FT guide to using and interpreting company accounts / Wendy McKenzie.

By:

McKenzie, Wendy, 1950-

Material type:

TextSeries: Financial Times guidesPublisher: Harlow : Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2010Edition: Forth editionDescription: xiv, 544 pages : illustrations black and white ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780273723967

Other title:

Using and interpreting company accounts [Spine title]
Financial Times guide using and interpreting company accounts [Cover title]

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DDC classification:

657.3

Contents:

Summary: The Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts is the ideal companion for anyone who has to read company accounts. Whether you're a manager aiming to understand a competitor's balance sheet, a potential investor trying to predict the future value of a business or an entrepreneur trying to improve your own business' performance, this book will answer your questions clearly and succinctly. Using examples and case studies from real accounts, Wendy McKenzie shows you what the number actually mean. She explains the information that you should be looking for in order to assess the health and worth of a company and helps you read between the lines, so that you can identify those things that you really do need to know. Thoroughly updated throughout, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide includes: - Key accounting and financial terms clearly defined and summarised throughout the book - Information on IFRS; UK GAAP and their convergence with US GAAP - List of relevant websites and guidance on their use - Current and proposed changes to accounting rules - Information about the effect of derivates and hedging on reported profitability.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	657.3 McK ft (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	12191

Includes index.

Pt. 1. What information will I find in the accounts? --
Ch. 1. An introduction to the accounts --
Ch. 2. The income statement, or the profit and loss account --
Ch. 3. The balance sheet --
Ch. 4. The statements of recognised income and expense, comprehensive income and change in equity --
Ch. 5. The statement of cash flows --
Ch. 6. Other information found in the accounts --
Ch. 7. A comparison of IFRS and UK GAAP --
Pt. 2. How do I analyse the accounts? --
Ch. 8. How do I analyse the account --
Ch. 9. Solvency --
Ch. 10. Profitability --
Ch. 11. Cash management --
Ch. 12. The investor's perspective --
Ch. 13. IMI --
Pt. 3. How can I use my analysis? --
Ch. 14. How can I use my analysis? --
Ch. 15. Supplier' accounts --
Ch. 16. Customers' accounts --
Ch. 17. Competitors' accounts --
Ch. 18. Identifying a company's acquisition potential --
Ch. 19. The availability of accounts --
Index.

The Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts is the ideal companion for anyone who has to read company accounts. Whether you're a manager aiming to understand a competitor's balance sheet, a potential investor trying to predict the future value of a business or an entrepreneur trying to improve your own business' performance, this book will answer your questions clearly and succinctly.

Using examples and case studies from real accounts, Wendy McKenzie shows you what the number actually mean. She explains the information that you should be looking for in order to assess the health and worth of a company and helps you read between the lines, so that you can identify those things that you really do need to know.

Thoroughly updated throughout, the fourth edition of this bestselling guide includes:
- Key accounting and financial terms clearly defined and summarised throughout the book
- Information on IFRS; UK GAAP and their convergence with US GAAP
- List of relevant websites and guidance on their use
- Current and proposed changes to accounting rules
- Information about the effect of derivates and hedging on reported profitability.

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