Archive for July, 2007
REIT Managers Pushing For Relaxation Of Rules
Let’s hope that our REIT managers have their following wishes come true when they push for changes in the government legislation in the forthcoming budget:
A more liberated equity holding in REIT so as to allow foreign partners to set up REIT companies. Currently, there was a 49% restriction on foreign shareholders and minimum 30% [...]
July 27, 2007
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Time-The Critical Factor In Credit Control/Management
Needless to say that when debtors are not paying us on time, we need to raise our alertness level as this can ultimately lead to a future bad debt.
So what might be some of the warning signs of a future bad debt?
Some examples are as follows:
longer credit terms taken with approval, particularly for smaller orders
use [...]
July 27, 2007
Tags: Credit control, Credit management Posted in: CREDIT MANAGEMENT/CONTROL No Comments
Top Fifty Metropolitan Areas In India
The data below might be useful to readers who are in the midst of venturing to India and need a quick snapshot of the biggest cities in India.
Rank
City
State
Population
1
Mumbai(
Bombay)
Maharashtra
20,426,991
2
Delhi
Delhi
18,031,488
3
Kolkata(
Calcutta)
West Bengal
14,911,823
4
Chennai(
Madras)
Tamil Nadu
7,066,778
5
Bangalore
Karnataka
6,255,256
6
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
6,112,250
7
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
5,360,238
8
Pune
Maharastra
4,878,283
9
Kanpur
Uttar Pradesh
3,329,339
10
Surat
Gujarat
3,092,478
11
Jaipur
Rajasthan
2,926,915
12
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
2,845,253
13
Nagpur
Maharastra
2,485,915
14
Patna
Bihar
2,386,843
15
Indore
Madhya Pradesh
1,944,464
16
Meerut
Uttar Pradesh
1,723,065
17
Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh
1,677,896
18
Vadodara(
Baroda)
Gujarat
1,641,566
19
Ludhiana
Punjab
1,624,767
20
Bhubaneshwar
Orissa
1,608,507
21
Coimbatore
Tamil Nadu
1,590,568
22
Agra
Uttar Pradesh
1,585,555
23
Nashik
Maharashtra
1,576,651
24
Kochi (
Cochin)
Kerala
1,490,882
25
Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
1,462,355
26
Varanasi(
Benares)
Uttar Pradesh
1,460,731
27
Rajkot
Gujarat
1,364,432
28
Madurai
Tamil Nadu
1,314,074
29
Asansol
West Bengal
1,260,695
30
Jabalpur
Madhya Pradesh
1,228,866
31
Allahabad
Uttar Pradesh
1,216,837
32
Jamshedpur
Jharkand
1,211,932
33
Dhanbad
Jharkand
1,170,742
34
Amritsar
Punjab
1,158,601
35
Aurangabad
Maharastra
1,114,918
36
Vijayawada
Andhra Pradesh
1,112,219
37
Mysore
Karnataka
1,103,552
38
Srinagar
Jammu and Kashmir
1,068,446
39
Solapur
Maharashtra
1,064,935
40
Bhilai
Chhattisgarh
1,061,535
41
Ranchi
Jharkhand
1,014,718
42
Thiruvananthapuram (
Trivandrum)
Kerala
1,008,862
43
Guwahati
Assam
989,240
44
Chandigarh
Chandigarh
971,947
45
Kozhikode (
Calicut)
Kerala
968,143
46
Gwalior
Madhya Pradesh
958,764
47
Salem
Tamil Nadu
956,329
48
Tiruchirapalli
Tamil Nadu
931,803
49
Jalandhar
Punjab
911,781
50
Bareilly
Uttar Pradesh
875,165
[extracted from [...]
July 25, 2007
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Systematic, Unsystematic Risk & Beta
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In earlier article on CAPM, we noted the term systematic risk and beta. This article elaborates further on these terms.
Looking at the following relation of risk:
Total risk = systematic + unsystematic risk
Systematic risk is market related risk or non-diversifiable risk which is due to economy [...]
July 23, 2007
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Listing Of Technical Summaries Of IFRS & IAS
Append below a table listing the techncal summaries of IFRS & IAS.
IFRS
Listing Of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) at 1/1/2007:-
IFRS 1
First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards
IFRS 2
Share-based Payment
IFRS 3
Business Combinations
IFRS 4
Insurance Contracts
IFRS 5
Non-current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
IFRS 6
Exploration [...]
July 22, 2007
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Is Your Company A Going Concern Outfit?
As an accountant, one of the basic fundamental convention we alway adhere to is the going concern concept. How then can we see tell-tales of your company not as a going concern outfit?
Some indications and tell-tales are:
loan repayments are falling due in the near future and refinancing facilities are not immediately available
high or increasing [...]
July 20, 2007
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Capital Asset Pricing Model(CAPM)
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Capital Asset Pricing Model is merely a theoretical construct developed by William Sharpe and John Lintner wherein a security’s return is directly related to its systematic risk that is, the component of risk which cannot be neutralized through diversification.(example major political, economic and social phenomena)
The [...]
July 20, 2007
Tags: CAPM, CAPM Model Posted in: Personal Finance No Comments
