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*** December 2021 ACCA AFM exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA AFM Advanced Financial Management Forums › *** December 2021 ACCA AFM exam – Instant Poll and comments ***

  • This topic has 57 replies, 26 voices, and was last updated 3 years ago by Marron26.
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  • December 10, 2021 at 9:30 am #643112
    opentuition_team
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    How was your December 2021 ACCA AFM exam?

    Vote in the Instant Poll


    December 10, 2021 at 3:58 pm #643731
    Narisha
    Member
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    Not a bad paper. Ran out of time

    December 10, 2021 at 4:14 pm #643735
    lia4
    Participant
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    Does somebody remember any of your answers to crosscheck?
    Don’t know if it’s a good idea as nothing can be done now but still…

    December 10, 2021 at 4:42 pm #643741
    suneer
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    9am -12pm

    Q1 –
    Reasons for unsuccessful acquisition and methods for resolving this (in given case)
    -Estimation of value per share of target company before acquisition
    – Estimation of number of shares to issued against share for share purchase
    -Percentage gain for shareholders of each entity
    -Likely reactions of shareholders of each entity
    -If purchase is made through cash then dividends will be reduced from 50% to 10% how shareholders of acquirer are likely to react to this.

    Q2 -Benefits of centralised treasury department
    Interest rate derivatives, FRA, futures, options, A term *Smoothing* was asked for three marks.

    Q3 –
    -NPV calculation with an option to delay
    BSOP input variables
    -use of above information
    -Why NPV and BSPOP value are different, advise financial officer

    13 pm – 16 pm

    Q1-
    Estimate gain to shareholders through cash vs share for share
    Method to value individual and combined- FCF
    Impact of each offer on financial performance and likely reaction of shares
    Ethical issues

    Q2-
    APV calculation
    Advantage of APV
    Factors determining credit rating

    Q3-
    Adv of centralised treasury
    Interest rate risk hedge through FRA futures options
    Interest rate Smoothing

    December 10, 2021 at 4:59 pm #643748
    danny969
    Participant
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    Too close to call. It was mostly direct questions but the first aquisition question was information overload. Could have scored more if I hadn’t kept it for last. The APV and hedging questions were direct but it all hinges on my calculations being error free.
    I feel like I’m going to get somewhere between 45 and 55.

    December 10, 2021 at 5:01 pm #643749
    JakeDoughty
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    I had the same questions. Did you get a negative NPV and APV?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:03 pm #643750
    JakeDoughty
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    had the same questions. Did you get a negative NPV and APV?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:12 pm #643752
    Scrambledmegs1
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    Negative NPV of about 3m, positive APV of about 12m is what I got

    December 10, 2021 at 5:14 pm #643754
    lia4
    Participant
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    Q1 M&A as described above in the thread
    Q2 Interest Hedge – FRA, Collars, Futures, smoothing
    Q3 NPV/IRR/MIRR

    how do you thiink how many marks can be lost if I put Initial investment in NPV calc to Y1 instead of Y0?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:17 pm #643755
    JakeDoughty
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    I was expecting a positive APV so thougg I had done something wrong. I discounted the cash flows at 12% and finance costs at 8%.

    December 10, 2021 at 5:29 pm #643756
    pmai
    Participant
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    For Q2 which hedging did you find give the highest rate?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:30 pm #643757
    danny969
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    I got negative APV. Please tell me you got the same.

    December 10, 2021 at 5:31 pm #643758
    JakeDoughty
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    Negative NPV about 13m , negative APV about 2m I think. Did you?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:33 pm #643759
    Scrambledmegs1
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    Forward rate was lowest (good) , options was highest (bad)

    December 10, 2021 at 5:33 pm #643760
    JakeDoughty
    Member
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    GRA 6.3, futures 6.31 options 6.6. You?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:34 pm #643761
    Scrambledmegs1
    Member
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    I also discounted the cash flows at 12% but discounted the APV stuff at 3.2%,did you tax your cash flows?

    December 10, 2021 at 5:34 pm #643762
    JakeDoughty
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    But I recommend options as media reported probable reducing rates

    December 10, 2021 at 5:35 pm #643764
    Scrambledmegs1
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    I got the same

    December 10, 2021 at 5:35 pm #643765
    JakeDoughty
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    I couldn’t decide between 8% and base rate, but I think both are acceptable. Yes, taxed tax profits abs calculated tax shields

    December 10, 2021 at 5:40 pm #643766
    Scrambledmegs1
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    Yeah both should be acceptable I wish I’d stated that on my paper haha. And I remember on the APV question that the cash flows were already poat tax but who knows anymore

    December 10, 2021 at 5:45 pm #643768
    danny969
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    JakeDoughty wrote:Negative NPV about 13m , negative APV about 2m I think. Did you?

    Somewhere in the vicinity I think.

    JakeDoughty wrote:GRA 6.3, futures 6.31 options 6.6. You?

    FRA fixes the rate at 5 point something right? I hadn’t revised this part well enough.
    Futures and options effective interest rate were mightily close, with options slightly worse. I’m probably wrong.

    December 10, 2021 at 6:11 pm #643778
    avnish92
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    For the interest rates question did we have to exercise the put option? I found that there was a gain on the FRA, futures and options. Not sure if that’s correct though?

    December 10, 2021 at 6:12 pm #643779
    lia4
    Participant
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    Who got Interest Rate Hedge for Receipt?
    Do you remember your answers? Collars/Futures/FRA

    December 10, 2021 at 6:13 pm #643780
    Leah
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    What did you get when calculating the Estimate gain to shareholders through cash vs share for share?

    December 10, 2021 at 6:18 pm #643782
    pmai
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    I had collar. Could not remember exactly but futures>FRA>collar. Futures and FRA is around 4.1-4.2 and collar around 3.7% Did you get the same?

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