ROLE OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - Financial management is one of the functions of management - Financial management is concerned with o Profits and losses of operations o Control over funds o Ensuring appropriate cash flow is available o Chas management o Raising funds / controlling internal funds o Investment of funds o Cost control / pricing o Forecasting / measuring financial performance against expectations - Accounting is a subset of financial management. Financial transactions must be recorded
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questions: 1. In what long-term assets should the firm invest? (Capital budgeting) 2. How can the firm raise cash for required capital expenditures? (Capital structure) 3. How should short-term operation cash flows be managed? (Working capital management) Forms of business organization: Proprietorship- single owner Partnership- more than one owner Corporation- legal entity separate and distinct form its owners and managers. Corporations Advantages: Unlimited life- independent of owners
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1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT 1. “The managers of tomorrow will not be a bigger man than his father was before him.” – Critically analyse this statement and discuss the tasks expected to be performed by future managers to effectively deal with management challenges. 2. Identify four corporate social responsibility initiatives adopted by corporates which you are familiar with. Pg 102 3. “More centralization and decentralization are not advisable” – Do you agree or disagree? Justify. Suggest
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University of Edinburgh Trading Silver and Copper FRM Assignment Lina LU ( s1111757) Yufei PANG ( s1145790) Jinsheng HU ( s1121232) Qi GAO ( s1150771) 2012-3-13 Contents 1. 2. 3. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1 Market Analysis .............................................................................................................. 2 Forward curve ................................
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Financial Management Challenges and Ethics BUS 401 Principles of Finance Instructor: Richard Burke 4/21/14 Financial Integrity and Foreign Markets Find at least two articles from the ProQuest database that highlight and discuss two of the biggest challenges facing financial managers today. One of the articles should be about the challenge of maintaining ethical financial integrity and the other article should be on any other challenge that a financial manager may face (e.g
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1. Definition of multinational company which says that a company which serves more than one country at a time and small description about its background. 2. Main body contains:- * Description about how multinational corporations give employment and remove poverty. * Role of these companies in enhancing local economies. * Its impact on globalization. 3. Conclusion- about how multinational corporations are beneficial to the world. INTRODUCTION Multinational companies have brought
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on overall confidence. International Financial Management Unit 12 The increasing concerns related to both global and domestic economy have led to an increasing focus on risk management tools for the coming six months. Around 82 per cent are of the opinion that the level of financial risk on the company’s balance sheet will either increase or will remain constant in Q3 2012. “A large number of CFOs continue to remain focused on Risk Management as a key priority area and implementing
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STRATEGIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REVISION 1. Selling Currency Call Options. Mike Suerth sold a call option on Canadian dollars for $.01 per unit. The strike price was $.76‚ and the spot rate at the time the option was exercised was $.82. Assume Mike did not obtain Canadian dollars until the option was exercised. Also assume that there are 50‚000 units in a Canadian dollar option. What was Mike’s net profit on the call option? ANSWER: Premium received per unit = $.01 Amount per unit
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Financial management has emerged as a distinct field of study only in the early part of this century‚ as a result of consolidation movement and formation of large enterprises. Its evolution may be divided into three phases. The Traditional phase‚ The Transitional phase and The Modern phase The Traditional Phase:This phase has lasted for about four decades. Its finest expression was shown in the scholarly work of Arthur S. Dewing‚ in his book tilted the Financial Policy
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Chapter 2 Opportunity cost of capital – rate of return expected to be received from alternate investments forgone. NPV – Present value of cash flows less the cost of acquiring the asset acquire assets with positive NPV‚ positive NPV = good project Rate of Return = profit/cost or investment (good investments have higher rate of return than opportunity cost) Higher discount rate ( lower discount factor (lower NPV Investment Decision Rules: 1. accept if positive NPV 2. accept
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