A company agrees to pay ¥10,000,000 for a shipment from Japan. At the time the purchase order is placed the exchange rate is ¥168/US$. At the time of payment the exchange rate is ¥163/US$. What is the net effect on the dollar cost of the shipment if the transaction has NOT been hedged?
A company's investment guidelines typically restrict all of the following EXCEPT:
Economists are forecasting a rise in gas prices within the next 3 months. Charged with the task of establishing a risk mitigation approach for the company, the CRO has determined that the company has considerable exposure to fluctuations in gas prices. In coming to this conclusion, the CRO:
When a buyer receives goods, but payment is not due to the supplier until some later date, this is defined as:
Company XYZ offers a retirement plan wherein the value of the plan’s assets and liabilities is measured separately. The plan’s funding and valuation can have a significant impact on the financial condition of the company. Company ABC offers a retirement plan wherein the amount owed to the participants at retirement is based solely on the account balance at the time of withdrawal with participants often bearing the responsibility for managing the investments in their account. Which of the following BEST describes the above two retirement plans and which act governs them?
Which of the following techniques would MOST accurately predict a company's daily cash position?
The Cash Manager of ABC Logistics, Inc. sets a daily cash position by noon. All departments have been given an 11 a.m. cut-off for presenting wire requests and 2 p.m. for ACH requests. A wire request came in at 3:30 p.m. to make an insurance premium payment, in order to receive a discount. What liquidity reserve requirement is impacted?
A newly hired Treasurer must establish the organizational structure of the treasury department for ABC Corporation which is a publicly traded multinational organization with sales offices in over 50 countries. There are limited opportunities for trading and hedging activity. The first challenge is to identify the most appropriate structure for the treasury group that will provide control, visibility, economies of scale, and lower operating expenses. What structure should be chosen?
A manufacturing company's long-term capital structure is 30% debt and 70% equity, its cost of equity is 10%, its average cost of debt is 8%, and the marginal tax rate is 34%. If the company has invested total capital of $567,865 in its production unit and the unit's operating profit is $79,856, what is the economic value added (EVA) of the unit?
Senior management at ABC Company plans to make a large capital expenditure to bolster its infrastructure exactly one year from now. Their primary concern is to preserve the current capital position until the expected cash outlay. The majority of the cash at ABC Company is held in treasury notes, but management would like to also invest some of the money into corporate bonds and money market funds. Which investment objective BEST suits the needs of ABC Company?