The third edition of Cost and Management Accounting: Operations and management is a southern African text, which supports the latest curriculum offered by the major accounting professional bodies and higher education institutions. Its carefully developed pedagogical approach, offering a balance between the technical and the conceptual, combined with its focus on the requirements of professional bodies, gives students a solid exposure to the cost and management accounting profession. Retaining its student-friendly writing style and practical approach, it is the ideal text for students who are studying cost and management accounting across a variety of levels, from introductory through to advanced, undergraduate and postgraduate. It will help students understand the more complex areas of cost and management accounting and simplifies the learning process.

For centuries, working hard and saving up diligently would have set you up for financial security and a comfortable retirement. Not anymore.

Over the last 50 years, we've entered a new financial world - one where your savings lose value faster than you can build them, a global mountain of debt piles up ever higher, and most people slip backwards however hard they try.

In The Price of Money, a leading investment expert explains what's changed - and what you should do now we're here. You'll learn why currencies the world over have lost 99 per cent of their value, and how to use future declines to your advantage. You'll understand how the government can produce hundreds of billions out of thin air, and which investments benefit when they do. Most importantly, you'll be shown what's coming next - and how to position yourself to gain rather than suffer.

You don't need even the slightest knowledge of economics to read this book - just a desire to understand why the world of money is working against you, and what to do about it.

Assurance, risk and governance: An international perspective provides a comprehensive reference for students of assurance practices and practitioners.

The book explains the technical functioning of assurance processes at an advanced level using a principles-based approach aligned with International Standards on Auditing.

This is complemented by a review of the leading academic research to provide readers with an easy-to-understand overview of the latest developments in external audit and related assurance services.

Discover the official resource for success on the 2024 CFA Level I exam. Get your copy of the CFA Program Curriculum now.

The 2024 CFA Program Curriculum Level I Box Set contains the content you need to perform well on the Level I CFA exam in 2024. Designed for candidates to use for exam preparation and professional reference purposes, this set includes the full official curriculum for Level I and is part of the larger CFA Candidate Body of Knowledge (CBOK).

Covering all ten core topics found on the Level I exam, the 2024 CFA Program Curriculum Level I Box Set helps you: Develop critical knowledge and skills essential in the industry, Learn from financial thought leaders, Access market-relevant instruction. The set also features practice questions to assist with your mastery of key terms, concepts, and formulas.

Volumes include:

Volume 1: Quantitative Methods
Volume 2: Economics and Financial Statement Analysis
Volume 3: Financial Statement Analysis and Corporate Issuers
Volume 4: Corporate Issuers, Equity Investments, and Fixed Income
Volume 5: Fixed Income, Derivatives, Alternative Investments, and Portfolio Management
Volume 6: Portfolio Management and Ethical and Professional Standards

Indispensable for anyone preparing for the 2024 Level I CFA exam, the 2024 CFA Program Curriculum Level I Box Set is a must-have resource for those seeking the foundational skills required to become a Chartered Financial Analyst®.

With M-Net, Koos Bekker convinced the business world he had the magic touch. But it was only the start of an entrepreneurial journey that would bring him immense wealth.

Bekker swept in at Naspers, transforming an Afrikaans printer into a global technology giant, earning investors trillions and himself a good few billion. But how? What were the methods employed by this boerseun from Heidelberg?

Financial journalist TJ Strydom distils it down to 15 steps, each calculated and effective, sketching out the winning ways of the elusive media mogul. Bekker often gets the credit for the investment in China’s Tencent, a single punt that rivals South Africa’s entire mining sector in the wealth it created this century. But should he be the one lauded for this achievement?

Lloyd’s of London aptly refers to insurance as “the protection of the few, by the many”, with its purpose being to restore the insured to the position that existed immediately prior to the incident that led to a loss, damage or liability. Insurance uses the pooling concept to provide cover against financial losses by collecting premiums, investing some of the funds and using the pool of money to pay out claims, simultaneously covering operating expenses and ensuring sustainability by creating reserves and adding value to the insurance company. Fundamentals of insurance is a concise yet comprehensive introduction to insurance, specifically for South African circumstances.

