Company XYZ offers a retirement plan wherein the value of the plan’s assets and liabilities is measured separately. The plan’s funding and valuation can have a significant impact on the financial condition of the company. Company ABC offers a retirement plan wherein the amount owed to the participants at retirement is based solely on the account balance at the time of withdrawal with participants often bearing the responsibility for managing the investments in their account. Which of the following BEST describes the above two retirement plans and which act governs them?
What should a company’s senior management consider in their payment policies to eliminate the co-mingling of funds for payables, receivables and foreign exchange transactions?
Which of the following is an example of off-balance-sheet financing?
Based on the following information, what is the required collected balance to cover all monthly service charges?
Deposit Float$10,000
Reserve Requirement5%
Earnings Credit Rate15%
Monthly Service Charges$6,000
Days in month30
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?
XYZ Company has incurred a financially devastating event because of a hurricane at its offshore manufacturing plant. Due to the impact on liquidity, the company may not be able to survive. What should the Treasurer have done in order to assess the risk associated with this type of event?
Which of the following is an example of a Eurobond?
The Treasurer of a company would like to establish an investment policy for the organization. One objective that should be included in the investment policy that would BEST allow the organization to limit its exposure to a particular market sector would be to:
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:
A U.S. company decides to enter a new geographic market facing some dominant competitors, but projects sales growth of 40% in its first year due to its superior product line. The company decides to only offer electronic payment methods for settlement of its receivables. A year later, the company’s sales volume only increases by 10%, but their average days’ sales outstanding of 32 days is the best in the industry. What should the company have considered in its collection policy objectives?
A consumer is presented with payment options from a merchant when making a purchase. The consumer does not wish to share any information that could be later used in identity theft or fraud, while the merchant requires guaranteed payments within 24 hours with no NSFs or declined payments. Which of the following options would suit both the consumer and the merchant?
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?
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?
XYZ Corporation uses ABC Bank for their lending and treasury management. In addition, the bank serves as bond trustee for XYZ Corp. If XYZ Corp. becomes distressed, this relationship could create a conflict of interest for the financial institution. What barrier prevents a financial institution from sharing confidential information between divisions?
The CFO asks the Treasurer to create a new collections and concentration policy for their company. Following implementation of the policy, the company finds that reporting of receivables values is taking 10% longer, with no improvement in the company’s cash flow or liquidity. What step in developing the policy could have been executed better?
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?
Some treasury management systems are capable of initiating investment purchases and loan drawdowns automatically. The automating of these transactions is related to which of the following treasury management functions?
A company invests all of its short-term excess cash in T-bills on a daily basis. To prevent delays in processing its outgoing wire transfers, the company may ask its cash management bank to establish a:
In an organization with personnel limitations, which of the following strategies should be considered to mitigate cash management system risk?
Which of the following is true when a company purchases goods using trade credit from suppliers?
