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 [...]

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 [...]

Escrow

Another common term used in debt financing is the “escrow”. Here it relates to cash,securities or other valuable instruments that are held by a third party to ensure that the obligations under a contract are discharged. By doing so,the third party’s risk is being mitigated. This is commonly used in infrastructure projects like [...]

Note Issuance Facility (NIF)

Note Issuance facility is merely a method of financing that involves repeat issues of a short term debt instrument to the most competitive bidder through auctions.

When combined with a Revolving Underwriting Facility (RUF i.e. an underwriting facility which is extended in every round of fund-raising),the issue will devolve on the underwriter,if the [...]

Hypothecation

In debt financing,we often hear the term “hypothecation of xx”.

Hypothecation simply refers to the pledging of assets as security for the funds borrowed.

A typical example is the bank lending working capital which involves a hypothecation of INVENTORIES and BOOK DEBTS.  In this case,the current assets still remain with the borrower but [...]