[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

koolp, just focus on ACCA, trust me employer values that more.

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

I failed my OBU too which is a surprise as my mentor said it is possible to get a B.

I disagree with my marker comments.

1. for example : my debt to equity ratio analysis, he/she me expects me to explain where the money come from and why they don’t the company reinvest?

in my defense, it is an explanation why the gearing move from x to y, i have approximately 400 words for each ratio, i can be telling everything grandmother stories. i choose a critical item in that ratio and explain how it impact the ratio movement

2. he/she said “i tend to take paragraphs from study text p1 – p3” which is nonsense unless i’m explaining what is porter 5 forces, which i have too. if i “tend to take paragraphs from textbooks” so flag me for plagiarism than.

3. I also have key industry ratios, i show how foreign exchange movement impact the revenue by quarter trend, how the company consolidate the share and cause the EPS to spike up, apparently it carries no value and i deserve a fail

i don’t know man, as a finance analyst, if my boss ask me to explain how the gearing move from 40% to 10% and said “hey boss, the money comes from your sales n you should invest here, i’m so going to loose my job.” … seriously?

im one paper away from passing my ACCA, after my ACCA, im taking CFA. No thanks OBU is not for me.

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

anton,

try not to be a perfectionist to produce good looking answer & you don’t need to to do a lot of ‘writing calculation’ in your answer script. i believe good answer is well structure and very important, relevant to requirements.

during 15 minutes reading time, you have to calculate a lot of ratios to get the overall picture of the case. than you’ll know which figure is enough to support your argument.

don’t be afraid to spend more than 15 minutes to analyse Q1. I remember on the actual day, when the invigilator said ‘you can start writing’, i still extracting and analyzing Q1. Once I understand what the case i about, my answer flow smoothly.

“Regarding question verbs – I dont see any significant difference between
ACCESS
DISCUSS
EVALUATE
CONSTRUCT THE CASE

In all these you have to present arguments for and against. Do you?”

read the requirement. does question ask for for and against?

Normally it will be super specific :
Analyse how process Y would have addressed the problems in the project X above.

Imagine a client ask you, “hey, if my company implement this process Y, how does it solve problems I faced in project Y”

Than you shall:
1. find out what is the problems in project X
2. how process Y will minimize, solve, avoid, mitigate the problems in project X. it will be super specific to case study.

Don’t describe the process Y, don’t give for and against, don’t give advantages or disadvantages. I imagine client won’t be so happy to pay you if you do that 🙂

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

you are welcome!

Don’t disregard your 4 professional marks.

Don’t waste time repeating the case study, i found myself trying to be a perfectionist and reiterate part of the case study before making my points. There is no time for that. The marker knows the case study very well. Every sentence should be your opinion and your critical analysis on the case study using appropriate business model, if applicable and must be value added.

good luck!

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

yes, there is changes in tax rates for individual. it is given in the front page of exam paper.

when there is a sale of company shares, find the right valuation of shares (quoted and non-quoted shares have different basis of valuation) acquirer have to pay stamp duty rm3 for every rm1000 sale of shares.

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

P3 is my favorite subject. I’m not familiar with open tuition, can a non-moderator give advice?

Anyway, I used to spend like 2 hours to do Q1 but i keep on practicing, and practicing and than i practice again. Obviously, you need to know your key syllabus very well. pastel, Porter’s, Harmon, BCG

1. Don’t ever attempt to write your answer as perfect as per suggested answer.

2. Read the requirement and break it down to smaller manageable components

Eg: Evaluates the current performance and contribution of A co, B co and C co include position of company in xyz portfolio (15 marks)

15 marks equals to 27 minutes. I would break the question above into A co, B co and C co. and spend 5 marks x 1.8 = 9 minutes each.

A co. (9 minutes!)
simple calculation in simplest table says figure1
market : 2013 x%, 2014 y%, remarks: increase/decrease
A co : 2013 x%, 2014 y%, remarks: increase/decrease

-According to figure 1, market share growing or declining? how much is A % in market share.
-relates to performance eg: they have small share in a declining industry. competing against a multinationals, competitive industry reflected on thin profit margin of 2%
-contribution to xyz : which position in boston box or Ashridge?

that will give you 3 marks in 9 minutes. do the same for co B and C. say you get 10/15 marks that is a cool 67%. once 27 minutes is up, move on. leave some lines just in-case.

3. time management is important. you don’t want to spend 2.5 hours just to get 50 marks in Q1. what are the odds you will get a perfect score? you will win a small battle but will loose the war, thus, failing the exam. what if Q2 and Q3 is something that you can score?

4. make your argument concise. For 1 mark you should be writing about 3 lines. 5 lines above is way too much.

5. select a question, set a timer, and do the question within the mark and time allocation. when i didn’t make it, i read examiner’s answer and examiner’s report. attempt it again within the time frame.

i went through about 10 sittings of past year papers, by the time i sat for the actual exam, it feels like another round of attempting past year papers to me.

good luck guys

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

@trephena .. You’re golden rule is great. it helps me a lot! Thank you for your help. God bless you.

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

Hi, good evening, guys.

Im a bit confused. The golden rule 5 said Designators MUST match.

So for reference as follows :
Bear, B. and Doern, G. (2001). The economic benefits generated by something and something. 28 November 2001. [Online]. Available at: URL (Accessed: 2 September 2015)

Should my in-text citation be
(Bear, B. and Doern, G., 2001)

or

(Bear and Doern, 2001)

i really don’t want to fail over a small detail like commas or initial name 🙁 omg

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

Thank you so much for your prompt reply. God bless you 🙂

[ijustwanttogetthroughthis]

Hi everybody.

I am about to submit for session 31, I was wondering what my file name or label should be. currently my files name as such :
date, my name, company’s name, project file.docx
date, my name, company’s name, SLS.docx,
date, my name, company’s name slides.pptx.
Is this acceptable?

Sorry if this has been mention before. i googled, but i am unable to find information on this matter.

Thank you.

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