FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

What is finance?
Finance is the art and science of managing money. Finance is concerned with the
process, institutions, markets and instruments involved in the transfer of money among
individuals, organisations and governments.

Classification of finance

Finance

Public Finance Private Finance

Government Institutions Personal Finance
State governments Business Finance
Local Self-Governments Finance for non-profit
Central Government organisations

Meaning of Business Finance

 Finance of business activities.
 All creative human activities relating to the production and distribution of goods
and services for satisfying human wants are known as business.
 Finance may be defined as the provision of flows of money at the time when it is
required.
 Business finance is an activity or process which is concerned with acquisition of
funds, use of funds, and distribution of profits by a business firm.

DEFINITION OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (CORPORATE FINANCE)

Financial management is referred to that part of management which is concerned with the
planning and controlling of firm’s financial resources. It deals with finding various
sources for raising funds for the firm and allocation of funds and thus aiming at
maximising the profit earning capacity of the organisation and also its wealth.

Finance Function

1. Investment or Long-term asset mix decision

2. Financing or capital-mix decision
3. Dividend or profit allocation decision

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 4. Liquidity or short-term asset-mix decision.

A’s of Financial Management

1. Anticipating financial needs
2. Acquiring financial resources
3. Allocating funds in business

OBJECTIVES OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

 The term ‘objective’ is used in the sense of a goal or decision

criterion for taking decisions for performing the above four functions.
 The term objective provides a normative framework.
 The term used is in a rather narrow sense of what a firm should
attempt to achieve with its investment, financing and dividend policy decisions.

There are two main objectives of financial management viz.,

1. Profit Maximisation and
2. Wealth Maximisation.

PROFIT MAXIMISATION

1. Actions that increase profits should be undertaken and those that decrease profits
are to be avoided.
2. The investment, finance, dividend and liquidity decisions of a firm should be
oriented to the maximisation of profits.
3. The term profit can be used in two senses.
i. As a owner-oriented concept it refers to the amount of share of national
income which is paid to the owners of business, that is who supply the
equity capital.
ii. As an operational concept, it signifies economic efficiency. In other
words it is a situation where output exceeds input.

 The rationale
behind profitability maximisation

i. It is a test of economic efficiency

ii. Provides yardstick to judge the economic performance
iii. Leads to efficient allocation of resources
iv. Ensures maximum social welfare

 Objections to Profit Maximisation

i. Ambiguity and vagueness of the concept of profit

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 ii. It ignores the timing of the returns or benefits
iii. The quality of benefits are ignored i.e., the Risk is
ignored

 An appropriate operational decision criterion for financial management

should
i. Be precise and exact
ii. Be based on the bigger the better principle
iii. Consider both the quality and quantity dimensions of
benefits
iv. Recognise the time value of money.
The alternative to profit maximisation is wealth maximisation is such a measure.

WEALTH MAXIMISATION

This is also known as value maximisation or net present worth maximisation. The
following figure depicts the process of financial decision taking in terms of its impact on
the share price of the firm’s stock:

Financial Increase
Financial Decision Return? Share Accept
Alternative Risk? Price? Ye
Manager
Action s

No

Reject

A stockholder’s current wealth in the firm is the product of the number of

shares owned, multiplied with the current stock price per share.

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Stock holder’s current wealth in a firm= Number of shares X Current stock price
Owned per share

Wo = NPo

The operational objective of financial management is the maximisation of the

Wealth. This can be expressed by using the following formula
n

W= Σ At - Co
t =1 (1+k)t
A A A A
W=
1 + 2 + 3 +……+ n - Co
(1+K) 2 3 n
(1+K) (1+K) (1+K)
Where
W = Wealth i.e., Net worth
A A A A
1, 2, 3,…., n = the stream of cash flows expected to occur from a course of action over
a period of time.
K = the appropriate discount rate to measure risk and timing; and
C = the initial outlay to acquire that asset or pursue that course of action.

