You are each required to select a different FTSE 250 company from the list that is provided
on Blackboard. Given the complexity of their financial statements and industry volatility, you
are advised not to select financial services companies.a) The companys financing decisions. You should evaluate the short, medium and
long-term sources and equity/debt valuations together with the gearing decisions of
the firm and compare it with the empirical evidence.
b) The companys management of working capital. Evaluate your selected companys
management of the three areas of working capital and contrast with relevant empirical
literature.
c) The companys owner return and control decisions. You should report on the
companys current dividend and possible M&A policy and contrast with the empirical
evidence.FINANCIAL AND RISK ANALYSIS
FTSE250 COMPANIES
1. 3i Infrastructure
2. AZ Electronic Materials
3. Aberdeen Asset Management
4. Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust
5. Aegis Group
6. Afren
7. African Barrick Gold
8. Alliance Trust
9. Amlin
10. Anglo Pacific Group
11. Aquarius Platinum
12. Ashmore Group
13. Ashtead Group
14. WS Atkins
15. Aveva
16. Avis Europe
17. BBA Aviation
18. BH Global
19. BH Macro
20. BTG
21. Babcock International Group
22. Balfour Beatty
23. Bankers Investment Trust
24. A.G. Barr
25. Barratt Developments
26. Beazley Group
27. Bellway
28. Berendsen
29. Berkeley Group Holdings
30. Betfair Group
31. Big Yellow Group
32. BlackRock World Mining Trust
33. Bluecrest Allblue Fund
34. Bodycote
35. Booker Group
36. Bovis Homes Group
37. Brewin Dolphin Holdings
38. British Assets Trust
39. British Empire Securities and General Trust
40. Britvic
41. Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment
42. N Brown Group
43. Bunzl
44. CSR
45. Cable & Wireless Communications
46. Cable & Wireless Worldwide
47. Caledonia Investments
48. Capital & Counties Properties
49. Carillion
50. Carpetright
51. Catlin Group
52. Centamin Egypt
53. Charter International
54. Chemring Group
55. City of London Investment Trust
56. Close Brothers Group
57. Cobham
58. COLT Group
59. Computacenter
60. Cookson Group
61. Cranswick
62. Croda International
63. Daejan Holdings
64. Daily Mail and General Trust
65. Dairy Crest Group
66. De La Rue
67. Debenhams
68. Derwent London
69. Devro
70. Dexion Absolute
71. Dignity
72. Dixons Retail
73. Domino Printing Sciences
74. Dominos Pizza UK & IRL
75. Drax Group
76. Dunelm Group
77. EasyJet
78. Edinburgh Dragon Trust
79. The Edinburgh Investment Trust
80. Electra Private Equity
81. Electrocomponents
82. Elementis
83. EnQuest
84. Enterprise Inns
85. Euromoney Institutional Investor
86. Exillon Energy
87. F&C Asset Management
88. F&C Commercial Property Trust
89. Fenner
90. Ferrexpo
91. Fidelity China Special Situations
92. Fidelity European Values
93. Fidelity Special Values
94. Fidessa Group
95. Filtrona
96. FirstGroup
97. Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust
98. Gem Diamonds
99. Genesis Emerging Markets Fund
100. Genus
101. Go-Ahead Group
102. Grainger
103. Great Portland Estates
104. Greene King
105. Greggs
106. HSBC Infrastructure Company
107. Halfords Group
108. Halma
109. Hansteen Holdings
110. Hays
111. Henderson Group
112. Herald Investment Trust
113. Heritage Oil
114. Hikma Pharmaceuticals
115. Hiscox
116. Hochschild Mining
117. Home Retail Group
118. Homeserve
119. Howden Joinery
120. Hunting
121. IG Group Holdings
122. ITE Group
123. Imagination Technologies Group
124. Impax Environmental Markets
125. Inchcape
126. Informa
127. Intermediate Capital Group
128. International Personal Finance
129. International Public Partnerships
130. Invensys
131. JD Sports Fashion
132. JKX Oil & Gas
133. JPMorgan American Investment Trust
134. JPMorgan Asian Investment Trust
135. JPMorgan Emerging Markets Investment Trust
136. JPMorgan European Fledgling Investment Trust
137. JPMorgan Indian Investment Trust
138. JPMorgan Russian Securities
139. Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
140. Jupiter Fund Management
141. Keller Group
142. Kenmare Resources
143. Kesa Electricals
144. Kier Group
145. Kofax
146. Ladbrokes
147. Laird
148. Lamprell
149. Lancashire Holdings
150. Law Debenture
151. Logica
152. London & Stamford Property
153. London Stock Exchange Group
154. MITIE Group
155. Marstons
156. Meggitt
157. Melrose
158. Mercantile Investment Trust
159. Merchants Trust
160. Michael Page International
161. Micro Focus International
162. Millennium & Copthorne Hotels
163. Misys
164. Mitchells & Butlers
165. Mondi
166. Moneysupermarket.com Group
167. Monks Investment Trust
168. Morgan Crucible Co
169. Mothercare
170. Murray Income Trust
171. Murray International Trust
172. National Express Group
173. New World Resources
174. Northgate
175. Northumbrian Water Group
176. Ocado Group
177. PZ Cussons
178. Pace
179. Paragon Group of Companies
180. Pennon Group
181. Perform Group
182. Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust
183. Persimmon
184. Petropavlovsk plc
185. Phoenix Group Holdings
186. Polar Capital Technology Trust
187. Premier Farnell
188. Premier Foods
189. Premier Oil
190. Provident Financial
191. Punch Taverns
192. QinetiQ
193. RIT Capital Partners
194. RPC Group
195. RPS Group
196. Rank Group
197. Rathbone Brothers
198. Redrow
199. Regus
200. Renishaw
201. Rentokil Initial
202. Restaurant Group
203. Rightmove
204. Rotork
205. SDL International
206. SIG plc
207. SVG Capital
208. Salamander Energy
209. Savills
210. Scottish Investment Trust
211. Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust
212. Segro
213. Senior
214. Shaftesbury
215. Shanks Group
216. Smith (DS)
217. SOCO International
218. Spectris
219. Spirax-Sarco Engineering
220. Spirent
221. Sports Direct
222. St. Jamess Place
223. St. Modwen Properties
224. Stagecoach Group
225. SThree
226. Stobart Group
227. SuperGroup
228. Synergy Health
229. TalkTalk Telecom Group
230. Talvivaara Mining Company
231. Taylor Wimpey
232. Telecity Group
233. Telecom Plus
234. Temple Bar Investment Trust
235. Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust
236. Thomas Cook Group
237. Travis Perkins
238. TR Property Investment Trust
239. TUI Travel
240. Tullett Prebon
241. UK Commercial Property Trust
242. Ultra Electronics Holdings
243. Unite Group
244. United Business Media
245. Victrex
246. W H Smith
247. Wetherspoon (J D)
248. William Hill
249. Witan Investment Trust
250. Yule Catto