Fundamentals of insurance highlights the need for commercial and personal insurance by explaining the financial objectives of firms and individuals, the role of financial statements and financial analysis, the valuation of assets and how risk management and insurance are related. It details how insurance business needs to be conducted, the procedures for handling claims, as well as the fundamental aspects of personal and commercial insurance. It provides a comprehensive framework and guidelines, with self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, and prepares aspiring insurers for the entry level of the insurance industry.

Fundamentals of insurance is aimed at insurance students as well as organisations and institutions in the insurance field.

The goal of investment management is to achieve the investor's required rate of return by putting assets to their most productive use. The return should compensate the investor for the time during which the funds are committed, the expected rate of inflation and the uncertainty of the future financial benefits anticipated from the investment. Investment management is a concise, yet comprehensive introduction to investment analysis and portfolio management, specifically in the South African context. Investment management provides a broad framework and a thorough network of guidelines for the investment management student. It focuses on investment in financial assets such as shares and bonds, and explains both fundamental and technical analysis. It investigates portfolio management and how derivative instruments such as futures, options and swaps may be used for this purpose. A chapter is devoted to the foreign exchange market and its management, and a new chapter dealing with the governance of investment management has been added. With self-assessment questions at the end of each chapter, it prepares undergraduates for postgraduate study and is written with the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA (R) ) Level I learning outcomes in mind. Investment management is aimed at undergraduate investment management students. Johan Marx (editor) is a professor in financial and investment management at the University of South Africa (Unisa). He is the author of five financial management publications, and has presented and published numerous articles. He has a keen interest in financial markets. Johan de Beer lectured at Unisa before joining the University of Pretoria as a senior lecturer in investments and derivatives. He has since immigrated to Canada. He is a CFA charter holder and completed his MCom on the topic of single stock futures. His particular field of interest is derivatives and technical analysis. Raphael Mpofu is a professor and the deputy executive dean of the College of Economic and Management Sciences at Unisa. His research interests include financing small businesses and personal investments in emerging market economies. Henry Mynhardt is head of the School of Business and Economics at Southern Business School (SBS). He has vast experience in securities trading and has a keen interest in fixed interest securities as well as corporate governance, risk and compliance management.

Public Economics 7e is a southern African textbook on the subject, written by well-respected South African experts. Dealing with current issues such as social security and health care, the textbook demonstrates how public economic theory is relevant to the real-world context. Cross-references to, and examples from countries making up the southern African region are made throughout the text, in view of the increased interaction and economic cooperation between these countries. The new edition of Public Economics equips senior undergraduate and postgraduate students with the basic analytical skills and demonstrates how these skills can be applied to practical issues. New to this edition: New information on allocative efficiency, imperfect competition and regulation that deals with natural monopoly pricing, competitive restructuring, privatisation and types of regulation; Separate chapters on personal income tax and on the taxation of companies, which includes foci on capital gains taxation, small businesses, the informal sector, tax gap analysis, compliance and tax reforms; Special attention to different views on fiscal policy and the requirements of public debt sustainability.

GAAP Handbook 2021 covers accounting standards, interpretations and updates issued by the IASB.

Do your students struggle to engage with financial accounting topics? Look no further than Understanding Financial Accounting to help them actively engage with the content, understand the key concepts, and advance their analysis skills. Writing specifically for those with no background in accounting, the authors focus on how to extract the information that will contribute to business decision making. Their conversational and captivating style makes even technical and complex principles unambiguous and immediately accessible. A recurring case study, contextual examples, and real-world financial statements from multinational companies are interwoven throughout, demonstrating the principles in practice. Winfield, Graham, and Miller illuminate the relevance of IFRS and financial statement literacy to non-accountants, as well as guiding students towards carrying out analysis autonomously. Students are also encouraged to develop their independent research and critical thinking skills by attempting a series of end-of-chapter questions. In addition, the book is complemented by the following online resources to support students and lecturers. Digital formats and resources Understanding Financial Accounting is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. The ebook offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with self-assessment activities, functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks Online resources for students: - Additional case studies accompanied by questions and answer guidance - Multiple-choice-questions with instant feedback - Further real-world examples - Further worked examples Online resources for lecturers: - Instructors' guide to using the book - Instructors' guide to setting assessments - PowerPoint slides

