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In 2015, Hanuman Singh, a portfolio investor, was looking for investment opportunities in India. His friend Ram Naik suggested Singh invest in Tata Consultancy Services Limited, an information technology company based in Mumbai. Singh’s normal practice was to look at the company balance sheets, understand the company’s strategy, and then decide whether to invest. But he recently had a bitter investing experience when the company he invested in went bankrupt. Singh now understood that a deeper analysis was required before investing. He was looking for an accounting analysis that would give him insight into any possible manipulations so that his investment decision would yield his expected results.

In 2015, Hanuman Singh, a portfolio investor, was looking for investment opportunities in India. His friend Ram Naik suggested Singh invest in Tata Consultancy Services Limited, an information technology company based in Mumbai. Singh's normal practice was to look at the company balance sheets, understand the company's strategy, and then decide whether to invest. But he recently had a bitter investing experience when the company he invested in went bankrupt. Singh now understood that a deeper analysis was required before investing. He was looking for an accounting analysis that would give him insight into any possible manipulations so that his investment decision would yield his expected results.

A middle-aged investor, living in India, is looking for a pension plan as he wants to retire within 10 to 12 years and start his own consultancy. His financial advisor suggests four investment plans, each a mix of equities and bonds with different risk elements. An investment that has more equity also has more risk but higher returns. Inflation, equity markets, bond trends, interest rates, portfolio returns and likely annuities all have to be analyzed. Annual contributions and the accumulation of corpus fund at the time of maturity also have to be considered. The investor wants to ensure that his pension plan will generate the annuities required to support his retirement but is still unsure which plan to choose.

A middle-aged investor, living in India, is looking for a pension plan as he wants to retire within 10 to 12 years and start his own consultancy. His financial advisor suggests four investment plans, each a mix of equities and bonds with different risk elements. An investment that has more equity also has more risk but higher returns. Inflation, equity markets, bond trends, interest rates, portfolio returns and likely annuities all have to be analyzed. Annual contributions and the accumulation of a corpus fund at the time of maturity also have to be considered. The investor wants to ensure that his pension plan will generate the annuities required to support his retirement but is still unsure which plan to choose.