The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) was introduced by the Financial Services Board (FSB) to change the distribution and remuneration practices in the financial services industry in an attempt to ensure that clients receive fair treatment when purchasing financial products. The FSB aims to ensure that clients are sold products which are suitable for their financial needs and objectives; that clients receive appropriate advice which is not biased and not subject to product supplier influence in particular and that there is full transparency in the sales process. The current distribution of financial products and some financial advisor remuneration models are noted as contributing factors to the poor outcomes of current product selling practices. The impact of RDR on the sustainability of the South African financial services industry and advisor force is expected to be substantial, especially in terms of advisor remuneration, the reduction in qualified experienced advisors and a growing advice gap. This study reviewed the research conducted in the UK and Australia where RDR has been implemented and the impact thereof on the financial planning industry in these countries. This study aimed to determine if the South African advisors have started changing their business models to ensure that they are ready for the implementation of RDR and to reduce the impact of RDR on their practices. An environmental scan was conducted in order to identify and understand other factors specific to the South African context which will impact the financial services industry in the future. Research was conducted via online questionnaires as well as personal interviews to determine the perception of clients pertaining to the trustworthiness and professionalism of financial advisors and what they perceive as value in terms of financial planning, their knowledge of RDR and the changing environment. Industry experts were given the opportunity to share their views regarding the impact of RDR on the industry as well as their proposals in terms of the implementation and roll-out of RDR.

Generation Y is the cohort that are facing the risk of being affected if the public pension system runs out of funds. Luckily enough time are at their favor with roughly 30 years until retirement. By creating a better understanding about what factors effects the individual investor the most it becomes easier to motivate a higher level of saving and investments. That can prevent an increased number of elderly living in poverty. Previous research has for a long period of time studied different aspects of invest behavior. The aim of the thesis is to explain the impact of different demographical factors on the long term financial planning behavior of Generation Y in comparison with Generation X. The study was performed with a quantitative method, a positivistic philosophy and deductive approach. The results show that the only demographic factors affecting Generation Y are age and ethnicity. Other variables affecting the investment behavior was financial knowledge and overconfidence. The key conclusion is that demographic factors does not affect Generation Y to the same extent as with previous Generations. Financial knowledge on the contrary turns out to be the singlehanded most affecting factor on the long term financial planning of the Generation. / Generation Y är den kohort som riskerar att bli drabbad om de statliga pensionsmedlen visar sig inte räcka till. Gynnsamt nog har generationen tiden till sin fördel då de har cirka 30 år kvar till pensionen. Genom att bättre förstå vad som påverkar en individs investeringsbeteende blir det lättare att kunna motivera till ökad grad av sparande och investeringar. Detta kan förhindra en ökande mängd fattigpensionärer. Tidigare forskning har länge studerat olika aspekter på investeringsbeteende. Denna uppsats syftar till att förklara olika demografiska faktorers påverkan på Generation Ys långsiktiga investeringsbeteende i jämförelse med sina föregångare Generation X. För att uppfylla syftet utgår studien ifrån en positivistisk kunskapssyn med en deduktiv ansats samt en kvantitativ metod som grundas på en urvalsundersökning genom frågeformulär. Resultaten visar att de enda demografiska faktorerna som påverkar Generation Ys långsiktiga finansiella planering är ålder och etnicitet. Ytterligare variabler som kunnat påvisas påverka generationens investeringsbeteende är framförallt finansiell kunskap, men även karaktärsdraget overconfidence. En viktig slutsats är att demografiska faktorer inte påverkar Generation Y i samma utsträckning som hos tidigare Generationer. Istället visar sig finansiell kunskap vara den enskilt starkast påverkande faktorn till långsiktig finansiell planering hos Generationen.

Investment planning (as one of the key components of financial planning) is seen as an important solution to investment problems and challenges. Previous research however indicated that compare to men, women are not as confident and knowledgeable about financial and investment matters. As a result, women do not conduct investment planning until it is often too late and when they are confronted with a financial crisis or a life predicament such as a divorce or death. Given the lack of research attention focusing on women's perceptions of financial and investment planning in South Africa, and in particular the Eastern Cape, the objective of this research is to investigate the factors that influence women‟s Perceived successful investment planning in the Nelson Mandela Bay area. After conducting a comprehensive literature study, seven factors (independent variables) namely Values, Attitudes, Time horizon, Personal life cycle, Risks and Returns, Investment Knowledge, were identified as influencing the Perceived successful investment planning (dependent variable) of women. Various hypotheses were formulated to be tested in the empirical investigation. The validity and reliability of the measuring instrument were tested among 207 respondents. The Exploratory Factor Analysis, as well as the Cronbach‟s alpha coeffient analysis, revelead that Investment knowledge, Personal life cycle and Values are important factors that influence the women‟s Perceived successful investment planning. As a result of these analyses, the hypotheses had to be reformulated. In order to establish whether correlations existed between the various factors investigated in this study, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficients were calculated. Positive correlations were found between all the variables, except between Values and Personal life cycle and between Values and Perceived successful investment planning. To analyse the association in which the effects of the independent variables (Investment knowledge, Personal life cycle and Values) have on the dependent variable (Perceived successful investment planning) of this study, multiple regression analysis was conducted. Only one independent variable emerged as having a significant influence on Perceived successful investment planning of women, namely Investment knowledge. In order to investigate the influence of the various demographic variables on the dependent variable, an Analysis of Variance was performed. No significant differences were found between the selected demographic variables, namely Age, Ethnic group, Marital status, Education and Investment experience and the independent variables or dependent variable of this study. By investigating the influence of women‟s Perceived successful investment planning, this study has added to the body of knowledge of both financial and investment planning. Based on the empirical results of this study, several recommendations have been made in an attempt to assist women to make better investment decisions and manage their investment planning more effectively.

