Scholar Alert: [ review "financial studies" forthcoming ] Bank capital‚ competition and loan spreads M Fischer‚ S Steffen - 2010 Page 1. Bank capital‚ competition and loan spreads Markus Fischer ∗ Sascha Steffen † August 22‚ 2010 Abstract This paper empirically investigates whether well-capitalized banks charge higher spreads using a dataset of all ... Commentary: Monetary Policy after the Fall JB Taylor‚ C Bean - 2010 ... Louis Review‚ May June 2010‚ 165-176 Taylor‚ John B. (2010c)‚ “The
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financed. By assuming the project is all-equity financed‚ the cost of equity (un-levered cost of capital) should be used as the discount rate in order to calculate the NPV of the project‚ because the cost of the asset will equal to the cost of equity in regardless of the capital structure. Given the information on comparable firm asset betas‚ a risk free rate and a market risk premium‚ the cost of capital is calculated as 15.8% based on the CAPM method.( rA = rE = rf + β*r(MP)‚ rA = rE =5.0% + 1.50(7
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Corporate finance P. Frantz‚ R. Payne‚ J. Favilukis FN3092‚ 2790092 2011 Undergraduate study in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences This subject guide is for a Level 3 course (also known as a ‘300 course’) offered as part of the University of London International Programmes in Economics‚ Management‚ Finance and the Social Sciences. This is equivalent to Level 6 within the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications in England‚ Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ). For more
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Prepared by: Victor Amoasii Word count: 3697 CONTENTS 1. Megafon overview and analysis of agency costs 2. Risk Profile Analysis 3. Weighted Average Cost of Capital 4. Megafon valuation 5. Capital investments risk analysis 6. Capital structure and dividend policy Megafon overview and analysis of agency costs Megafon is one of the leading three Russian mobile operators. Its majority shareholder is Alisher Usmanov‚ who controls
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fixed. Then we review capital structure issues related to the adverse investment selection problem of Myers-Majluf. Finally‚ we discuss the timing hypothesis of capital structure. Empirical studies do not consistently support one theory of capital structure under information asymmetry over the others. Thus‚ the review suggests that additional theoretical contributions are needed to help understand and explain findings in the empirical literature. Keywords: capital structure‚ asymmetric information
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used some debt. When you suggested this to your new boss‚ he encouraged you to pursue the idea. As a first step‚ assume that you obtained from the firm ’s investment banker the following estimated costs of debt for the firm at different capital structures: P e r c e n t F i n a n c e d w i t h D e b t ‚ w d r d 0% - 20
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Applications of option pricing in corporate finance Option pricing is used in four major areas of corporate finance: • Real Options Suppose a company has a 1-year proprietary license to develop a software application for use in a new generation of wireless cellular telephones. Hiring programmers and marketing consultants to complete the project will cost $30 million. The good news is that if consumers love the new cell phones‚ there will be a tremendous demand for the software. The bad news
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Blaine’s Case 1) Do you believe Blaine’s current capital structure and payout policies are appropriate? Why or why not? 2) Should Dubinski recommend a large share repurchase to Blaine’s board? What are the primary advantages and disadvantages of such a move? 3) Consider the following share repurchase proposal: Blain will use $209 million of cash from its balance sheet and $50 million in new debt bearing interest at the rate of 6.75% to repurchase 14.0 million shares at a price of 418
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choice of the dividend payment policy on the stock market changes ‚ the company ’s capital structure and corporate value will be affected‚ as well as the realization of shareholders ’ wealth. Dividend policy is closely related to the value of the company. The different branches of relevance dividend view are only from a certain angle to explain the dividend policy and stock price. However‚ in the imperfect capital market‚ there are various factors influence the company’s dividend policy and stock
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valuation using multiples 5. EMPIRE (Greg & Scott‚ Scotia Capital) Bidder price to acquire a publicly-traded company (Oshawa) DCF of stand-alone firm + synergies‚ valuation using multiples‚ bidding strategy + financing 2. WACC – CHOOSING WEIGHTS Since we are discount future FCFs‚ we want a forwardlooking WACC Hence we want to use forward-looking capital structure: 1. Use the company target capital structure – As stated by the management (case fact) – As from comparable
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