Tag: CIMA
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The Week Ahead – 18th April 2016
It’s been a tough of couple weeks for me personally in terms of getting back on track with my CIMA F2 studies after failing at the beginning of the month. The Kaplan exam kit arrived so I could start revising again but I’ve yet to open it. But nevertheless a new week brings new hope!…
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The Week Ahead – 11th April 2016
Another week, another CIMA syllabus area to concentrate on. On a personal note, I ordered and received the F2, E2 and P2 exam practice kits from Kaplan last week as I felt that practising and practising exam questions is the best way I learn, so I am hopeful these resources will complement the other materials I…
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IAS 24: Related Party Disclosures
This accounting standard is fairly straight forward and doesn’t involve any complex calculations or rules but it doesn’t mean you should neglect it in your studies. I found, when studying for F2 paper, I kept getting tripped up on questions on this accounting standard by making silly assumptions, so I thought it would be helpful…
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The Week Ahead – 21st March 2016
Well, I was given a rude awakening last week when I sat down to mock exam on the F2 syllabus and scored just 41% (bear in mind I need 70% to pass), so much of time now leading up to the exam will be focusing on CIMA F2 revision. CIMA News However, this week marks…
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P3: Useful Links and Resources
The CIMA P3 paper Risk Management draws on the knowledge gained from the operational and management level. It has five equally weighted areas that start with idenification of risk and leads all the way through to responses, internal controls and managing risk associated with cash flows and capital management. If you are self studying then…
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Working Capital Ratios
The CIMA F1, F2 and F3 papers ALL consider financial ratios and how to interpret them. It can be a broad subject when looking at all types of ratios, their audience and how to draw meaningful conclusions from them. Let’s take a look at the interested users and what type of financial ratios they would be…
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Long Term Finance – Equity and Debt Financing
The F2 syllabus expands on our knowledge from the operational level. The F1 paper focused on the short-term financing options but the management level of CIMA looks at more long-term financing solutions. And this is where we need to understand the role of capital markets (the stock exchange) and the difference between Equity Financing and…
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E3: Useful Resources and Links
The CIMA E3 Strategic Management syllabus has a well balanced range of subjects that builds on your learning from the E1 and E2 papers. As it’s the final level of the CIMA qualification you will be focusing on strategic decision making and in particular how to lead change and implementing strategy across the business. Useful Links…
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The Week Ahead – 29th February 2016
Well, the February case study exams are well and truly over for everyone. Now the anxious wait for exam results begins – if you’re not sure when your results are released I have made a note of the dates below. CIMA News You may have heard or seen news about CIMAs proposed joint venture with…
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The Week Ahead – 15th February 2016
The operational case study students can breath a sigh of relief now the February exam sitting is over – now it’s down to the management students to get down to business this week! Here is what is coming up on the website this week. The following few weeks I will be focusing on the objective…
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How to pass CIMA Objective Tests
The main focus for the last couple of months has been on the CIMA Case Study exams but now, with the February exam sitting under way, it’s a good opportunity to look at how to pass the CIMA objective tests. CIMA 2015 Syllabus Under the new 2015 syllabus, the CIMA objective exams have had a…
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The Week Ahead – 1st February 2016
It’s the beginning of February and the case study exams will soon be upon us. Feb 2016 Case Study Exams The OCS students are in their final week of preparation for the exam and should be making sure they have every angle covered (not just the theory). So this means, you should be brushing on…
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The Week Ahead – 18th January 2016
Last week was a much more productive week for me personally in regards to my F2 studies. I managed to catch up on some slack from week one as well the week two topics I planned to cover. Here is what to expect for the week ahead on The CIMA Student. CIMA News There was…
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What’s the difference between CIMA and ACCA?
A common question among students who are deciding on what route to take on their studies is “What’s the difference between CIMA and ACCA?” or perhaps even the question “What’s better? CIMA or ACCA?” In my experience, there feels like a rivalry between the two qualifications. When I started to work in finance, ACCA was the…
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Acorn CIMA Materials – Exclusive 10% Discount!
If like myself you are funding your own CIMA studies then every penny counts. With this in mind, I have spoken to Acorn Professional Tutors and they are offering thecimastudent.com readers an exclusive 10% OFF all of their study materials. One of the Acorn directors Gary White, had this to say about the company. About Acorn…
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CIMA Feb 2016 MCS: Pizzatime
Finally, the Management level students have been put out of their misery as CIMA released the pre-seen materials for the February MCS! You can find the full official document from CIMA here. It’s a week later than was scheduled on the CIMA website but nevertheless work can now commence on analysing the pre-seen materials. Astranti have…
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Peaking at the right time
I’ve sat many exams with varying degrees of success. I’ve gone into exam halls knowing I will fail the exam before I even sat it while other exams I’ve left knowing I’ve breezed it. You should be looking to peak at the right time and put the hours of study in that will give you belief…
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CIMA Feb 16 OCS: First Class Bakery
Well, it’s been a week since the pre-seen material for the Feb 2016 OCS was released and the good people at Astranti have released some preview videos to get people thinking. Their YouTube channel is full of videos ranging from; Likely Top 10 Issues Strategic Analysis Pre-Seen Material Analysis See the video below for over…
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F1: Useful Links and Resources
The operational level of the CIMA qualification covers the implementation of strategy as well as reporting on the implementation of the strategy. It’s focus is purely on the short term. The main area of the F1 syllabus revolves around Financial Accounting and Reporting. However, you shouldn’t neglect business taxation as it represents a quarter of…
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