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CFA Level I
Financial Reporting and Analysis
June 2011

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Agenda
• Introduction and context
• Understanding CFA Examination Structure
• Introduction to Financial Reporting and Analysis
– Balance Sheet
– Advanced Concepts
• Complete Offering & Registration
• Contact Information

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Trainer
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• Extensive experience in the financial services, consulting and training domain. He has
xtensive
extensive knowledge of the financial services industry, where he raised growth capital for
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1000s of senior people in the area of financial modeling, quantitative analysis and risk management.
•Prior to founding Pristine, Paramdeep has worked in senior management positions as an Investment
Prior
Banker with Standard Chartered Capital Markets (India) and as a consultant with Accenture
Management Consulting.
• Work experience as Industry Practitioner
• Consultant to Reliance Energy (Power), strategizing their growth and cutting down the
losses in energy distribution. He has helped them formulate their business plan.
• Assisted clients in raising capital through Private Equity & IPO by analyzing & modelling
business plans, preparing IM/DRHP, ensuring regulatory compliance and marketing the
issue. He has Successfully placed two IPOs worth Rs. 100 Crore & achieved subscription of
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• Experience as Trainer
• He has trained participants from HSBC, JP Morgan, Mizuho Bank , ING Vysya, Bank of
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• Paramdeep is an MBA from IIM Indore, where he secured the highest CGPA in his batch. He has
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CFA – Your Clear Interest in finance

• CFA charter provides you with a strong foundation for a variety of career choices in the investment
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– Interested in portfolio management, investment research, advisory services, or investment banking, you
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Agenda
– Balance Sheet


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Course Structure

Topic Level I

Ethical and Professional Standards 15

Quantitative Methods 12
Economics 10
Financial Reporting and Analysis 20
Corporate Finance 8
Equity Investments 10
Fixed Income 12
Derivatives 5
Alternative Investments 3
Portfolio Management 5
Requires 200-250 Hours of studies
250


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Way to CFA

• Each exam is six hours long and is split between morning and afternoon sessions. There is a two
two-
hour lunch break at the end of the morning session.
– The Level I exam is composed of multiple-choice questions and is offered in June and December.
choice
– The Level II exam is composed of item-set questions and is offered in June only.
set
– The Level III exam is composed of item-set and essay questions and is offered in June only.
set

• Score matrix provided on the exam results is an indicator of overall performance
– The “<=50%” range is considered poor;
– “51%–70%” is considered poor to average;
– “>70%” is considered average to above average

Key to crack CFA Level I is by doing well in Ethics and FRA


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Fees Structure Levels I - Deadlines

by 22 September by 16 February by 16 March
Program Enrollment
$405 $405 $490
(new Level I only)
Exam Registration $630 $720 $970
eBook ($40) ($40) ($40)

Total $995 $1,085 $1,420

CFA Institute now offers three options to all its candidates You can either choose to obtain the
candidates.
curriculum in i) eBook form; ii) Print form or iii) Both eBook and in Print

Suppose a candidate chooses to enroll by 16th Feb and chooses the e-book version then her
total cost will be = 405 + 720 – 40 = $1085. If she had taken the print version she will pay
405+720+20(shipping charges) = $1145


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Agenda
– Balance Sheet


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Introduction to Balance Sheet

• The balance sheet presents a company’s current financial position by disclosing that a company
controls (assets) and what it owes ( liabilities ) at a specific time.
• The Owner’s equity represents the excess over liabilities.
• Assets = Liabilities + Equity


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Balance Sheets : Pictorial Representation

Current Assets Current Liabilities
(Unearned Revenue,
( CCE, Receivables,
A/c Payables, Notes
Inventories, Prepaid
Payables)
Expenses) Sources of Funds
Long-term Long-term Liabilities
Long
Investment
(LT Debt, Deferred
Liabilities)
Fixed Assets
(Property, Plant &
Equipment) Shareholders’ Equity
Use of Funds ( Preferred Stock ,
Common Outstanding
stock, Retained
Intangible Assets Earnings )