 Implications of
wealth maximisation

i. Since NPV is the measuring unit, those financial actions

which a positive NPV should be accepted while rejecting those with negative NPV
ii. The questions of timing and risk are addressed by
choosing an appropriate rate of discount
iii. Since the value of the firm is reflected through the value
of its shares, the main the concern of the firm is to maximise the market value of its
shares which in turn leads to wealth maximisation.

Criticism of wealth maximisation

i. It is a prescriptive but not descriptive and does not

explain of what firms actually do
ii. The objective of wealth maximisation is not necessarily
socially desirable

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 iii. There is some controversy whether the aim to maximise
the wealth of the firm or the shareholder
iv. It also faces some difficulties when ownership and
management are separated as in the case of large corporations. Because the managers
who act will act towards maximising the managerial utility but not always towards the
maximisation of stock holders utility.

Traditional Role of Finance Managers

 In the past the role of financial manager was passive.
 He was considered as a part of the accounts department.
 His role was to maintain the store records, preparing accounting and other
quasi-financial reports, raising funds when needed.
 He was playing a passive role of an advisor.
 He was an office staff.

Changing Role of Finance Managers

A financial manager is one of the members of the top management team and his
role day-by-day is becoming more pervasive, intensive and significant in solving
complex management problems. In this present business context, a financial manager is
expected to perform the following functions:

1. Financial forecasting and planning

2. Acquisition of funds
3. Investment of funds
4. Helping in valuation decisions
5. Maintain proper liquidity
6. Profit planning
7. Understanding capital markets

ORGANISATION OF FINANCE FUNCTION

 The tasks of financial management are typically distributed between the

two key financial officers of the firm viz., the treasurer and controller.
 The treasurer is responsible mainly for financing and investment activities
 The controller is responsible primarily with accounting and control.

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  The chief finance officer who may be designated as Director (Finance) or
Vice-President (Finance) supervises the work of the treasurer and the controller.
 In turn, several specialist managers working under them assist these
officers.
 The finance function in a large organisation may be organised as shown in
the following exhibit.

Stock Holders

Elect

Board of Directors

OWNERS
Hires

President MANAGERS
(CEO)

Vice Vice Vice Vice Vice

President President President President President
(Human (Manufacturing) (Finance) (Marketing) (Information
Resources) CFO Resources)

Treasurer Controller

Tax Cost
Capital Foreign Pension
Manager Accounting
Expenditure Exchange Financial Planning
Fund
Manager Manager Manager
Manager
and6 Corporate Financial
Credit Cash
fund raising Accounting Accounting
Manager Manager
Manager Manager Manager
 Figure showing the Organisation of finance function

Treasurer Vs Controller

Treasurer Controller
Provision of capital (both long
1 1 Accounting
term and short term)
Liaison with banks and financial
2 2 Preparation of financial reports
institutions
3 Cash Management 3 Reporting and interpreting
4 Receivables Management 4 Planning and control
Protect funds and securities
5 5 Internal audit
(insurance)
6 Investor relations 6 Tax administration
Economic appraisal and reporting
7 Audit 7
to Government

INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM

 The word system in

the term financial system implies a set of complex and closely connected or
interlinked institutions, agents, practices, markets, transactions, claims, and liabilities
in the economy.
 The financial
system is concerned about money, credit and finance.
 The three terms are
intimately related yet are somewhat different from each other.

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  Money refers to the
current medium of exchange or means of payment.
 Credit or loan is a
sum of money to be returned, normally with interest; it refers to the debt of an
economic unit.
 Finance is monetary
resources comprising debt and ownership funds of the state, company or person.