Applied Accounting is tailored to meet the needs of students taking a first-year course in Financial Accounting as part of a Higher Certificate in Accounting or a Diploma in Accounting (or equivalent) in terms of both the curriculum covered and the approach toward teaching and learning.

Features:

• an opening practical example which illustrates the concepts introduced in each chapter
• worked examples which guide students through the problem in a step-by-step manner and help them recognise when a particular technique is appropriate or inappropriate
• practical activities and end-of-chapter questions which allow students to practise the ideas learnt in each chapter
• clear definitions that reinforce the basic concepts
• groupwork exercises in the form of discussion questions or activities which encourage students to work collaboratively

Understanding South African Financial Markets is an introductory text that should serve as a useful reference and guide for commerce students, public servants and members of the business fraternity alike.

For generations, we have defined a corporation as a business run by a capitalist elite, that uses its accumulated wealth to own the means of production and exercise economic power.

That is no longer the reality. In the twenty-first century, our most desired goods and services aren't stacked in warehouses or on container ships: they appear on your screen, fit in your pocket or occupy your head.
But even as we consume more than ever before, big business faces a crisis of legitimacy. The pharmaceutical industry creates life-saving vaccines but has lost the trust of the public. The widening pay gap between executives and employees is destabilising our societies. Facebook and Google have more customers than any companies in history but are widely reviled.

John Kay, one of the greatest economists of our time, describes how the pursuit of shareholder value has destroyed some of the leading companies of the twentieth century. Incisive and provocative, this book redefines successful commercial activity and leadership, the knowledge economy and what the future of the modern corporation might be.

Public Finance Fundamentals, now in its third edition, aims to facilitate and advance the learning of the fundamentals of public finance, the basic tenets that apply even as the social, political and legislative environments of organisations shift over time.

The idea of the book is to equip readers with long-lasting knowledge, skills, and analytical tools to successfully tackle various types of organisational, institutional and public sector dynamics, by giving them an understanding of financial management concepts, principles, theory, and policy.

This third edition of Public Finance Fundamentals expands the scope of the previous editions to cover contemporary concerns and debates emanating from emerging economic and financial trends in many developing countries, including South Africa.

Financial Accounting: Group statements is a financial accounting textbook covering the topic area 'Group statements' which is an integral part of the syllabus at second and third year. 'Group statements' refers to the consolidated financial statements of a holding or parent company as well as its subsidiaries and provides information on the overall financial standing of the group of companies. The book takes a principles-based approach to financial accounting as it explains the 'why' as well as the 'how to' of preparing group statements. Financial Accounting: Group statements features the following: - Activity boxes that help students to acquire core pervasive skills - Short examples in the text that illustrate practical application of the principles discussed - Graded questions, divided into basic, intermediate and advanced for each chapter The book is beneficial to second- and third-year Financial Accounting students of BCom degrees at universities, and to National Diploma in Accounting students at universities of technology.

Bricks for Chicks introduces women (and men who are smart enough to read it!) to property investment, demystifying industry lingo and introducing the basic strategies a budding investor can employ to maximise returns in what can often turn into a field of broken dreams.

The book aims to grow the reader’s financial skill set to acquire the confidence to become financially independent. The author’s savvy, fun personality shines through as she delivers invaluable insights into property investment so that reading this book feels like having a fun conversation with a battle-sharpened, clued-up girlfriend who doesn’t spare the punches and, at the same time, makes you believe that you, too, can succeed in property investment.