Other Assets

Total Assets = Total Shareholder’s equity + liabilities


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Concept Checker

1. Company ABC Inc. has paid rent for the entire year on their rented office premise in New York in
advance. Similarly Zensar Corp. has received payment for servicing its products for the next five
years. The two line items will most likely be classified as

Rental Payment Payment for Servicing
A Prepaid Expenses Unearned Revenue
B Accrued Liabilities Current Assets
C Current Liabilities Prepaid Expenses
d


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Tangible Assets, Intangible Assets and Goodwill

• Tangible assets are
– Long-term assets
– Have a physical presence
– Can be used in daily operational activities.
• Intangible assets
– Amounts paid by a company to acquire certain rights
– Do not represented by possession of any physical assets
– Distinguished as identifiable intangibles which can be linked to a particular right or privileges
– Have a finite benefit period
– Eg. Patents, copyrights, franchises, goodwill, trademarks, trade names
.
• Goodwill is another interesting concept as an intangible asset
– Excess of the acquisition cost over the assets fair value
– Periodically assessed for any impairments


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Concept Checkers

2. Which of the following statements regarding goodwill recognition is most likely not correct
A. Goodwill is the excess of the cost of acquisition over the acquirer’s interest in the fair value of the
identifiable assets and liabilities.
B. Goodwill needs to be amortized over the life of the assets
C. Goodwill can affect the comparability of financial statements between companies using different
accounting methods


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Advanced Concept: Deferred Taxes

• A deferred tax liability is created when:
– A revenue is recognised in the financial statements but not for tax purposes.
– An expense is deductible for tax purposes but not taken in the financials in the current year.
• A deferred tax asset is created when:
– A revenue is taxed in the income tax return but is not recognised in the financial statements.
– An expense is recognised in the financial statements but the same is not deductible for tax purposes.
• A DTA/DTL is created only for TEMPORARY DIFFERENCES. A permanent difference does not
create a DTA/DTL as the same is not reversable.

• If a DTL is not expected to be reversed, it is shown as a part of Equity.


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Concept Checkers

3. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. If DTA is not expected to be reversed, it must be reduced by creating a valuation allowance.
B. If DTL is not expected to be reversed, the same must be recognised as a prt of equity
equity.
C. DTA and DLT must be recorded at undiscounted values.


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Balance Sheet Ratios

• Liquidity Ratios

Current Assets
Current Ratio 
Current Liabilities

Cash  Marketable Securities  Re ceivables
Quick ( Acid Test ) Ratio 
Current Liabilities

Cash  Marketable Securities
Cash Ratio 
Current Liabilities


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Balance Sheet Ratios (cont….)

• Solvency Ratios

Total LT Debt
LT Debt  Equity 
Total Equity

Total Debt
Debt to Equity 
Total Equity

Total Debt
Total Debt 
Total Assets

Total Assets
Financial Leverage 
Total Equity


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Concept Checkers

4. A partial balance sheet of Wayfair Inc. is provided below

Assets ($ mn) 2010 2009
Current Assets 54 42
Total Assets 250 210
Current Liabilities 27 21
Total LT Debt 80 74
Total Equity 110 95

Which of the following ratios most likely increased in 2010

A. Current Ratio
B. Debt Ratio
C. Financial Leverage


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Concept Checkers - Solution

4. The calculations are shown below

Ratio Calculation 2010 2009
Current Ratio Current Asset/ 54/27 = 2.0 42/21 = 2.0
Current Liability
Debt Ratio Debt / Equity 80/110 = 0.73 74/95 = 0.78
Financial Leverage Assets / Equity 250/110 = 2.72 210/95 = 2.21

A. Current Ratio has remained the same
B. Debt Ratio has actually decreased
C. Financial Leverage is the only ratio to have increased in the given period