The following exhibit shows the components of Indian Financial system consisting
of financial institutions, financial markets, financial instruments and financial services:

Financial system

Financial Financial Financial Financial

Institutions Markets Instruments services
[Claims, assets,
Securities]

Regulatory Banking

Intermediaries Non-Banking

`Non-intermediaries Primary Secondary

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 Others Organised Unorganised

Short term

Medium term

Primary Secondary Long term

Capital markets Money markets

Relationship between the Financial Institutions and Markets

Funds Funds
Financial
Institutions
Deposits/Shares Loans

Funds

Funds
Suppliers of Private Demanders
funds Securities Placement of funds

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Financial
Markets
 Securities

Funds Funds

Securities Securities

Time Value of Money

Money has time value. A rupee today is more valuable than a rupee a year hence. This is
because of the following reasons:

1. The future is always uncertain and involves risk.

2. People prefer to use their money for satisfying their needs than deferring them
3. In an inflationary period, a rupee today is worth more than what it is in the future
4. Money has time value because of the opportunities available to invest the money so that
the available money can be enhanced through investment.

TECHNIQUES OF TIME VALUE OF MONEY

There are two techniques for adjusting the time value of money:
1. Compounding Technique
2. Discounting or Present value technique

COMPOUNDING TECHNIQUE
The technique of finding the future value of the present sum of money is called
compounding technique. In this technique the future sum is always more than the present value
of the same money.

1. Future value at the end of period n can be calculated as under:

Vn= Vo(1+I)n
OR
Vn = Vo (CFi,n)

Where

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 Vn = Value after n number of years
Vo = original sum of money i.e., value of money at time 0
I= rate of interest
CF = compound factor for i interest rate and n number of years.

2. Doubling period

Doubling period = 72
Rule 72
Rate of interest
Doubling period = 0.35 + 69
Rule 69
Rate of interest

3. Multiple compounding periods

mxn
Vn= Vo 1+ i
Future value of money m

m
EIR= 1+ i -1
Effective Interest Rate m

4. Future value of series of payments

Vn =R1 (1+i)n-1 + R2 (1+i)n-2 + ………..+ (Rn-1) (1+i) + Rn

Where
Vn = future value at a period n
R1 = Payment after period 1
R2 = Payment after period 2
Rn = Payment after period n
I = Rate of interest

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Compound Value of an annuity
An annuity is a series of equal payments lasting for some specified duration. The
premium payments of a life insurance company are examples.
 When the cash flows occur at the end of each period, it is called regular annuity or
a deferred annuity.
 When the cash flows occurs at the beginning of each period, it is called annuity
due.

5. Compound value of a deferred annuity

Using Mathematical formula Vn = R [(1+I) n-1 + (1+n) n-2 +…….+ (1+I)1 + 1]

Using compound factor tables Vn = (R ) (ACF I,n)

6. Compound Value of an Annuity Due

Vn = R (1+i) n -1 (1+i)
Using Mathematical formula
i

Using compound factor tables Vn = (R ) (ACF i,n) (1+i)

DISCOUNTING (OR ) PRESENT VALUE TECHNIQUE

This is the technique that is just opposite of the compounding technique. The present
value technique tries to know the present of a sum of money which is being received at a future
point of time. This is also called as discounting technique. In this the present sum of money is
always less than the future sum.

7. Present value of a future receipt

If a single payment is to be received on a future date, or paid after a certain period, the
following formula can be used.

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 Vo = Vn
Mathematically
(1+i)
Using Discount factor table Present Value (Vo)= Future Value(Vn) X DFi,n

8. Present value of a series of payments

n
Vo = Σ Rt where Rt is the payment at period t
t=1 (1+i)t

9. Present value of a Regular Annuity

If the amount of payment is R, the present value of an annuity can be calculated as under:

Using Mathematical formula

Vo = R Σ 1
t=1 (1+i) t

Using Annuity Discount factor tables

Vn = (R ) (ADF i,n)

10. Present value of a Annuity Due

Vn = (R ) (ADF i,n) (1+i)

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11. Present value of an infinite life annuity
The present value of an infinite (,α) life annuity can be calculated as under

Vo = (R ) (ADF i,α)
OR
Vo = R
I

11. Present value of a Annuity growing at a constant rate

When the cash flows grow at a constant rate, we will have to calculate the series of
cash flows and then the present value of the series of payments.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF TIME VALUE TECHNIQUES

