CIMA F3 Exam With Confidence Using Practice Dumps

ART manufactures traditional scooters. It has an equity beta of 1.4 and is financed entirely by equity. It plans to continue to be all-equity financed in future.

It is considering producing a range of electric scooters

GGG is a comparable quoted electric scooter manufacturer GGG has an equity beta of 2 4 reflecting its high level of gearing (the ratio of debt to equity is VI using market values).

The risk-free rate is 5%, and the market premium is 6%. The rate of corporation tax is 20%

What is the recommended discount rate that ART should use to assess the project to manufacture electric scooters?

A major energy company, GDE, generates and distributes electricity in country A. The government of country A is concerned about rising inflation and has imposed price controls on GDE, limiting the price it can charge per unit of electricity sold to both domestic and commercial customers. It is likely that price controls will continue for the foreseeable future.

The introduction of price controls is likely to reduce the profit for the current year from $3 billion to $1 billion.

The company has:

   • Distributable reserves of $2 billion. 

   • Surplus cash at the start of the year of $1 billion. 

   • Plans to pay a total dividend of $1.5 billion in respect of the current year, representing a small annual increase as in previous years. However, no dividends have yet been announced. 

Which THREE of the following responses would be MOST appropriate for GDE following the imposition of price controls?

CAPM:

E(R)=Rf+β(Rm−Rf)E(R) = R_f + \beta (R_m - R_f)E(R)=Rf​+β(Rm​−Rf​)

Given:

E(R)=11%,Rf=2%,Rm=8%E(R) = 11\% , R_f = 2\%, R_m = 8\%E(R)=11%,Rf​=2%,Rm​=8%

0.11=0.02+β(0.08−0.02)⇒0.11−0.02=0.06β⇒0.09=0.06β⇒β=1.50.11 = 0.02 + \beta(0.08 - 0.02) \Rightarrow 0.11 - 0.02 = 0.06\beta \Rightarrow 0.09 = 0.06\beta \Rightarrow \beta = 1.50.11=0.02+β(0.08−0.02)⇒0.11−0.02=0.06β⇒0.09=0.06β⇒β=1.5

Beta > 1 ⇒ higher risk than the market.