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Agenda
– Balance Sheet


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About CFA Prep School

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• Extensive 100 Hours coverage
• 16 days 5 hrs of regular classes

• 3 days 5 hrs of revision classes
School for CFA Prep is • 2 Mock tests

a 100 Hrs extensive training program* • Extensive Question Bank to

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• Proven credentials in successfully
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School for CFA Prep is
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Tentative Schedule - Feb

Date Day Course Topic
19/Feb/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Financial Reporting & Analysis -I
20/Feb/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Financial Reporting & Analysis -II
26/Feb/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Financial Reporting & Analysis -III
27/Feb/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Financial Reporting & Analysis -IV
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Tentative Schedule - Mar

05/Mar/11 Sat CFA-Level
Level-I Quant-I
06/Mar/11 Sun CFA-Level
Level-I Quant-II
Level-I Quant-III
Level-I Ethics
Level-I Corporate Finance
Level-I Equity Investments-I

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Tentative Schedule - Apr

02/Apr/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Equity Investments-II
03/Apr/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Fixed Income Investments-I
09/Apr/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Fixed Income Investments-II
10/Apr/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Derivatives-I
16/Apr/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Derivatives-II
Alternative Investments +
17/Apr/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Portfolio Mgmt
23/Apr/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Economics-I
24/Apr/11 Sun CFA-Level-I Economics-II
30/Apr/11 Sat CFA-Level-I Economics-III

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How it works?

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You signup for the program by making payment of USD 1000*

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Start Preparation with material and Live Interactive Class

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Methodology

Each topic will be explained through

Conceptual Discussion, Examples, Tests, Quizzes, Actionable
Presentations, Visualized Charts and Q&A

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Sample Innovative Material
Probability
Distributions

Normal Distribution Binomial Distribution

Normal Skewness and
Z-Score
Score
Distribution Kurtosis

• Described by mean & variance No. of σ a given
• Symmetric about its mean observation is away
• Standard Normal Distribution from population mean.
- Mean = 0; Variance =1 Z=(x-µ)/σ

Q. At a particular time, the market value
of assets of the firm is $100 Mn and the
market value of debt is $80 Mn. The
68% of Data standard deviation of assets is $ 10 Mn.
What is the distance to default?
Ans. z = (A-K) / σA
95% of Data = (100-80)/10
=2
99.7% of Data

-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

Q. Which of the following is likely to be a probability distribution
function?
For X=[1,2,3,4,5], Prob[Xi]= 49/(75-Xi2)
If Z is a standard normal R.V. An event X is defined to happen if either -1< Z < 1 or For X=[0,5,10,15], Prob[Xi]= Xi/30
Z > 1.5. What is the prob. of event X happening if N (1) =0.8413, N (0.5) = 0.6915 For X=[1,4,9,16,25], Prob[Xi]= [(X i)1/2 – 1]/5
and N (-1.5) = 0.0668, where N is the CDF of a standard normal variable?
Ans. P(X)= P(-1< Z < 1) + P(Z > 1.5) Ans. The correct answer is For X=[0,5,10,15], Prob[Xi]= Xi/30
= N(1)-(1-N(1)) + N(-1.5)
= 2*0.8413-1 + 0.0668 For all values of X, probability lies within [0,1] and sum of all the
= 0.7494 probabilities is equal to 1.
-1 +1 1.5


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Hypothesis
Testing

Null Alternative Confidence Intervals Hypothesis Tests One tailed
Two Tailed test
HYPOTHESIS:H0 Hypothesis: Ha (CI) for Variances Test

Hypothesis that Concluded if there is Range of values within which Test if the value is greater Test if the value is
the researcher significant evidence H0 Cannot be rejected (say than or less than K different from K
wants to reject to reject H0 90% or 95%). H0; µ<=K vs. Ha: µ>K H0; µ=0 vs. Ha: µ≠ 0
Known variance, 2 Tailed test,
Type 1 error: rejection of H0 when it CI is: X”± zα/2(σ/√t) 0.2 0.2

is actually true 0.15 0.15

Type 2 error :Fail to reject H0 when 0.1
α= 0.05
0.1

it is actually false α= 0.025
α= 0.025
0.05 0.05
Inference Real State of Affairs
Based on 0 0
Sample Data H0 is True H0 is False -5 Z=0 0
Z=2.5
5
Reject H0 -5
Z=0
Reject H0

