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2 - Equties, property and alternative investments Flashcards

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What is an Equity

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A share of company

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What affects share prices long term

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Fundamental economic and political factors

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What affects share prices short term

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Investor sentiment

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What are some other factors affecting share prices

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  • External economic and political factors
  • Investor sentiment
  • Profit expectations
  • Dividend expectation
  • Takeover activity
  • Quality and track record of management
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Where are shares dealt with in the UK

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London stock exchange

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What must happen when shares are first issued to LSE

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They must be admitted to the official list or main market or AIM

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What is official list or main market

Who are they regulated by

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Companies listed on LSE make up main market
Regulated by UKLA (United Kingdom Listing authority) (part of FCA)

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What do the UKLA aim to do

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Govern ongoing behaviour of listing companies and way in which they report to shareholders

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What is AIM

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LSE launched AIM to provide primary and secondary market facilities for companies too small or too new to apply to LSE (interim to ful listing)

Shares are not classified as listed (too small company)

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Costs of buying and selling shares

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Commission
Stamp duty
Stamp duty reserve tax
Panel on takeovers and mergers levy

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What is commission generally for stockbrokers

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tiered

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When is stamp duty paid on shares

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If shares transaction is > £1000

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When is SDRT paid

Is there a limit?

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shares bought electronically through certificateless for electronic share transfer (CREST) system

£1000 limit does not apply

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What is the rate of tax for stamp duty and SDRT

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0.5%

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Who is stamp duty and SDRT paid by
How is it rounded
How is SDRT rounded

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Paid by purchaser
Stamp duty rounded to next multiple of £5
SDRT rounded to nearest penny

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What is the PTM levy

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Flat rate charge of £1 applied to trade over £10,000

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What is the PTM

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Regulatory body that oversees all takeovers and mergers of companies listed on LSE

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What are the two main classes of share capital

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Ordinary shares
Preference shares

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What are the features of preference shares

How is it paid? What is the priority over ordinary shares

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Pay a fixed rate of dividend half yearly
Divendend is only paid if there are sufficient after tax profit
Payment of dividend on shares has priority over payments on ordinary shares

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Do preference shares have voting rights?

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No unless payment of dividends has fallen into arrereas

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What are some types of preference shares

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Cumulative preference shares
Non cumulative preference shares
Participating preference shares
Redeemable preference shares
Convertible preference shares

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What is a cumulative preference share

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If company has insufficient profits in one year to pay dividends, it carries forward. These shares have priority over all other shares

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Non-cumulative preference shares

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Lose the right to receive any unpaid divedend at financial year

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Participating preference shares

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Pay a fixed rate of divedend and allow holder to participate in profits of company

