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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Debt and equity are essentially the ways in which companies can raise capital. Debt financing is when a company takes out a loan that generally has a defined time period and interest rate attached to the transaction. Debt financing include loans‚ leases‚ bank overdrafts and terms of trade. Next‚ equity financing is when a company issues shares to the other investors which can be the general public or investment companies. These shares represent ownership of the company to the extent of the shares
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Financing Strategy Problem and Virtual Organization Strategy Paper There are many options for expansion for a privately held company. The Huffman Trucking Company has options to expand the operations of the business. The three best options that the firm faces are; going public through an IPO‚ acquiring another organization in the same industry‚ or merging with another organization. With each of these being a possibility‚ there are some aspects that must be taken into consideration. First there
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owned and operated by an unrelated Japanese corporation. The Walt Disney Company received royalties‚ paid in Yen‚ on certain revenues generated by Tokyo Disneyland. This new overseas business venture was bringing some concern about the foreign exchange risk to Disney. The management team at the Disney has been considering hedging future Yen inflows from Disney Tokyo since 1985. Mr. Anderson‚ the director of finance at The Walt Disney Company‚ focused his attention on a possible 15 billion ten-year
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Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography written by author Adeline Yen Mah which describes her experiences growing up in China during theSecond World War. It was published in 1999 and is a revised version of part of her autobiography‚ Falling Leaves. Born the fifth child to an affluent Chinese family Adeline’s life begins tragically. Adeline’s mother died shortly after her birth due to complications bought on by the delivery‚ and in Chinese culture this marks her as cursed or bad luck. This situation
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high residual value of cars and the second hand car market‚ which enables other forms of financing beyond pure unsecured loans. Car finance arose because the price of cars was out of the reach of individual purchasers without borrowing the money. The funding for personal car finance is provided either by a retail bank or a specialist car financing company. Some car manufacturers own their own car financing arms‚ such as Ford with the Ford Motor Credit Company and General Motors with its GMAC Financial
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This means of financing has developed rapidly in the decades of sixties and seventies. At present this means of financing gained considerable importance due to its wide variety of applications and has gained a substantial increase in the sheer volume of transactions. Although this type of financing can be for long term‚ most lease financing is for periods of less than ten years. Under the subject of finance our concern is with financial leases rather than with operating leases. Hence we will study
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Summery Islamic Mode of Financing in other Countries (Malaysia‚ Iran‚ Sudan‚ Saudi Arabia) Introduction Islamic banking and finance may not be a totally new concept‚ the widespread expansion of this form of banking is certainly a fairly recent phenomena. There are more than 600 Islamic banking institutions and these institutions not only operate in Muslim countries‚ but have also gained footing in non-Muslim countries. Consensus forecasts expect the asset size of global IFSI to hit US$2 trillion
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There are several reasons: (1) the two co-founders failed to finance sufficient funds from venture capitalists or angel investors; (2) the company had not yet employed the right number and profiles of executives for company expansion or financing; (3) at introduction stage‚ the total number of deals is low and the gross margin could not cover the operating expenses‚ including salaries and sales commission‚ contributing to a large sum of deficit; (4) the company did not employ a strong sales
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in order to manage risk factors are loss control‚ loss financing‚ and internal risk reduction. By using these three methods and knowing how they work a business can take to protect the company‚ the possible risks are easier to be contained and managed. Loss Control Loss Financing Loss financing is one of these techniques and is a “method used to obtain funds to pay for or offset losses that occur” (Risk Management Methods). Loss financing covers four different areas that help to achieve its end
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