• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free ACCA & CIMA online courses from OpenTuition

Free Notes, Lectures, Tests and Forums for ACCA and CIMA exams

  • ACCA
  • CIMA
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Books
  • Forums
  • Ask AI
  • Search
  • Register
  • Login
  • ACCA Forums
  • Ask ACCA Tutor
  • CIMA Forums
  • Ask CIMA Tutor
  • FIA
  • OBU
  • Buy/Sell Books
  • All Forums
  • Latest Topics

June 2025 ACCA Exams

How was your exam? Comments & Instant poll >>

20% off ACCA & CIMA Books

OpenTuition recommends the new interactive BPP books for September 2025 exams.
Get your discount code >>

Question Do-it-Yourself Pilot Paper

Forums › Ask ACCA Tutor Forums › Ask the Tutor ACCA AFM Exams › Question Do-it-Yourself Pilot Paper

  • This topic has 12 replies, 5 voices, and was last updated 9 years ago by John Moffat.
Viewing 13 posts - 1 through 13 (of 13 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • April 26, 2015 at 12:43 pm #242787
    at800
    Member
    • Topics: 29
    • Replies: 32
    • ☆☆

    Dear Sir,
    The answer includes the following statement regarding issuance of bonds in China:
    “However, as with any emerging market, there are risks associated with inward investment and capital entry.”

    What is meant by this?

    Why this has been mentioned regarding the issuance of bonds in China?

    I don’t see the direct relationship between issuance of bonds in China and “inward investment and capital entry” themselves.

    Please clarify.

    April 26, 2015 at 3:28 pm #242813
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    It is not to do with the bonds.

    The company is considering major expansion into China (and the bonds in part (a) are an issue in the US not in China).
    Major investment in China will be inward investment and capital entry.

    April 26, 2015 at 3:28 pm #242814
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    It is not to do with the bonds.

    The company is considering major expansion into China (and the bonds in part (a) are an issue in the US not in China).
    Major investment in China will be inward investment and capital entry.

    April 27, 2015 at 10:42 am #242909
    at800
    Member
    • Topics: 29
    • Replies: 32
    • ☆☆

    Thank you very much.

    P.S. The issue of bonds in China is also mentioned later in the answer, but the implications are clear: the same transaction costs and higher cost of debt.

    April 27, 2015 at 11:45 am #242919
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    You are welcome 🙂

    October 25, 2015 at 4:58 pm #278887
    michelletongsy
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 3
    • ☆

    Dear sir, why answer has to find the keg and ungear it to find the ke u? Why can’t I use the WACC formula WACC = ke u + ( 1- Dt/ e+d ) work backwards and obtain the keu from there?

    October 25, 2015 at 6:50 pm #278911
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    You can, and it will give the same result.

    October 29, 2015 at 5:00 pm #279552
    michelletongsy
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 3
    • ☆

    Sir , could you please demonstrate the answer using the WACC formulae because the answer I got is different. Thank you very much .

    October 29, 2015 at 5:34 pm #279568
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    I am really sorry but I answered your previous question too quickly and had not read it properly (I was tired when I replied and I apologise 🙁 )

    I have no idea where you have got the formula you have quoted from – it is not the formula for the WACC.

    Usually you have two choices – you either use the formula for gearing/ungearing the cost of equity (as in this question), or you use the formula for gearing/ungearing the beta (and from there get the cost of equity).
    Both ways give the same result, and it is very unusual for the MM proposition formula to be needed. This is the only question I can remember where you actually needed to use it.

    Sorry again for confusing you.

    November 19, 2015 at 11:08 pm #284064
    Anna
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 6
    • ☆

    In Do-it-yourself Q the current debt is the “10 year syndicated loan of 0.5bn due for retirement in 3 years.”
    in solution the currect finance structure indicates the 3 year loan of 0.5bn.
    1) Why 3y and not 10y?
    2) Has the syndicated loan any meaning in this Q?

    IN AWP Co Q when calculating the Issue bond price for every year the different, specified spot yield was used.
    2) WHy if there is 3 year bond we do not take the spot yield for 3rd year? In Do-it-yourself Q only one rate was chosen.

    November 20, 2015 at 9:12 am #284111
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    Although the current loan was initially for 10 years, there is only 3 years left for it to run.

    In Do it yourself we are calculating the current rate (given there are three years remaining) in AQP we are calculating the issue price.

    February 23, 2016 at 4:35 am #301629
    Israr
    Member
    • Topics: 0
    • Replies: 1
    • ☆

    Question Do-it-Yourself Pilot Paper answer where can I found.

    February 23, 2016 at 8:20 am #301651
    John Moffat
    Keymaster
    • Topics: 57
    • Replies: 54684
    • ☆☆☆☆☆

    I think the ACCA have removed it from their website, but it should be in your Revision Kit.

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 13 posts - 1 through 13 (of 13 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Log In

Primary Sidebar

Donate
If you have benefited from our materials, please donate

ACCA News:

ACCA My Exam Performance for non-variant

Applied Skills exams is available NOW

ACCA Options:  “Read the Mind of the Marker” articles

Subscribe to ACCA’s Student Accountant Direct

ACCA CBE 2025 Exams

How was your exam, and what was the exam result?

BT CBE exam was.. | MA CBE exam was..
FA CBE exam was.. | LW CBE exam was..

Donate

If you have benefited from OpenTuition please donate.

PQ Magazine

Latest Comments

  • John Moffat on Activity Based Costing part 1 – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • Shabi on Activity Based Costing part 1 – ACCA Performance Management (PM)
  • Ark1 on Variance Analysis (part 4) – ACCA Management Accounting (MA)
  • EricObi on IAS 37 – Best estimate – ACCA Financial Reporting (FR)
  • Ken Garrett on The nature and structure of organisations – ACCA Paper BT

Copyright © 2025 · Support · Contact · Advertising · OpenLicense · About · Sitemap · Comments · Log in