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Explain three principles of Islamic finance
(i) Paying or charging an interest is strictly prohibited. Islam considers this as an exploitative practice that favors the lender at the expense of the borrower.
(ii) Investing in businesses that involve prohibited activities is forbidden (haram).
(iii) Speculation (maisir) or gambling is prohibited. Therefore, Islamic financial institutions cannot be involved in contracts where the ownership of good depends on an uncertain event in the future.
(iv) Uncertainty and risk (gharar). Islamic finance prohibits any participation in contracts with excessive risk and/or uncertainty.
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Sh. "000"
Ordinary share capital 60,000
Reserves 20,000
10% debentures 25,000
8% preference share capital 15,000
120,000
Additional information:
1. The firm is expected to generate annual operating profits before interest and tax of sh.10,000,000 in perpetuity.
2. The firm has acceptable investment opportunities worth sh.2,000,000 to be financed in each year.
3. Corporation tax rate is 30%
Required:
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(ii) Total ordinary dividend payable in each year if the firm adopts 60% payout ratio policy.
Date posted: November 7, 2022. Answers (1)
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Forecasted returns (%)
Year Security X Security Y
2022 10 12
2023 12 8
2024 8 13
2025 15 11
2026 10 6
Required:
(i) The expected rate of return for security X and security Y.
(ii) The standard deviation of returns of security X and security Y.
(iii) The coefficient of variation of security X and security Y.
(iv) Interpret results in (c) (i) and (c) (ii) above.
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(i) Stock dividend.
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Required:
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(iii) The average cash balance.
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Delight Limited is considering its capital budgets for the year 2022. The following information relates to three mutually exclusive projects that the management is contemplating to undertake.
Project Initial cash outflows Cash inflows
Sh. "000" Sh. "000"
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
A (8,000) 2,000 4,000 6,000
B (10,000) 4,000 6,000 6,000
C (20,000) 8,000 12,000 10,000
Additional information:
1. The firm has a capital budget ceiling of sh.20 million.
2. The cost of capital for Delight Limited is 10% per annum.
Required:
Advise the management on the projects to undertake using each of the following investment appraisal techniques.
(i) Net present value.
(ii) Profitability Index.
Date posted: November 1, 2022. Answers (1)
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Probability ...(Solved)
The following information relates to the forecasted returns of securities A and B and their probabilities during the financial year ending 30 April 2022.
Probability Forecasted returns
A (%) B (%)
0.15 10 8
0.20 12 10
0.10 8 7
0.15 15 12
0.25 14 10
0.15 9 8
Required:
(i) The expected return of security A and security B.
(ii) The standard deviation of security A and security B.
(iii) Advise a potential investor on the security to invest in using relative risk.
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- Samama Limited’s capital structure as at 1 October 2020 was as follows:
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Samama Limited’s capital structure as at 1 October 2020 was as follows:
Sh.
"000"
Ordinary share capital (par value sh.10) 373,000
Retained earnings as at 1 October 2020 27,000
18% Debentures 400,000
800,000
The above capital structure is considered optimal. The company is considering the acquisition of an investment project that will costs sh.270 million. In order to finance the investment project, the company would be required to raise additional capital.
Additional information:
1. The company can obtain additional debentures at an interest rate of 18% per annum.
2. The dividend for the year ended 30 September 2021 is expected to be sh.2.40 per share.
3. Additional ordinary shares can be issued on the Securities Exchange at a price of sh.54 per share net of floatation cost amounting to sh.6 per share.
4. Dividend are expected to grow at a rate of 8% each year for the foreseeable future.
5. Corporation tax is 30%.
Required:
(i) Cost of debentures.
(ii) Cost of retained earnings.
(iii) Cost of ordinary shares.
(iv) Amount of money for the investment project to be financed through the issue of new ordinary shares if the company is to maintain the optimal capital structure.
(v) Amount of money for the investment project to be raised through debentures.
Date posted: November 1, 2022. Answers (1)
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Required:
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Date posted: November 1, 2022. Answers (1)
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The following information is provided:
1. The company paid sh.1,300,000 million as...(Solved)
The management of Daylight Ltd. is in the process of evaluating the company’s dividend policy.
The following information is provided:
1. The company paid sh.1,300,000 million as dividend in the last financial year
2. The profit after tax for the last financial year was sh.3,900,000 million
3. The company has not issued any preference shares.
4. The earnings growth rate has been constant at 10% per annum for the past 10 years.
5. The expected profits after tax for the current financial year is hs.5,200,000 million.
6. The company anticipates investment opportunities worth sh.2,800,000 million in the current financial year.
7. The capital structure of the company consists of 70% equity and 30% debt.
Required:
The optimal total dividend for the current financial year if the company wishes to adopt each of the following dividend policies:
(i) Residual dividend policy.
(ii) Constant payout ratio policy.
(iii) Stable predictable dividend policy.
(iv) Regular plus extra dividend policy.
Date posted: November 1, 2022. Answers (1)