A company expects the U.S. dollar to depreciate in value compared to the British pound. The company will have a British pound payment to make in five months. The company would MOST LIKELY buy:

A multinational company owns a United Kingdom subsidiary that has total assets equal to £1 million and intercompany loans due to the parent company equal to $1 million. It would like to undertake a balance sheet hedge of the U.K. subsidiary’s GBP liability because it expects a depreciation of the pound. Given these circumstances, which of the following actions would be appropriate?

Today’s modern cash management systems would include which of the following?

The exchange of a fixed interest rate cash flow for a floating interest rate cash flow with both interest rates in the same currency is an example of:

The auditors of a private college are examining and auditing the college’s financial statements. The statements are not presented in accordance with GAAP. What should the auditors do?

ABL Corporation is currently receiving a return of 10% on its investments. The bank is offering them an ECR of 15%. In order to get more value for their money ABL Corp. has decided to take advantage of the higher ECR and use funds from its Money Market Accounts to cover bank service charges.

If ABL already has an average ledger balance of $750,000, how much more do they need to deposit on their account to cover all $10,000 of monthly service charges?

Racklyn Paint Company, a new paint and construction company, has vendor payables of $2 million due periodically over the next 3 months; payroll payable to its crews of $500K each month; a mortgage of $4.4 million with a fixed rate of 6.0%; and an equipment loan of $5 million with a bank at a 30-day LIBOR plus 150 bp payment of $100K due monthly. Racklyn receives their first contract valued at $12 million with half of the contract value due at the time of contract and final payment upon completion. Racklyn expects the job to last 6 months. Which option would be the BEST use of Racklyn Paint Company’s cash?

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?

PTC Corporation has determined that the threshold amount for initiating a wire transfer vs. an ACH payment for concentrating funds is $60,225. Wires cost $9.00 and save one day of float. If the opportunity cost is 5%, what is the cost of the ACH 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?

When a company must determine the optimal mix of long-term borrowings versus common equity, it is making which of the following types of corporate financial decisions?

An auto manufacturer experienced a decline in sales, an increase in inventory, and an increase in labor costs over the past two months. With all else being equal, what is the MOST LIKELY impact to the company ' s balance sheet?

ABC Corporation receives images of paid check exception items from its bank and reviews them daily. What action should be taken on an item where the payee on the image does NOT match the data from ABC Corporation ' s accounts payable?

A daily short-term forecast and variance analysis for LMN, Inc. is updated with relevant trends and actual data every Monday. Upon review, the Treasurer assessed that sales were higher than forecasted, inventory was up and yields being earned on excess cash were lower. The MOST important reason for this cash forecast process is:

Company ABC is experiencing an increase in bank fees due to its new international customers paying by check. Nearly 15% of all deposited items are international checks. Twenty percent of the company’s checks have 1 day of float. Sixty-five percent of the company’s checks are on-us items. The company has $300,000 of deposits each day. The company’s deposits consist of both cash and checks, split evenly. On a typical day, how much of the deposit will be available immediately?

XYZ Company is a publicly held manufacturing company that has decided to branch out into the international market. Five million dollars is needed to set up management and hire the factory workers, $2 million for various government certifications in order to begin business in Poland, and $1 million for miscellaneous expenses. While looking for funding, XYZ found that local banks in Poland were not willing to provide financing without which of the following?

Based on the following information, what is the required collected balance to cover all monthly service charges?

Deposit Float $10,000

Reserve Requirement 5%

Earnings Credit Rate 15%

Monthly Service Charges $6,000

Days in month 30

Company ABC experienced a loss in the past when an employee in the treasury department was able to transfer $1.5 million to a personal account offshore. The company is working with a security agent to prevent this from happening in the future. ABC also accepts a large number of checks as payment. The agent has suggested upgrades to ABC’s payment process. What step should be taken to help mitigate this type of risk in the future?

Over the past 3 years XYZ Company has expanded into multiple countries and significantly grown its banking relationships. The company now incurs significant expenses related to payment transaction costs and maintaining multiple bank connections. What should the company use to combat these rising costs?

XYZ Company experienced a substantial monetary loss due to over exposure to one particular sector of the stock market. The Treasurer had invested in companies tied to five different sectors, but violated the company investment policy by exceeding a 10% limit for any sector. In developing its investment policy, what should XYZ Company have considered to prevent this scenario?