A company using open account terms with buyers has experienced the following in its last fiscal year:
* Gross sales increased from $10,000,000 to $11,000,000
* Net revenue decreased from $5,000,000 to $4,000,000
* DSO increased from 45 days to 60 days
What has the company MOST LIKELY discovered?
Pricing distortions, limited risk-sharing options, and capital controls are characteristics of:
A company with a two-person treasury department requires dual-authentication in order for payments to be made through online banking portals. To prevent business disruption when one treasury employee is absent, the remaining treasury employee uses the absent treasury employee's banking log-in and password to release daily payments. In this scenario, the company is exposed to which type of risk?
Which of the following is the MOST accurate statement regarding the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act?
A multinational company is considering a change to several of its international subsidiaries in terms of their banking relationships. The treasurer wants to increase visibility and improve controls globally. A distinct advantage would be to establish security administrators at headquarters and switch all bank users for the company to multi-factor authentication. What will the company need to do in order to implement out-of-band controls and scale this practice for all of its users?
What is the impact, if any, on a company's cash conversion cycle if smart safes are used in all of its retail locations, including those that are remote?
An Australian firm wishes to borrow CAD 100 million for 10 years to fund an investment in Canada that matures in 12 years. The current exchange rate is AUD/CAD 1.25. The company expects to use the annual net profit of CAD 25-50 million to fund its interest and principal payments. In a rising rate environment, the firm is able to lock in a fixed interest rate of 2.95% from its Australian lender. A Canadian lender is willing to provide a floating rate CAD loan at 235 basis points over the Bank of Canada benchmark lending rate of 0.5%, offering an all-in interest rate cap of 6.00% with a 75 bps premium. What should the company do to manage its foreign exchange exposure?
A company has previously incurred heavy FX losses on foreign transactions. How does a company ensure, if at all, it will not incur any loss on a FX conversion of cash flow?
RAL Capital, a lean global financial service provider with revenues of $8 billion, has 10 regional offices located around the world. The RAL global trading groups are structured as profit centers with each center having its own profitability targets. The group’s clients consist of large multinational corporations and financial institutions that require the buying and selling of large amounts of currency. The Treasurer is considering reorganizing his department into a profit center. The group processes millions of transactions every year. What is a downside of this scenario?
A cash manager at a U.S. retailer forecasts a positive collected cash position for the end of the current day. The company has an overdraft facility at 10%, a separate investment account earning 8% before taxes, an earnings credit rate of 8% and an outstanding single payment note at 9.5% maturing in 1 week. This month’s bank service fees are expected to exceed the earnings credit. Which of the following options would be the MOST economically positive for the company?
CT Check Cashing routinely cashes payroll checks from JD Software. Someone presents a fraudulent check from JD Software to CT Check Cashing. The fraudulent item looks virtually identical to JD Software's regular payroll checks. CT Check Cashing pays the person cashing the check the amount for which it is issued. CT Check Cashing later discovers that the check was fraudulent and wants JD Software to reimburse them for the amount of the check. Which of the following statements is correct?
An analyst at XYZ United is in charge of setting up the bank accounts. Fraud is a major concern due to the analyst’s past experience with previous employers. The analyst has estimated that the company will earn 3.7% on surplus cash. Surplus cash must be invested in short-term investment grade investments. The company’s closest competitor earned 4.1% for its surplus cash in its latest fiscal year. What bank service should the analyst use to maximize the company's surplus cash?
A hamburger patty supplier receives an order from ABC Burgers located in Minnesota. The supplier’s policy is to bill upon fulfillment of the order and not at delivery. ABC Burgers pays upon receipt of goods. A blizzard has closed the manufacturing facility and roads; delivery will be delayed by two days. Which type of float occurs between the receipt of an invoice by ABC Burgers, including the credit period, and the time ABC Burgers’ account is debited?
Customers of an electronic trading firm are experiencing problems with the online trading platform. The company IT department discovered that although display of market data is in the proper place, there are no tags being used to populate specific information in the necessary fields. The company is MOST LIKELY experiencing a problem with:
XYZ Holdco has multiple credit facilities with a bank under a borrowing agreement that includes certain covenants. A fire has destroyed the manufacturing plant owned by ABC, one of the XYZ subsidiaries that is part of the credit facilities. All loans, including the ABC loan, are up to date and being repaid as required. However, after the fire, the bank notified XYZ that it was in default. Which one of the following covenants is MOST LIKELY a term of the borrowing agreement?
A portfolio manager purchases a floating rate mortgage backed security that would currently provide a 4% yield to the company. Since mortgage rates have been fluctuating significantly over the past month, the manager is thinking about entering into an interest rate swap to hedge against the rate movements. Although the manager would remove most of the price sensitivity of the asset by executing the swap, it would also lower the total yield on the investment due to swap costs. What objective in the company investment policy is guiding the portfolio manager’s decision?
The Treasury Manager of a chain of department stores wants to develop a medium-term forecast. Management plans to open two new stores, and anticipates same-store sales to increase by 15%. Which of the following items can be predicted with the highest degree of certainty?
An analyst at Davis Company uses the tax payment (TXP) banking convention for payment of state taxes. The analyst is preparing to pay $650,000 in taxes to the state where Davis Company is domiciled. What payment method will the analyst use to make the tax payment?
PFA Corporation has used regression analysis based on historical data to determine the estimated portion of dollars of checks issued that will clear on any given business day.
If PFA issued $150,000 in checks and $7,500 worth of checks cleared on day 5, what value of checks will be estimated to clear on day 4?
A town has $25 million excess funds to invest long term. The town’s investment policy requires it have full FDIC coverage on all investments. The town is willing to do its own due diligence on the financial institutions that they invest in, but would prefer to have one statement. Which of the following investment options meets its requirements?
