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ACCA FM exam was – September 2021 Exam – Instant Poll and comments

Forums › ACCA Forums › ACCA FM Financial Management Forums › ACCA FM exam was – September 2021 Exam – Instant Poll and comments

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  • September 10, 2021 at 8:01 am #635021
    opentuition_team
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    How was your ACCA FM September 2021 exam?

    Vote in the Instant Poll


    (Comments after 5PM UK)

    September 10, 2021 at 4:49 pm #635330
    hina128
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    h

    September 10, 2021 at 5:06 pm #635338
    jdms1708
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    Mcqs tricky as always -.-

    September 10, 2021 at 5:11 pm #635342
    littlemiss94
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    Did anyone get a lease vs borrowing question in part c. I found that tricky

    September 10, 2021 at 5:11 pm #635343
    syedmushahid
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    MCQS I wonder what examiner thinks before making them ??

    September 10, 2021 at 5:20 pm #635346
    Shebanee
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    I got that question.
    Yes it was tricky.
    I chose the lease option.
    Not sure if it is correct

    September 10, 2021 at 5:36 pm #635354
    Syed Ahsan Ali
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    I had Boumal Model and Miller Orr Model for the first time in Section B. And yeah I was surprised to see them!!!

    September 10, 2021 at 5:42 pm #635355
    NBhinder
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    I did and I did everything wrong…..what was I thinking applying tax on interest, emissions and rentals …….why did I mess it up so bad. Exam pressure…..as soon as I was out of the exam I realised my mistakes ……I did get lease as favourable option though after all the mess.

    September 10, 2021 at 5:43 pm #635356
    Anonymous
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    I had the boumal and miller section b too. Surprised too. Alot of questions on the stock market for the theory questions. A bit defeated. Did anyone have the letter of issuance or something i dont think i ever saw that before?

    September 10, 2021 at 5:46 pm #635358
    mmharis
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    Mcqs were quiet tricky… Though Section C was easy. Got investment appraisal question with ROCE and Working Capital Question with receivable and factor management..!!

    September 10, 2021 at 5:49 pm #635362
    NBhinder
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    Anyone got MV from WACC in section C?

    September 10, 2021 at 5:58 pm #635368
    rhydem
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    Did anyone have the Purchase Vs Lease question?

    I almost missed the “Lessor pays for the Emissions tax”

    September 10, 2021 at 6:04 pm #635370
    littlemiss94
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    I didnt include tax for the lease one did u. It was soo hard. Im sure it was wrong

    September 10, 2021 at 6:06 pm #635371
    tgoddard92
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    MCQ’s very tricky. Lots of uncommon questions on foreign exchange. No annuity and perpetuity questions. Questions C’s were nice – One WACC question and one lease or buy

    September 10, 2021 at 6:07 pm #635372
    littlemiss94
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    And for the wacc one I think mines was around 10%. Does anyone remember theres

    September 10, 2021 at 6:10 pm #635375
    NBhinder
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    For the WACC….I df get 10 percent as well . But why was I reading it again and again that it’s asking to find MV based on WACC and not the other way……still confused

    September 10, 2021 at 6:11 pm #635376
    NBhinder
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    For the WACC….I df get 10 percent as well . But why was I reading it again and again that it’s asking to find MV based on WACC and not the other way……still confused…. Or read it wrong multiple times. Can some one confirm what the question asked?

    September 10, 2021 at 6:12 pm #635377
    littlemiss94
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    For the 6 mark theory wacc question and five growth question I had no idea what to write

    For the lease 4 marks question I said its good to choose leasing because they don’t have to pay emissions tax and with borrowing there gearing would go higher cuz if interest but leasing won’t. Doesn’t sound right but I was soo blank

    September 10, 2021 at 6:19 pm #635381
    rhydem
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    I got it wrong it seems but it seems we should have had Tax saving from WDAs…

    September 10, 2021 at 6:27 pm #635385
    tbmks
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    Agreed, the MCQs were very weird with a lot of stock market theory questions and some things that were probably brought up in MA that I frankly didn’t remember.

    Section B was quite simple, the Miller-ORR and Baumol model questions were easy.

    Section C was NPV but with some twists thrown in (have to take out amortization and depreciation, I did full year capital allowance), and some questions on divisible NPV projects.

    The WACC question was a little weird, the Company has 226 million shares which I thought was quite funny. I think the only issue here was remembering to take out the dividend from the share price.

    Overall the exam was a mixed bag, but I think it is passable.

    September 10, 2021 at 6:50 pm #635390
    jayhelena
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    I found section c ok actually- had the NPV question as per practice, for 12 marks (think there was not that marks as in the past though) – had one about suggesting project appraisals in times of capital rationing- which I admittedly struggled a bit- didn’t expect to have it as a c question
    – Otherwise the paper was loaded with CAPM stuff which I think will pull my mark down– not so confident. Oh and some hairy equity questions

    – The FX stuff I am generally ok with but the terminology in the question startled me a bit, but I thought the questions were a bit unclear maybe even a bit mean- I learnt ‘call and put’ in the studies but they had ‘offer and bid’ – never comes across this in my studying. Then another one is for the hedging option they were using ‘3v6′ and 3v9’ which now I have googled I know what that is. – was this included in other study texts?
    Multiple choice was pretty grizzly I think. A lot of very potential similar answers

    September 10, 2021 at 6:54 pm #635391
    Anonymous
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    I wrote the same for the 2 reasons. I was blank too but hoping to pick up even half of the marks here

    September 10, 2021 at 7:08 pm #635393
    Nicolas
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    Did you add back the research and development cost? $50,000 per year?

    September 10, 2021 at 7:12 pm #635394
    Anonymous
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    Added back the 50,000 per year and did ca in full in year 1 for the machine (600,000). The npv was a huge negative so not sure how it went, it think it is only 5 marks for that part?

    September 10, 2021 at 7:27 pm #635397
    jimagogitidze
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    In C section, question did not ask for company market value calculation, it asked for calculation of Market value WACC. WACC can be calculated either based on book values or market values.
    So, simple WACC calculation based on MV would be sufficient.

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