Connections of the World of Information Technologies and its surroundings are increasingly growing and nobody can be surprised that the key success business factors are, for instance, correct and consistent processes supported by informational system. To implement this kind of back-office system doesn't already mean to get a competitive advantage, so therefore systems which support a decision making (also noticed as MIS, management information system) are becoming a standard. Implementation of any information system in a specific environment is a complex process which contains a lot of methods, procedures and tools which are called together as a methodology. The main aim of this work is the concept of the implementation methodology for financial planning and controlling software. This concept is based on the exact software which is already implemented and used in practice all over the world, but its implementation is always a matter of the particular provider. However, the output of this work is the methodology which is used as an internal material in a company I work nowadays for, it can be also an inspiration or a formal order of the implementation of similar system. Whole work could be divided into three components which are leading to reach the main aim. First two fragments are introducing systems which support decision making, and they are also informing about current market situation and requirements of planning and controlling upheld by these tools. The third part is concerned with the implementation of information systems and it is introducing existing methodologies which are used within MIS implementations. The last part is fundamental and practical, it contains actual concept of the implementation methodology with its practical example.

Diploma thesis is focused on enterprise planning. The main part of the thesis is dedicated to the design of the planning model in the SW company, which comes from real condition of big SW company. The first chapter introduces the world of enterprise planning to the reader. There are clarified reasons of current rise of demand in this area of planning and the advantages of its use. The following chapter explains the essential theory related to enterprise planning area. It also mentions other system approaches to enterprise planning. In the end of the chapter there are described main principles of the CPM concept and its relation to enterprise planning. The fourth chapter is aimed at the current state, requirements and the issues of the planning processes in companies. The outcome of this chapter is set of recommendations for company planning process and company plans itself. The next chapter familiarizes the reader with the current market situation of the planning suites. There are described main players on this market (and their products), acquisitions proceeded in last time and awaited evolution in future. The sixth chapter is focused on the real planning project itself. It introduces the used product -- Cognos Planning. It follows with description of the main principles of model building -- the essential terminology, key plan objects on which basis is the model built and the process of the model development. At the end of chapter is the summary of the project and its contribution to company. The end of thesis depicts expected progress in this sphere of planning and evaluates the fulfillment of thesis targets and its contribution to this area.

The topic of this thesis is personal and family finance. At the time of extensive government austerity measures, uncertainty of countries' future, or even international companies, and on the other side the ever bigger influence of advertisement and consumer culture, its importance grows with each year. The main goal of this thesis is to confirm or disprove the hypothesis that presumes the following: although people think they are handling their personal finance right, they often make typical wrong decisions. Part of the theory is a survey dealing with financial literacy of Czechs that support a theory that they have considerable gaps in managing their finances. Further on, the thesis engages in possibilities on how to eliminate these gaps. Doing this, the author perceives the family, or individual, as a parallel to a company, while their finances management makes parallel to the company's accounting. It also briefly deals with why these mistakes are present, using behavioral economics as a tool for explanation. The theoretical part presents possibilities and products that are to find at a usual economy subject on the market to those willing to evaluate their finances. The practical part is looking for answer to question what the most frequent mistakes are. The author then chooses the one he considers the most significant, namely the absence of planning. It then tries to prove, that elimination of this mistake leads to considerable improvements and optimization in managing finances.

The aim of this master thesis is to assess the objectified value of equity of the company Arysta LifeScience Czech s.r.o. Estimation is conducted from the parent company's perspective, assessing the value of equity before the moment of purchase of the parent company by American firm Platform Specialty Products. Discounted cash flow method based on FCFE is used for the valuation. Essential foundation for application of this method is the financial plan, which is based on internal company data and performed strategic and financial analysis. Monte Carlo simulation is applied to the DCF method in order to verify the accuracy of determining the value of equity under uncertainty. Moreover, sensitivity analysis is used to identify risk factors, which are impacting value of equity the most. Discounted cash flow method is complemented by asset-based approach, specifically by the book value method. The value of equity based on income approach is estimated to be 932 367 thousand CZK.

The aim of this master's thesis is to demonstrate a business plan tailored for a microbrewery located in the city of Tábor. The thesis consists of two sections. The first being a theoretical part introducing entrepreneurship in general and its application into the small and medium enterprises sector. Furthermore it describes the business plan as a document which includes recommended sections and basic approach of developing an advanced business plan. The other part is the detached microbrewery business plan itself. The business plan main focus points are brewery industry overview, defining the business intention, proposal of each part of such project and the overall viability prospects of the project under the given conditions. Main user of the business plan ought to be used by the entrepreneur himself.

The objective of the thesis is to estimate value of Rodinný pivovar BERNARD a.s. as to the date of 31st December 2011. The thesis consists of two parts theoretical and application. The theoretical part describes applied methods and approaches while the application part includes company profile, strategic analysis, financial analysis, value drivers prognosis, financial planning and final valuation. The company is valued using the DCF Entity method.

The master’s thesis focuses on the draft financial plan of the company. The first part of the thesis focuses on the theoretical basis of financial planning. The next part is focuses to introduction of selected company and business analysis at present. Subsequently, the company’s financial plan for the years 2016 - 2018 is proposed in two variants. The last part of the thesis is an evaluation of the company’s financial plan.