1. Sinking Fund Problems

A finance manager can do sinking fund problems very easily by using compounding
value technique:

Vn = (R ) (ACF i,n) or R = Vn
(ACF i,n)

2. Capital recovery problems

This can be calculated by applying the present value technique:

Vo = (R ) (ADF i,n) or R = Vn
(ADF i,n)
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3. Compound growth rate problems
A finance manager can easily calculate such compound rate of growth by making use of
the use of compound factor tables as under

Vn = Vo (CF i,n) and than CF i,n = Vo

Vn

INVESTMENT EVALUATION TECHNIQUES

(CAPITAL BUDGETING TECHNIQUES)

A capital expenditure is an expenditure, the benefits of which are expected to be received

over a period of time exceeding one year. Capital budgeting is the process of making investment
decisions in capital expenditures. According to Charles T Horn green Capital budgeting is long
term planning for making and financing proposed capital outlays.

Features of Investment Decisions

1. The exchange of current funds for future benefits
2. The funds are invested in long-term assets
3. The future benefits will occur to the firm over a series of years.

Importance of investment decisions

1. They influence the firm’s growth in the long run.

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 2. They affect risk of the firm
3. They involve commitment of large funds
4. They have a long-term effect on profitability
5. They are irreversible in nature or reversible at substantial loss
6. They are among the complex decisions to make
7. They are of national importance

Capital Budgeting Process

1
Identify
7 investment
proposals
Review of
performance 2
Screen Proposals

6 Capital
Implementation
of proposals
Budgetin
g Process 3
Evaluate the
proposals

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Final Approval
4
Fix Priorities
Kinds of Investment Decisions

1. Based on the profitability

a Those which increase revenue
b Those which reduce costs
2. Based on the proposals under consideration
a Accept reject decisions
b Mutually exclusive project decisions
c Capital rationing decisions

Investment Evaluation Criteria

Three steps are involved in the evaluation of an investment :
a Estimation of cash flows
b Estimation of the required rate of return
c Application of a decision rule for making the choice

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METHODS OF EVALUATION OF INVESTMENT PROPOSALS

The various methods of evaluating profitability of capital investment proposals are as

under:
A. Traditional Methods
1. Pay-back period method or Pay out or Pay off Method
2. Improvement of traditional approach to pay back period method
3. Rate of return method or accounting method
B. Time – Adjusted Methods or Discounted Methods
1. Net present value method
2. Internal rate of return method
3. Profitability Index method

A. TRADITIONAL METHODS

1. Pay-back period method or Pay out or Pay off Method

1. This method measures the period of time for the original cost of a
project to be recovered from the additional earnings of the project itself.
2. Investments are ranked according to the length of their pay back
period
3. The investment with a shorter pay back period is preferred to the
one which has longer pay back period.
4. In case of evaluation of a single project, it is adopted if it pays
back for itself within a period specified by the management and if not it is rejected

The pay-back period can be ascertained in the following manner:

1. Calculate annual net earnings (profits) before depreciation and after; these are
called annual cash inflows.
2. Divide the initial outlay (cost) of the project by the annual cash inflow, where the
project generates annual cash inflows. Thus where the project generates constant cash
inflows:

Pay-back period = Cash outlay of the project (or) original cost of the asset

Annual Cash flows

3. Where the annual cash inflows ( profit before depreciation and after taxes) are
unequal, the pay-back period can be found by adding up the cash inflows until the total is
equal to the initial cash outlay of project or original cost of the asset.