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Redeemable preference shares
Represent a temporary source of finance for the company Dividend will paid to shareholder for short period and share will then be repaid
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Convertible preference shares
Carry right to be converted into ordinary shares at pre-set dates or times
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Ordinary shares
Bulk share of capital and confer an ownership of stake in it
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Where will additional classes of shares be written
Articles of Association
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What are types of ordinary share | 3
Non-voting ordinary shares Deferred ordinary shares Alphabet shares
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What are the risks of shares | 7
Equity Capital risk Share divdend volatility Currency risk Liquidity risk Counterparty risk Fund managers and insurance companies Regulatory risk
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What does private equity do
Involves providing medium-long term finance in return for an equity stake in potentially high growth unequoted companies
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Definition of private equity
Private equity is regarded as an asset class in its own right and involves either taking a stake in or acquiring companies that are not publicly traded on a stock exchange.
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How do private equity firms work
selling its shares back to the management; selling the shares to another investor, such as another private equity firm; a trade sale, which is the sale of company shares to another company; or the company achieving a stock market listing.
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How can u invest in private equity
Private equity funds Listed private equity investment companies
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What are Private equity funds
Seek to raise money for investment Look to retain investment between 3-7 years, many are structured for 10 years Funds invest money and aim to return investors original money + Interest
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What are listed private equity investment companies
Two types: Those who directly invest in unlisted companies Those who invest in funds that invest in unlisted companies
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Earnings per share
Profit attributable to ordinarly shareholders/ number of ordinary shares in issue
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Dividend yield
(Dividend per share / Current share price) * 100
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Dividend per share
(Dividend/ Number of ordinary share in issue) * 100
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Dividend cover (Individual basis)
Earnings per share/ Dividend per share
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Dividend yield (Total profit Basis) | Formulae
(Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders / Dividend paid to ordinary shareholders)
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Price Earnings ratio | Definition
Relationship between share price and EPS, measure of how investors value earnings of company
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PE ratio formulae
Current market price of share / Earnings per share
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Dividend cover | Definition
How many times dividend could be paid out of available current earnings
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Dividend yield | Definition
Measures the dividend as a percentage return on current share price
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Net asset value | Definition
Value of the tangible assets that are attributable to ordinary shareholders Shareholders funds or shareholder interest in company - capital provided by shareholders + profit company has retained instead of paying dividends
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Net Asset value formulae
Net assets attributable to ordinary shareholders/ Number of ordinary shares in issue
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What is the nominal value of preference shares
£1
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When is NAV less useful
For companies valued on earnings potential, where shares are traded above NAV
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When is NAV useful
if takeover bid is made - shareholders can compare bid price to realistic NAV
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Limitiations of investment ratios
Different calculations Trends over years (inflation misleading figures) Misleading trends if management changes
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FTSE Russell
Owned by LSEG - providing wide range of stock market indicices.
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How many countries does FTSE russell cover
80
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What is the free-float adjustment used for
To help with situations where only a limited quantity of stock is available for public trading because directors own large percentage of share
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What are the main FTSE indicices
FTSE ALL-share index - covers ftse 100, 250 and ftse small cap - 98% of LSEG FTSE 100 - top 100 companies in UK, membership in march, june, september, december FTSE 250 - next 250 largest companies- 15% of market cap FTSE 350 - combination of ftse 100, 250. 96% of uk market
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FTSE Small Cap
Comapnies in FTSE all-share that are too small to qualify for top 350
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FTSE fledgling
Companies listed on LSEG which are eligible for FTSE uk series but too small for ftse all share
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FTSE Aim index series
For young and growing companies
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What is the eligibility requirement for indicides
Every stock has to be liquid and readily tradeable
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Overseas indices
US - Dow Jones, snp 500, NasDAQ Japan - Nikkei 225 Tokyo stock exchange index German - DAX 40 HK - Hang seng index World MSCI World index FTSE ALL-world index
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Limitation of indices
If index only reflects changes in capital values it ignores reinvested dividend income (long term performance) FTSE All-share index include a total return index which is based on net reinvested income
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What is stamp duty land tax on second properties
An additional 3% on top of SDLT
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Rental yields
Gross rent/market price
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General management expenses
((Gross rent - expenses)/market price + cost of buying))
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What are the buyer or tenant responsible for in terms of SDLT
Completing forms Submitting to HMRC Paying tax within **14 days** of transaction
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What is the threshold for 0 SDLT
£250,000
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At what price of home is 5% SDLT paid
£250,001 - £925,000
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At what price of home is 10% SDLT paid
£925,001 - £1,500,000
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At what price of home is 12% SDLT paid
>£1,500,000
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What is the threshold for first time buyers on SDLT
£425,000
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When is there no relief for SDLT first time buyers
> £625,000
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What happens if a company or collective investment scheme purchase residential dwellings
SDLT CHARGED AT 15% (UNLESS FOR RENT, WHERE IT IS CHARGED AT CURRENT RATE AND BANDS)
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How much is the supplement where a property is bought by a non-uk resident
2%
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Commercial property SDLT rate
<£150,000 - 0 £150,001 - £250,000 - 2 <£250,000 - 5
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How is SDLT charged under lease rent
On net present value of rent payable under lease Multiply annual rent by term of lease Apply discount (inflation) Deducting threshold figure
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Scotland - land and building transaction tax
<£145,000 - 0 £145,001 - £250,000 - 2 £250,001 - £325,000 - 5 £325,001 - £750,000 - 10 £750,000 + - 12
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What is the rate of LBTT for second properties
An additional 6%
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First time buyers scotland threshold LBTT
£175,000
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Wales threshold for LTT (land transaction tax)
Up to £225,000 - 0
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Qualyfing rules for exemption from income tax (rent a room relief)
Gross rent <£7,500 Individual occupies same time as tenant Only one exempt amount per residence If rent <7,5000 any excess u can either pay tax or be taxed on gross rent with no rent a room relief
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What is the property income allowance
Up to £1,000 - property income is exempt from tax
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When does property income allowance not take place
Rent a room relief is givem or where allowable expenses are deducted
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