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Advance analysis of information
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Table of Contents
Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 2
Business risk and financial risk............................................................................................... 6
Ratio analysis .................................................................................................................................. 9
Failure prediction (businesses in difficulty)................................................................ 23
Questions ....................................................................................................................................... 26
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Introduction
Financial management
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Objective: Maximising long term sustainable wealth
(Cost of financing < Return on investments)
FINANCING DECISIONS INVESTMENT
Objective: Obtaining funds with the minimum DECISIONS
effective cost Objective: Investing in
sustainable projects with
maximum long term
returns
Forms of equity Forms of loan Investment
finance finance/debt opportunities
-Issued share capital -Debentures -Capital assets
-Retained income -Mortgage bonds -Replacement of assets
-Preference shares -Long term loans -Mergers
(Convertible) -Instalment sale -Acquisitions
-Lease finance -Restructuring
-Preference shares (not
convertible)
Techniques: Techniques:
-Effective cost of finance -Time value of money
-Time value of money -Capital budgeting
-Valuation methods
Goal of an entity
1. Shareholders wealth maximisation
In the 1990’s business entities often cited their main goal as maximising
of shareholders wealth, and it became common for company boards to
focus on shareholder value, thereby maximising returns to shareholders.
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