Advantages of Pay-Back Period Method

1. It is simple and easy to understand

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 2. It saves cost, consumes les time and labour in capital budgeting
decisions
3. It reduces the loss through obsolescence as the project having lesser pay-
back period is preferred
4. It is suitable for a firm with limited cash resources and with a liquidity
position which is not very good

Disadvantages of Pay-Back Period

1. It does not take into account the cash inflows occurring after the pay back period.
2. It ignores the time value of money and does not consider the magnitude and timing of cash
flows.
3. It Does not take into account the cost of capital
4. It is difficult to determine the minimum acceptable pay-back period
5. It treats each asset in isolation to other asset which is not practicable
6. It does not consider the true profitability of the project as this is concerned only with the
short-term

2. Improvements in Traditional Approach to pay back period method

a Post Pay-Back Profitability method
pay back period method ignores the cash inflows after pay-back period and hence the true
profitability of the project cannot be assessed. In this method the returns receivable
beyond the pay-back period are taken into account. The returns are called post pay-back
profits.

Post Pay-back profitability index = Post Pay-Back profits X 100

Investment

b Pay-Back Reciprocal method

Sometimes, pay-back reciprocal method is employed to estimate the internal rate of
return generated by a project. pay-back reciprocals can be calculated as follows:

Pay-back reciprocal = Annual cash flow

Total Investment

This method can be expressed in terms of percentage by multiplying the result by 100.

c Post Pay-Back Period method

a. The main shortcoming of pay back period method is that it ignores the life of the
project beyond the pay-back period.
b. This method is also known as surplus life over pay-back method.

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 c. According to this method, the project which gives the greatest post pay-back
period may be accepted.

d Discounted Pay-Back method

a. Another limitation of the pay-back period method is that it ignores the time value
of money.
b. Under this method, the present values of all cash inflows and outflows are
computed at an appropriate discount rate.
c. The present values of all inflows are cumulated in order of time.
d. The time period at which the cumulated present value of cash inflows equals the
present value of cash outflows is known as discounted pay-back period.
e. The project which gives a shorter discounted pay-back period is accepted.

3. Rate of Return Method

 This method takes
into account the earnings expected from the investment over their whole life.
 It is also known as
accounting rate of return method
 the accounting
concept of profit (net profit after tax and depreciation) is used rather than cash inflows.
 According to this
method, various projects are ranked in the order of the rate of earnings or rate of return.
 This method can also
be used to make decision as to accepting or rejecting a proposal.

a. Average Rate of Return Method

Under this method, the average profit after tax and depreciation is calculated and then it
is divided by the total capital outlay or total investment in the project. In other words, it
establishes the relationship between average annual profits to total investments.

Average Rate of Return

= Total profits (after depreciation and taxes) X100

Net investment in the project X No. of years of profits

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 OR

Annual cash flow X 100

Total Investment

b. Return per unit of investment Method This method is an improvement over the average rate
of return method. In this method the total profit after tax and depreciation is divided by the total
investment.

Return per unit of investment

= Total profits (after depreciation and taxes) X 100

Net investment in the project

c. Return on Average Investment Method

Under this method, the return on average investment is calculated. Uding of average
investment for the purpose of return on investment is preferred because the original investment is
recovered over the life of the asset on account of depreciation.

Return on average investment

= Total profits (after depreciation and taxes) X 100

Net investment in the project
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d. Average Return on Average Investment Method This method is very

suitable method of rate of return on investment. Under this method, average profit after
depreciation and taxes is divided by the average amount of investment.

Average Return on average investment

= Average annual profit after depreciation and taxes X 100

Average investment

OR

Net investment in the project = Average annual Profit X 100

Net investment in the project

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Advantages of Rate of Return Method:

1. It is simple to understand and easy to operate
2. it uses the entire earnings of a project in calculating rate of return and hence gives a better
view.
3. This can be calculated from the financial data as this is based on the accounting concept
of profits.

Disadvantages of Rate of Return Method

1. It ignores the time value of money
2. It does not take into consideration any other cash flows except accounting profits
3. It ignores the time period in which the profits are earned.
4. It cannot be used to a situation where the investment in project is made in parts

B. TIME – ADJUSTED METHODS OR DISCOUNTED METHODS

The traditional methods of capital budgeting suffer from the various limitations like
ignorance to the time value of money. The discounted or time-adjusted cash flow methods take
into account, the profitability and the time value of money. These methods are also called as
modern methods.

