Financing SMEs –Key Challenges and issues for Bankers Wickrama Narayana Chief Manager-SME Development People’s Bank The definition of Small & Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) varies from country to country. The classification can be based on the firm’s assets‚ number of employees‚ or annual turnover along with the loan amount. Central Bank of Sri Lanka defines SMEs as enterprises with less than Rs. 600 million turnover per annum and with a maximum exposure of Rs. 200 million mainly to be classified
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Equity Equity means social justice or fairness; it is an ethical concept‚ grounded in principles of distributive justice.39–[->0]42[->1] Equity in health can be—and has widely been—defined as the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities.1‚[->2]6[->3] However‚ because social justice and fairness can be interpreted differently by different people in different settings‚ a definition is needed that can be operationalised based on measurable criteria. For the purposes of operationalisation
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Executive Summary: Many SMEs in emerging markets often rely on informal sources of capital‚ such as borrowing from relatives‚ to meet finance needs. However‚ when a small or medium enterprise does access formal channels‚ it typically looks to a bank as its primary source of financial services. Banks have begun to turn their attention toward this untapped market and their service of SMEs is a major factor in increasing SME access to finance. Although‚ numerous issues surface when it comes to SME lending
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debentures are having a great significance as a means of corporate financing. Through debentures‚ the company is enabled to have the capital without giving any control over their holders. There is a certainty of finance for a specific period and the company can adjust its financial plan accordingly By issuing the debentures‚ the company gets an opportunity to trade on equity. Consequently‚ it results in increasing the return for the equity shareholders. There are certain individuals and institutional
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Risk Financing Risk imposes costs in two broad forms – loss costs and the costs of uncertainty. Risk financing attempts to mitigate the impact of these costs by structuring the availability of funds to pay claims‚ aid recovery and enable the organization to maintain financial stability as it moves forward towards its mission. How risk financing occurs can vary. At one end of the scale‚ fully self-insured entities retain responsibility and‚ if risk-related costs arise‚ the entity directly bears those
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Defination Deficit Financing Deficit budget means that Govt. expenditure is more than its income from taxes and fee etc. Resources for deficit budget are met by borrowing‚ which is called Deficit Financing. In Pakistan deficit financing is needed because development programs require huge finance whereas domestic savings and income from taxes are not sufficient enough for this purpose. Increasing savings habits‚ population control‚ elimination of corruption‚ decrease in non-productive expenditure
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The word ‘equity’ can be seen to have a wide range of meanings- to many it is a synonym for ‘fairness’ or justice’. Those within the legal community recognise equity as the body of rules developed and applied by the Court of Chancery; a court previously presided over by the Lord Chancellor with rules developed under his authority. The law of equity developed due to the inflexibility of the common law. Before the development of equity‚ The law was rigid (which was often cited as a weakness) for example
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n e ) | I S S N : 2 2 3 1-2463 ( P r in t) The Effect of Equity Financing on Entrepreneurship Business Development in Lagos State‚ Nigeria 1 Akanbi‚ Moses Ayokunle‚ 2 Akinbola Olufemi Amos‚ 3Ogbari Mercy Ejovwokeoghene 2‚3 Dept. Of Economics And Development Studies Dept. Of Business Studies‚ Covenant University‚ Canaan Land‚ Ota‚ Ogun State‚ Nigeria 1 Abstract The paper investigates the effect of equity form of financing on entrepreneurship business development in Lagos State‚ Nigeria
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FINANCING INSTITUTIONS OTHER THAN BANKS Often in business we need capital. Of course‚ this capital can be borrowed from banks or institutions other than banks. Of course‚ with borrowing on financial institutions other than banks will be charged a higher interest rate. The following definitions explain some of the institutions other than banks which cover several fields‚ namely: a. Leasing (Leasing) b. Venture Capital c. Factoring (factoring) d. Business Credit Card e. Consumer Financing
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What are the benefits and risks of alternative therapies alternative therapies? The human life expectancy is longer in twenty-first century‚ but individuals suffer from greats of stress‚ which results in physical illness‚ such as cancer‚ immune deficiency and a heart disease. During the treatment process‚ people seek peace and holistic methods (Fontaine‚ 2005‚ p9). That is a reason that the alternative therapies have quite grown recently. The W.H.O (World Health Organization) report‚ over
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