Finance is the allocation of assets and liabilities over time under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. A key point in finance is the time value of money‚ which states that a unit of currency today is worth more than the same unit of currency tomorrow. Finance aims to price assets based on their risk level‚ and expected rate of return. Finance can be broken into three different sub categories: public finance‚ corporate finance and personal finance. Contents [hide] 1 Areas of finance 1
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CORPORATE FINANCE The word Corporate Finance can be defined in terms that may vary considerably across the world. Corporate Finance is one of the three areas of the discipline of finance and can be defined broadly as a field of finance dealing with acquisition and allocation of a corporation ’s funds or resources‚ with the goal of maximizing shareholder wealth i.e. stock value. This division of a company is basically concerned with the financial operation of the company from company’s point of view
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Syllabus Business Finance |1. |Sources for finance business. Types of finance. Banking services‚ retail banking. Government and development bank-lending.| | |Methods of international settlement trough banks. | |2. |Foreign exchange rate. Spot rates and forward rates. How to calculate the forward rates. Foreign currency options. | |3. |. Incoterms.
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FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE Finance function is the most important function of a business. Finance is‚ closely‚ connected with production‚ marketing and other activities. In the absence of finance‚ all these activities come to a halt. In fact‚ only with finance‚ a business activity can be commenced‚ continued and expanded. Finance exists everywhere‚ be it production‚ marketing‚ human resource development or undertaking research activity. Understanding the universality and importance of finance‚ finance manager
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business is raising the money to get going. The entrepreneur might have a great idea and clear idea of how to turn it into a successful business. However‚ if sufficient finance can’t be raised‚ it is unlikely that the business will get off the ground. Importance of Finance Finance is very important for business organisation . Finance includes planning of financial resources‚ making of optimum capital structure and effective utilization of financial resources by deep analysis of cost of capital and capital
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risk.) As generic examples of risk-free assets we shall consider a bank deposit or a bond. M. Capi´ ski‚ T. Zastawniak‚ Mathematics for Finance‚ n Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series‚ © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011 26 Mathematics for Finance The way in which money changes its value in time is a complex issue of fundamental importance in finance. We shall be concerned mainly with two questions: What is the future value of an amount invested or borrowed today? What is the present
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Ethics in Finance John R. Boatright Loyola University Chicago At the present time‚ the field of finance ethics is barely formed. Although standard business ethics courses give some attention to ethical issues in finance‚ few finance departments include a treatment of ethics in their courses. Interest in finance ethics is growing‚ however‚ and many people in finance believe that ethics should receive some attention in finance education. In the development of any area of applied ethics‚ critical
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Behavioral Finance Behavioral finance attempts to explain what‚ why‚ and how of finance and investing from a human perspective. More specifically‚ behavioral finance integrates psychology and economics into the study of human judgment and biases in decision making under conditions of uncertainty. (David‚ 2004) In order to clearly define and explain the origin of behavioral finance‚ it is important to first define finance‚ which is the foundation of behavioral finance. Finance is a field
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“The contribution of behavioural finance theory is said to be of critical importance in understanding investor behaviour in modern finance” INTRODUCTION According to Gregory Curtis (2004‚ pg 16)‚ Sometime we behave like perfect economic beings. But other times we behave like‚ well‚ human beings. We make decisions on the basis of biases that don’t reflect real world facts. We allow our responses to decisions to depend on how the questions are framed. We engage in complex mental accounting‚ ignoring
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The University for business and the professions MSc Degree in Shipping‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Supply Chain‚ Trade and Finance MSc Degree in Energy‚ Trade and Finance Cass Business School Module Code SMM586 Exam title Corporate Finance Full/Part time Date 1st May 2013 Time 10.00 -13.00 Division of Marks: Section A carries 36 marks‚ Section B carries 28 marks and Section C carries 36 marks. Instructions to students: Students should answer TWO questions
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