1. Net Present Value Method

In this method, the net present values of the cash inflows and cash out flows occurring
during the entire life of the asset is determined separately by discounting these flows by
the firms cost of capital or a pre-determined rate. The following steps are to be
necessarily followed.
i. Determine the appropriate rate of interest that should be selected as
the minimum required rate of return. This is also called as discount rate or cut-off rate.
ii. Compute the present value of the cash outflows at the pre-
determined discount rate

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 iii. Compute the present value of total investment proceeds i.e., cash
inflows ( profit before depreciation and after tax) at the above discount rate
iv. Calculate the net present value of each project by calculating present
value of cash inflows from the present value of cash outflows for each project
v. If NPV is positive or Zero, the project may be accepted. But if it is
negative, the project should be rejected
vi. To choose between mutually exclusive projects, rank them in the
order of NPVs and choose the one with the maximum NPV.

The present value PV= 1

(1+r)n
where r = rate of interest / discount rate
n = number of years
The present value of all the cash inflows for a number of years is thus found as follows:
PV = A1 + = A2 + A3 +………..+ A3
(1+r) (1+r)2 (1+r)3 (1+r)n

If n is more then the calculation becomes difficult hence the present value factor tables
have to be used.

Advantages of NPV Method

1. It recognises the time value of money
2. It is suitable for all situations of cash flows (even, uneven and uneven intervallic)
3. It takes into account the earnings over the entire life of the project and hence true
profitability can be evaluated
4. It takes into account the objective of maximum profitability

Limitations of NPV Method

1. It is more difficult to understand and operate
2. It may not give good results while comparing projects with unequal lives
3. It may not give good while comparing projects with unequal investment of funds
4. It is not easy to determine the appropriate discount rate

2. Internal Rate of Return Method

o This internal rate of return method is another discounted cash flow

technique which takes into account the magnitude and timing of cash flows.
o This methods is also called as yield on an investment, marginal efficiency
of capital, rate of return over cost, time-adjusted rate of internal, yield method, trial and
error yield method and so on.

Steps involved in internal rate return method:

1. Determine the future net cash flows during the entire economic life of the project.
The cash inflows are estimated for future profits before depreciation but after taxes.

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 2. Determine the rate of discount at which the value of cash inflows is equal to the
present value of cash outflows.
3. Accept the proposal if the internal rate of return is higher than or equal to the
minimum required rate of return i.e., cost of capital or cut off rate and reject the
proposal if the internal rate of return is lower than the cost of cut-off rate.
4. In case of alternative proposals select the proposal with the highest rate of return as
long as the rates are higher than the cost of capital or cut-off-rate.

Determination of IRR
a. When the annual net cash flows are equal over the life of the asset
Firstly find out the present value factor by dividing initial outlay (cost of investment) by
annual cash flow

Present value factor = Initial outlay

Annual cash flow

Then consult present value annuity tables with the number of years equal to the life of the asset
and find out the rate at which the calculated present value factor is equal to the present value
given in the table.

b. When the annual net cash flows are unequal over the life of the asset
It is found through trial and error method. This process is summed as under:
i. Prepare the cash flow table using an arbitrary assumed discount rate
to discount the net cash flows to the present value.
ii. Find out the net present value by deducting from the present value of
total cash flows calculated in (i) above the initial cost of the investment
iii. If the net present value is positive, apply higher rate of discount.
iv. If the higher discount still gives a positive net present value, increase
the discount rate further until the NPV becomes negative.
v. If the NPV is negative at this higher rate, the internal rate of return
must be between these rates.

Advantages of internal rate of return method

i. It takes into account the time value of money
ii. It considers the profitability of the project for its entire economic life
iii. The determination of COC if not a pre-requisite for the use of this
method
iv. It provides for uniform ranking of various proposals due to the
percentage rate of return
v. This method is compatible with the maximum profitability.

