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The role of a financial manager is a complex one‚ requiring both an understanding of how the business functions as a whole and specialized financial knowledge. The head of the financial operations is called the chief financial officer (CFO). The structure of the company varies‚ but a financial manager is responsible for the same general things across the board. The manager is responsible for managing the budget. This involves allocating money to different projects and segments so that the business
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Functionalities of Financial Intermediaries 3 Maturity Transformation 3 Risk Transformation 4 Convenience Denomination 5 Advantages of Financial Intermediaries 6 Reconciling Conflicting Preferences of Lenders and Borrowers 7 Spreading and Reducing Investment Risks 8 Economies of Scale Reduces Costs 8 Economies of Scope Reduces Cost 9 Summary and Conclusion 10 Introduction Financial markets can often be considered as the collection of all potential buyers and sellers of various types of financial products
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Financial Market and Financial Instruments Market is simply defined as an area for potential exchanges. Thus market is a group of buyers and sellers interested in negotiating the terms of purchase or sales of goods and services. Similarly‚ financial market is that market is traded- loaned or borrowed-in-terms of different financial assets or instruments stocks and bonds are traded. "Securities" means shares‚ stock‚ bond‚ debenture‚ debenture stock issued by a corporate body or a certificate to unit
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Sheet: 1. What is the importance of cost of capital in Financial Decisions? Explain. The term “cost of capital” is defined as a the rate of return on investment projects nesscery to have unchanged market price of a firm’s share. It may be the rate at which funds can be borrowed on new equity capital or‚ it may be the rate at which futher cash flows are discounted to measure its present values. The cost of Capital of a firm is the weighted average of the cost of the various sources of finance that
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Chapter 01 Why Are Financial Institutions Special? True / False Questions 1. Prior to the financial crisis of 2007-2008‚ J.P. Morgan Chase was the largest bank holding company in the world and operations in 60 countries. True False 2. As of 2009‚ U.S. FIs held assets totaling over $35 trillion. True False 3. Financial institutions act as intermediaries between suppliers and demanders of money. True False 4. If a household invests in corporate securities
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and summarizes the financial events that occur in a business. There are certain accounting principles and concepts to preparing reports on financial statements. These accounting principles and concepts are usually referred to as General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Financial statements or reporting should provide information that is advantageous to present to potential investors and creditors in order for them to make rational investment‚ credit and other financial decisions. Because
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Cost of Production Fixed costs are those that do not vary with output and typically include rents‚ insurance‚ depreciation‚ set-up costs‚ and normal profit. They are also called overheads. Variable costs are costs that do vary with output‚ and they are also called direct costs. Examples of typical variable costs include fuel‚ raw materials‚ and some labour costs. An example Production costs Consider the following hypothetical example of a boat building firm. The total fixed costs‚ TFC‚ include
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University of Sunderland BA (Honours) Accounting and Financial Management APC311 International Financial Reporting Version 1.0 International Financial Reporting Published by The University of Sunderland The publisher endeavours to ensure that all its materials are free from bias or discrimination on grounds of religious or political belief‚ gender‚ race or physical ability. These course materials are produced from paper derived from sustainable forests where the replacement rate exceeds consumption
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ABC SDN. BHD. (Incorporated in Malaysia) REPORTS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 December 2010
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