Objectives of Financial Management The objectives provide a framework for optimum financial decision making. The term objective is used in the sense of a goal or decision criterion for the three decisions involved in FM. It implies that what is relevant is not the overall objective of a business but an operationally useful criterion by which to judge a specific set of mutually interrelated business decisions namely investment‚ financing and dividend policy. The two main objectives of FM are:
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1. Framework A. Identification of the risk Financial Risk There are three kinds of financial risk: market risk‚ liquidity risk and credit risk. Market Risk Price Risk The risk of a decline in the value of a security or a portfolio. Interest Rate Risk The risk that the value of an investment will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates. Example Dexia had a great interest rate risk. They had a lot of mortgage loans (long term). They financed the long term liabilities
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Financial management decisions: 1. Capital budgeting (investment) – the whole process of analyzing projects and deciding whether they should be included in the capital budget. Spending capital on assets that will yield highest return for comp over desired time period What to buy so that comp will gain most value 2. Capital structure (financing) – the manner in which a firm’s assets are financed; that is‚ the right side of balance sheet. Capital structure is normally expressed as the percentage
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Take Home Chapter 8-9 Student: ____________________________________________________________ _______________ 1. The difference between an investment ’s market value and its cost is called the: A. present value. B. net present value. C. capital value. D. cash flow. E. net income. 2. The payback period is the period of time it takes an investment to generate sufficient cash flows to: A. earn the required rate of return. B. produce the required net income. C. produce a yield equal
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FINANCE 394.4 – Financial Management of the Small Firm Course Outline –Spring Semester‚ 2011 TTH 8:00-9:30; 9:30-11:00 – UTC 1.104 (Unique #03190‚ #03195) TTH 12:30-2:00 – GSB 3.106 (Unique #03200) Office Hours: TTH 11:00 – 12:15; 2:00-3:00 Professor: Jim Nolen & by appointment Office: GSB 4.126G Phone: 471-5798‚ Fax 471-5073 TAs – Devang Gardi (8:00); Vivek Ponnada (9:30) Peter Song (12 :30) e-mail: james.nolen@mccombs.utexas.edu Office Hours – By Appointment Course Material Posted on
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Chapter 5 Currency Derivatives Lecture Outline Forward Market How MNCs Can Use Forward Contracts Non-Deliverable Forward Contracts Currency Futures Market Contract Specifications Trading Futures Comparison of Currency Futures and Forward Contracts Pricing Currency Futures Credit Risk of Currency Futures Contracts Speculation with Currency Futures How Firms Use Currency Futures Closing Out a Futures Position Transaction Costs of Currency Futures Currency Call Options Factors Affecting Call
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TUTORIAL WEEK 13 – MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT RECEIVABLES & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICES QUESTION 1. The conditions under which a firm sells its goods and services for cash or credit are called the: a) terms of sale. b) credit analysis. c) collection policy. d) payables policy. 2. The basic factors to be evaluated in the credit evaluation process‚ the five Cs of credit‚ are: a) conditions‚ character‚ capital‚ control‚ and capacity b) capital‚ collateral
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of the company practice in India? Justify your opinion? Ans. The title of controller and treasurer not been followed in India. In India‚ generally the officer designated as financial controller performs the function of chief accountant. The title of finance head is generally finance manager who is involved in the management of company fund. 1.b. A firm purchases a machinery for Rs. 8‚00‚000 by making a down payment of Rs.1‚50‚000 and remainder in equal installments of Rs. 1‚50‚000 for six years
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CHAPTER 1 THEORITICAL AND CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK 1.1 INTRODUCTION Absenteeism has been variously defined by different authorities. “According to Webster’s dictionary‚ Absenteeism is the practice or habit of being an ‘Absentee’ and an ‘absentee’ is one who habitually stays away.” According to the labour Bureau‚ Simla‚ absenteeism is the total man shifts lost because of absence as a percentage of the total number of man shifts scheduled to work. In other words‚ it signifies the absence
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. 5. Merits of semester system There are many merits of this semester system. They may be as follows‚ 1. It is good for the student community. As these students are the futures of society. 2. It creates awareness of the parallel streams prevalent in various parts of the country. 3. It keeps the students in touch with the books the whole year. It can prove beneficial for the students. 4. The compulsion of tests in between has made the students presence in the colleges all throughout the year
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