Disadvantages of internal rate of return method

i. This method is not easy to understand
ii. It is based upon the assumption that the earnings are reinvested at
the internal rate of return.

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3. Profitability Index method
It is also called as benefit cost ratio method. It is the relationship between the present
value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows. Hence

Profitability index = Present value of cash inflows

Present value of cash outflows

(OR)
Profitability index = Present value of cash inflows
Initial cash outlay

P I (net) = NPV (Net Present value)

Initial cash outlay

ESTIMATION OF CASH FLOWS

− Cash flow refers to the cash revenues less cash
expenses
− Accounting profit refers to the figure of profit as shown
in the profit and loss account.

This cash flow is preferable over the accounting profit due to the following reasons:

1. The main objective of a firm is to maximise the wealth of the shareholders which
depends on the cash flow but not the profit.
2. The existence of certain accounting ambiguities in accounting makes cash flow
preferable than the accounting profit.

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 3. The cash flow also takes into account the time value of money which is ignored by
accounting profit.

Conventional and Non-conventional cash flows

 In conventional cash flow, an initial cash outflow i.e., initial investment is
followed by a series of uniform or unequal cash inflows.
 In non-conventional cash flows, there exists a series of cash inflows and cash
outflows.

Incremental cash flows

The screening of investment proposals involves the determination of cash flows. They
may be absolute cash flows or incremental cash flows.

 If there is only one

proposal and the decision of the investment is to be taken then the absolute cash flows are
considered.
 If there are more than
one proposal, the relative cash flows are considered which is also called as the
incremental cash flows.

TYPES OF CASH FLOWS

1. Initial Investment or Cash outlay
2. Operating cash flow or net annual cash flows
3. Terminal cash flows

Initial Investment or Cash outlay

Rs.
Purchase price of the asset Xxxxxx
(+) Insurance, freight, loading
and unloading and Xxx
installation costs
(+) Net increase in working
Xxx
capital requirement
(+) Opportunity cost if any Xxx
(-) Cash inflows in the form of
Xxx
sale proceeds
(-) Investment Allowance (25%
xxx xxx
of the cost of the asset)
Total xxxxx

Operating cash flow or net annual cash flows

These are the cash flows calculated after charging the tax but before depreciation.

Cash Revenues – Cash Expenses – Tax

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 Or
Net Earnings After Tax + Depreciation - Tax

Determination of Net Annual Cash Flows

Rs.
Cash Revenues ( Sales) Xxxxxx
(-) Cash Expenses (operating costs) Xxx
= EBDT xxxxx
(-) Depreciation Xxx
= EBT xxxxx
(-) Tax Xxx
= EAT xxxx
(+) Depreciation Xxx
= CFAT (Cash inflow after tax) Xxxx

Terminal cash flows

These are the cash flows recovered at the end of the useful life of the asset.

Rs.
Cash flow from sale of the asset xxxxx
or Sale value of old asset in case of
Xxx
its replacement with a new asset
(+) Increase in the net working capital xxxxx
Total xxxxx

REPLACEMENT OF PROJECTS

Replacement of projects is an unavoidable necessity. Replacement may be of two kinds:

o Replacement of like –for – like ------- due to physical wear and tear
o Replacement due to obsolescence----- due to the technological
advancements

♦ In case of replacement of an existing asset, the tax is

computed on the excess of its sale
Value over its book salvage value.
♦ If the cash salvage value exceeds the book salvage
value, the difference is treated as ordinary income and taxed. This tax liability is added to
the initial outlay.

