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• Application of option pricing to valuation of firms
• 02 Nov 2009
• Cost of capital, gearing and CAPM
• 02 Nov 2009
• Testing, testing - one, two, three
• 13 Oct 2009
• The risks of uncertainty
• 01 Oct 2009
• Cost of capital, gearing and CAPM
• 01 Oct 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 9
• 01 Sep 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 8
• 25 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 7
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 3
• 24 Aug 2009
• Focus on PER - PO 2
• 24 Aug 2009
• Working best with a mentor
• 24 Aug 2009
• Grade 'A' Rap
• 21 Aug 2009
• How to prepare a good Oxford Brookes University BSc Research and Analysis Project
• Focus on PER: P0 6
• 07 Apr 2009
• Use Information and Communications Technology - achieve this Performance Objective
• Being an angel
• 11 Mar 2009
• Peter Atrill looks at the role that business angels play in providing finance, the way in which they approach making an investment, and the financial and non-financial returns that may be expected
• Toxic Assets
• 07 Jan 2009
• How lenders set their rates
• 19 Aug 2008
• Bob Ryan, examiner for Paper P4, explores how lenders decide the rate they charge against loans
• Business failure
• 07 Jul 2008
• Michael Pogue, assessor for Paper P5, discusses the various failure prediction models - relevant to ACCA Qualification Papers P4 and P5
• Modified internal rate of return
• 28 Apr 2008
• Examiner for Paper P4, Bob Ryan, investigates an even better measure which keeps the benefits of internal rate of return without the drawbacks
• Economic value added
• 15 Oct 2007
• Examiner for Paper P5 Shane Johnson and Matt Bamber outline the advantages of an economic value added approach to performance measurement
• Making the right choice
• 01 Aug 2007
• ACCA qualifications development manager Gareth Owen provides guidance on making an informed choice about the Options papers you choose to study for the ACCA Qualification
• Mind the gap
• 27 Apr 2007
• Gareth Owen, ACCA qualifications development manager, provides guidance for students transferring to the new ACCA Qualification in August 2007
• Experience transfer
• 27 Feb 2007
• Guidance on what you can do in preparation to transfer to the practical experience requirements
• Economic value added and its alternatives
• 01 Jun 2006
• Steve Weaver outlines the requirements for a system of metrics and reviews some current contenders
• The risk and return relationship part 1 - portfolio theory
• 01 May 2004
• In the first of two articles, Patrick Lynch looks at the reasons why investors establish portfolios
• The risk and return relationship part 2 - CAPM
• 01 May 2004
• Patrick Lynch's second article explores the use of the capital asset pricing model as he explains that the key to applying CAPM is the preparation of an alpha table to help identify the largest positive alpha value
• A question of values
• 01 Oct 2001
• Steve Jay discusses the metrics drawn heavily from the traditional financial management and management accounting theory

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