Different Sources of Fund used by Dexus Limited and GPT Group

Question :

This assessment will cover following questions:

• GPT is a real estate investment trust listed in Australia. Identify the various sources of fund that have been used by Dexus limited and GPT group companies.
• Dexus is a real estate company. Explain the relative advantages and disadvantages of the different sources of fund used by selected companies.
• Generate the percentage of the fund that is internally generated and the percentage of the fund that is externally generated for each company.

INTRODUCTION

Corporate accounting can be defined as a process which is dedicated to the activities of a particular business entity. Under this types of accounting, accountant only focuses on monetary records of a company. The project report is based on understanding about various kinds of sources of funds which are used by companies (Al-Sartawi, 2018). For this purpose two ASX listed companies has been selected which are Dexus limited and GPT group. Dexus limited company is a real investment company and its headquarter is at New south Wales, Australia. While GPT group is also a real state investment company. This company`s headquarter is at Sydney, Australia. The project report covers detailed information regards to different sources of funds used by both of companies as well as percentage of internal and external source of funds. In addition, further part of report covers information regards to key provision under AASB 137.