Archive for March, 2008
Analyzing A Company’s Performance
In the analyzing annual reports category, I have also included many articles on ratio analysis,etc for financial expertise to review/analyse the performance of an entity.
In addition to this ratio analysis, we should also look at broadly the following four(4) segments/spectrum so as to be able to adequately  conclude on the entity’s performance:
Industry analysis
Business analysis
Management quality
Financial analysis
In the Industry analysis, we should [...]
March 31, 2008
Posted in: INTERPRETATION:ANNUAL REPORTS 
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An Example On How To Compute The Working Capital Requirements
In earlier articles, we learned about cash conversion cycle and other working capital management techniques.
Below is a simple illustration on how to compute the working capital requirement and a few suggestion to improve the computed amount:-
Let’s have say Division A in Company ABC Ltd plans to launch a new product. The plan [...]
March 29, 2008
Tags: How to, WORKING CAPITAL, working capital requirements Posted in: Accounting Questions, WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT No Comments
Role Of Treasury:Holding The Right Quantum Of Cash
One of the role of Treasury is to ensure the right quantum of cash/liquidity to hold. So what really is the right quantum of cash to hold? The obvious answer would simply be the amount needed to pay today’s debt which is aided by deploying advanced technology like money wires, electronic wire transfer/computerization to pay [...]
March 28, 2008
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Typical Role Of Manager- Corporate Strategy
Normally, in the Finance’s Organization Chart, we might see but quite rarely the post of Manager for Corporate strategy reporting to the CFO.
As this post is quite crucial to the company’s business growth, it will normally be directly reporting to the senior management
So what does normally this role entails
Append below perhaps are some of the [...]
March 27, 2008
Posted in: FINANCE ROLE, Financial Strategy No Comments
Branding & Expanding Overseas
As discussed, two of the main agenda in any Board Meeting should at least include branding as a strategy to boost sales and strategizing to go overseas for business expansion.
A good example is the recent announcement by F& N’s CEO Tan Ang Meng pertaining to the aforesaid two subjects:
Branding:
to consolidate their products under one F&N [...]
March 27, 2008
Posted in: Branding, Financial Strategy No Comments
Guarantor/Guarantee
There is a very familiar term often heard which is ” guarantor”
Extracted from www.bankinginfo.com.my are interesting salient points noted on this topic on guarantor:
(a) What really is a guarantee:
it is a legal contract that binds you to pay the debt of the borrower if the borrower fails to do so. The financial instituation can sue [...]
March 27, 2008
Posted in: Malaysia, Treasury Terms No Comments
Top 10 predictions for the Malaysia ICT Market for 2008
The following are IDC’s top 10 predictions for the Malaysia ICT market for 2008. [ IDC is the leading provider of data-driven research and analysis in the Asia Pacific region
1. IT Spending Will No Longer Show a Double-Digit Growth in 2008
IDC predicts that IT spending will grow between 6% to 8% in 2008, compared [...]
March 25, 2008
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