ScenarioUsing spreadsheets to solve complex problems is a key competence – in fact a requirement – for many middle management positions in the workplace. Corporate finance provides many opportunities to use MS Excel to solve problems that cannot easily be solved manually. In this assignment, you will use MS Excel to prepare pro forma financial statements and also calculate free cash flow for a multi-year business opportunity. Whil...

Task 1 - Case study 1: Aotearoa InsuranceApply legal obligations in a financial advice situation.  You must submit your work through the assignment submission link in the course. Upload your assignment, then use the ‘Save’ and ‘Submit assessment’ buttons – or we will not receive your assignment. You will get an electronic receipt and your work i...

Case A: Performance and sustainabilityThe assignment considers an analysis of Britvic plc versus AG Barr plc. You are required to submit 2 reports: Case A examining the performance and sustainability of both companies AND Case B dealing with risk and return on equity of both companies. Case A carries 60% of the marks for the assignment and Case B carries 40% of marks for the assignment.There is an absolute word limit of 3,500 words (excluding...

Mortgage Payment Calculation Exercise1. Consider a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for $800,000 at an annual rate of 5%. If the borrower adds $500 on top of the scheduled monthly payment, assuming the annual mortgage rate stays the same during the loan period, in how many years will this mortgage loan be paid off? You must show your calculations or your inputs to Excel or financial calculator or marks will be deducted. 2. ABC Bank has total che...

Task 1: Financial institutions and the tax systemTask 1: Financial institutions and the tax system Sanjay currently earns $95,000 per annum and his total income has exceeded $90,000 for the past two years. He has inherited $50,000 and wants to place the money on term deposit for 12 months. He’s asked you for advice on the range of financial institutions that offer this product. a) To illustrate the range of providers for Sanjay: • Sel...

Retail performance of JD Sports during the Christmas seasonSimilar to other distributors and retailers in the retail business, the core retail performance of JD Sports is extremely seasonal and the most significant period of trade with respect to cash flow, profitability and sales is the Christmas season for sports fashion (Linklaters, 2019). Lower limit of expected performance in this duration can further adversely affect key outcomes for the e...

You are required to produce a report analysing the performance and manner of operations of an organisation / individual in terms their entrepreneurial and / or innovative capability. You will need to choose an entrepreneur / innovator or an organisation that fits those categories. You do not have to choose a famous person or organisation – but you would be wise to choose one where there is a significant quantity of information about their p...

US Car Manufacturers' Structural LimitationsIn 2008, the world economy crashed and so did the “Big Three” US car manufacturers. General Motors (GM) filed for bankruptcy, Ford Corporation reported a $12.7 Billion loss, and later in 2009 Chrysler went into bankruptcy protection. However, their Japanese counterpart, Toyota Motor Company, sustained its leadership in the car industry. Toyota Motor Company considered “this headwind...

Parties to a Lease Transaction: Lessor or LesseeLewis Securities Inc. has decided to acquire a new market data and quotation system for its Richmond home office. The system receives current market prices and other information from several online data services and then either displays the information on a screen or stores it for later retrieval by the firm’s brokers. The system also permits customers to call up current quotes on terminals i...

Problem 1: Valuing the Equity of a Stable-Growth FirmTask: You must show your work in excel worksheet for full credit; showing your work will also ease getting partial credit. I have shown the available points for each problem. Please consolidate your excel files and submit only one workbook with a separate tab for each question. Also do not forget to name the tabs to identify the questions/problems.  For the problems out of the Val...

Cover Page and Reference PageTask: Continue working on the individual case study started in Module 5 of ABC Corporation.  Module 7 and 8 should be used to complete this portion of the case study.A formal, in-depth case study analysis requires you to utilize the entire strategic management process. Assume your group is a consulting team asked by the ABC Corporation to analyze its external/internal environment and make strategic recommenda...

Specifics of the Summative AssessmentThere will be one summative assessment which involves a comprehensive analysis of the financial and non-financial performance of an international organization (of your choice) and its closest competitor. You are required to select an international organization (company A), identify its closest competitor (company B), and analyze their financial performance using ratio analysis. You are then required to summ...

Analysis1. Introduction: Provide a brief and concise introduction of contents of the recommendation report and a highlight of the main recommendations. Outline Coverage. 2. Analysis - Operating Decision: Should Sheffield Limited introduce the ‘Sheffield Soil Test Kit’?  3. Analysis - Investing Decision: Should the capital expenditure proposal to purchase a new machine, Windwhistle model 230E that can double the production capaci...

BackgroundBarry Jazzy is the Managing Director of Jazzy Juice Pty. Ltd. which operates a chain of stores located within major shopping malls. The flagship store is in the Warriewood Shopping Centre on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. The store currently achieves annual sales of $200,000 of fresh fruit juice, $20,000 of canned soft drinks and $15,000 of packaged flavoured milk drinks. Barry is interested in purchasing the Whizzer 2.0 for the War...