The case studies keep the book light and humorous and make it easily accessible for novice investors. For anyone who wants to start investing in property but feels overwhelmed by the terminology, expenses and inherent risk, this book is going to change her life, starting TODAY.

Auditing Fundamentals in a South African Context 2e is a practical, applied and engaging introductory textbook that supports students throughout the undergraduate level of the Auditing curriculum. The text is designed to enhance learning by supporting holistic understanding: theory is presented within the framework of the real-world business environment, assisting students to apply principles and standards with an understanding of their context.

The text offers a clear pedagogical framework, which supports applied learning and develops independent, critical and reflective engagement with the subject matter. A continuing case study, which follows each stage of the audit of a South African company, demonstrates the practical application of learned principles and the integration of the auditing process with a typical audit client's business.

The second edition is comprehensively revised to reflect all relevant, recent changes in the requirements of legislation, financial reporti ng and auditing pronouncements and codes, and addresses the new Code of Professional Conduct which was issued by the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants in the final quarter of 2018.

Additional educational resources support teaching and learning, assisting students to develop the academic skills required to master their studies.

Yes, you better believe it! You CAN own your own home … and this book will show you how.

Owning a home is NOT reserved for a select few, and although everyone wants to own their own property, too many are unaware that this possibility exists for everyone. Without the necessary information, the process seems overwhelming. Where to begin? What are the requirements? Where am I going to get that kind of money? Too often, one gives up before even trying.

There is no rule that says you have to pay rent to a landlord for the rest of your life. It takes only that first step – the realisation that it can be done. And this book will show you how, by breaking down a seemingly complex process into simple, logical and easy-to-understand actions. Real-life case studies highlight the common errors many of us commit, until we know better. It is only once these patterns are recognised that they can be remedied.

If your dream is to own your own home for generations to come, this book will help you every step of the way!

The second edition of Corporate Governance In South Africa addresses the changes in the corporate governance landscape in South Africa brought about by the King IV Report on Governance for South Africa, 2016 and changes to several international codes.

Corporate Governance In South Africa covers the following areas: the corporate governance framework in South Africa, comparisons with various international corporate governance frameworks, and contemporary governance issues. The book also offers a corporate governance implementation guide.

Examples of failed corporate governance practices, both local and international, are provided throughout the book, seeking to illustrate the importance of effective corporate governance practices by companies.

The book is divided into two volumes.

Volume 1 deals with the concepts, principles and procedures of financial accounting. Volume 2 (suitable for NQF level 6) deals with accounting for partnerships, close corporations, branches and manufacturing entities.

'n Inleidende werk wat die grondslag vestig vir eerstejaar studente.

When it comes to money matters, are you a lioness who leads the tribe, a dolphin who ducks and dives, or an ostrich who buries its head in the sand? This first-of-its-kind book explores and unpacks the intricate world of money archetypes in Black families in South Africa.

Discover the secrets behind your unique money personality and unravel the intricate web of cultural, generational and personal influences that shape your financial behaviour. Eye-opening anecdotes, relatable case studies and expert insights empower you to understand, embrace and transcend your money archetype.

What's Your Money Personality? will change the way you view and manage your individual and family finances.

From TikTok star and Your (favourite) Rich BFF Vivian Tu, the definitive book on personal finance for a new generation.

Building on the lessons she learned on Wall Street about money and the markets, Vivian Tu now offers her best personal finance tips and tricks to readers of all ages and demographics, so that anyone can get rich, whether you grew up knowing the rules to the game or not.

Vivian will be your mentor, dispensing fresh, no-BS advice on how to think like a rich person and create smart money habits, breaking down her best recommendations to help you:

• Maximize your earnings to get more out of your 9-to-5
• Understand the differences between savings accounts, and where you should keep your money
• Identify the tax strategies and (legal) loopholes you need to retire in style
• Overcome investing fears to secure wealth for generations And much more!

Rich AF will equip readers with the tools and knowledge to not only understand the financial landscape, but to build a financial strategy of their own.