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?
Answer(s): D
A company has multiple wholly-owned subsidiaries that issue their own checks which are signed by head office staff. The company decides to move to electronic payments using their bank’s internet- based payment systems to reduce costs. Payments are now initiated by the subsidiaries. What element of the payment policy should be considered if the company still wants to maintain head office control over payments?
Answer(s): C
An equity management company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer are evaluating their corporate investments and decide that they need to diversify their stock holdings to include personal care products companies. Based on their analysis, publicly-traded companies A and B stand out as choices. Company A has a beta value of 0.65 while company B has a beta value of 1.10. They decide to invest in Company A. What objective of their investment policy did they use to make their decision?
Answer(s): A
A treasurer decides to use notional pooling across wholly-owned multiple legal entities instead of wiring money between entity accounts. What specific section in the company’s policy allowed the treasurer to make this decision?
While revising the investment policy, the CFO performs a sensitivity analysis for the company’s cash flow from investments, and identifies that increasing the maximum dollar value for bond purchases will improve returns by 10% on average, all other variables being equal. What issue will the CFO now need to address in the investment policy?
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