Reject H 0 Do not Reject H0
Type II error Do not Reject H0
Correct decision
H0 is True
Confidence level = 1- 
P (Type II error) = 
Correct decision
Tests for a Single Tests for a two
Type I error Population Variances Population Variances Q. If standard deviation of a
H0 is False
Significance level = * Power = 1- normal population is known to be
10 & the mean is hypothesized
*Term  represents the maximum probability of committing a
Type I error Chi-Square test F test to be 8. Suppose a sample size
of 100 is considered. What is the
range of sample means in which
hypothesis can be accepted at
Q. Co. ABC would give bonus to employees, if they get a H0: σ2 = c H0: σ12 – σ22 = 0 significance level of 0.05?
HA: σ2 ≠ c HA: σ12 – σ22 ≠ 0 Ans: SE =  = 10/√100 =1
rating higher than 7/10 from customers. A random sample n
of 30 customers is conducted with rating of 7.1/10. (n  1)s 2 s2 z = (x-µ)/ SE
2  F 1
Formulate Hypothesis? s2 = (x-8)/1
σ2 2
At 95% -1.96<z<1.96
• Null Hypothesis: H0: Mean<=7
Therefore 6.04<x<9.96
• Alternate Hypothesis : H1: Mean>7 Upper tail test: H0: σ12 – σ2 2 = 0
H0: σ2 ≤ σ02 HA: σ12 – σ22 ≠ 0
• Statistic to be measured: t-statistic, with 29 DoF HA: σ2 > σ02


/2
2
Do not reject H0 Reject H0 F
 2 Do not Reject H 0
reject H0 F/2


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What to expect at the end?

Towards the end of School for CFA Prep*
You will be able to learn the topics related to CFA Level I Exam

You will know how to solve the questions asked in CFA Level I Exam

You will get an industry perspective of the topics

You will get a certificate of participation

*assuming you follow the program and practice
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About the Program

100 hours of Active Learning & Networking

Venue: Online

Starting Date: 19 Feb, 2011

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Cost of the Program

USD 795 USD 650
For individual registrations For participants joining in groups of 5 or more

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Contact Details

Questions & Doubts?

Please e-mail me at paramdeep@edupristine.com

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• Wire Transfer
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Other Pristine Offerings
Course Classroom Online Content Crash Hours of Accreditation Price
Trainings Trainings Course/ Training
Mock Test
CFA Level I All* + Yes Original Yes 100 Under Process USD 1000;
Singapore** INR 17,950
CFA Level II Mumbai, Delhi From 2010 Original From 2010 80 Under Process USD 1000;
INR 16,950
FRM Level I All + Yes Original Yes 75 GARP USD 495;
Singapore INR 12,950
FRM Level II Mumbai, Delhi Yes Original Yes 60 GARP USD 495,
INR 9,950
PRM All + Yes Original Yes 135 PRMIA USD 795,
Singapore INR 20,000
APRM Corporate From 2010 Original Yes 80 PRMIA INR 10,000
Financial Mumbai, Delhi, Yes Original NA 50 - INR 18,000
Modeling Bangalore
Finance for Mumbai No Original NA 50 - INR 45,000
Lawyers
CFP Mumbai, Delhi Yes Original NA 120 Under Process INR 20,000

Placement Colleges No Original NA 150 Not Required INR 12,000
Oriented
Training

*All cities include Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune and Hyderabad ; ** Singapore class room trainings to com
commence from
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Agenda
• Introduction to Quantitative Analysis
– Descriptive Statistics
– Key Concept Checkers


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