DEPRECIATION TAX FIELD

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 Depreciation is an allocation of the cost of fixed assets. Though it involves an accounting
entry as an expense, as it is not a cash expense and hence does not constitute part of the
computation of cash flow. And hence has no direct impact on the cash flow. But has an impact
on the cash flow in the form of reduction of tax liability. Hence it is considered for the
computation of after-tax cash flow in spite of the fact that it does not form a part of the cash
flow.
Rs.
Cash Revenues Xxxxxx
(-) Cash Expenses (operating costs)
Xxx
+ Depreciation
= Taxable Income xxxxx
(-) Taxes Xxx
= Net Income After Tax xxxx
(+) Depreciation Xxx
= NCFAT (Net Cash inflow after
Xxxx
tax)
Total xxxxx

CONFLICTS IN RANKING DCFs AND THEIR CRITERIA

Conflicts in NPV vs. IRR Methods

♦ In NPV method, the project whose Net present value is
positive is preferred where as in case of IRR method it is accepted if the internal rate of
return is ore than the cut off rate.
♦ The projects which have a positive NPV obviously have
an internal rate of return higher than the required rate of return.
The conflicts occur when
− There is a significant difference in the amount of cash
outlay of various proposals under consideration.
− Problems of difference in cash flow pattern or timing of
various proposals and
− Difference in the economic life of the assets or the
unequal expected lives of the projects.

In such circumstances, those projects which have higher NPV should be selected since such
projects maximise the share holders wealth. Thus NPV is more reliable than the IRR method.

Conflicts in NPV vs. Profitability Index Methods

In NPV Method, the project is accepted if it has a positive present value where as in case
of PI method, a project is accepted if its Profitability Index is greater than 1.
When there is any mutually exclusive decision involving these two methods, preference
should be given to NPV methods, since PI will be greater than 1 only when the NPV is positive.

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 COST OF CAPITAL

A project’s cost of capital is the minimum acceptable rate of return on the funds
committed to the project. The minimum acceptable rate or the required rate of return is the
compensation for the time and risk in the use of the capital by the project. The firm’s cost of
capital will be the overall or average required rate of return on the aggregate of the investment
projects.

Significance of cost of capital

1. Investment evaluation
2. Designing debt policy
3. Performance appraisal
4. Dividend Decisions
5. Investment in working capital
6. As a basis for taking other financial decisions

Classification of Cost

1. Historical cost and Future cost

2. Specific Cost and Composite Cost
3. Explicit Cost and Implicit Cost
4. Average Cost and Marginal Cost

COST OF DEBT CAPITAL

The cost of debt is the interest rate payable on debt.

1. Cost of Debt before tax
Kdb = I
P
Where Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
I = Interest
P = Principal
2. Cost of the debt raised at premium or discount
Kdb = I
NP
Where Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
I = Interest
NP = Net Proceeds
3. After-tax cost of debt
Kda = Kdb (1-t) = I
NP
Where Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
Kda = After tax cost of debt
I = Interest
P = Principal

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 t = Rate of tax

4. Cost of Redeemable Debt

Kdb = I + 1 (P-NP)
n
1 (P+NP)
2
where I = Interest
n = Number of years in which debt is to be redeemed
P = Proceeds at par
NP = Net Proceeds
Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
After-Tax Cost of Redeemable Debt
Kda = Kdb (1-t)
Where
t = Tax rate
Kdb = same as in a above

5. Cost of debt redeemable at premium

a. Before-Tax Cost of Debt
Kdb = I + 1 (RV-NP)
n
1 (RV+NP)
2
where I = Interest
n = Number of years in which debt is to be redeemed
P = Proceeds at par
RV = Redeemable value of debt
NP = Net Proceeds
Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
b. After-Tax Cost of Debt
Kda = Kdb (1-t)

Where t = tax rate

Kdb = Same as in a above

6. Risk or Inflation Adjusted Cost of Debt

Real Cost of Debt = 1 + Nominal Cost of Debt

1 + Inflation Rate

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 COST OF PREFERENCE SHARE CAPITAL

Preference capital is that capital raise through the issue of preference shares. Preference
shares are those shares which give to their share holders, a preference over equity share holders
during the distribution of dividend and also the redemption of capital during the winding up of
the company.

1. Cost of perpetual Preference Capital

Kp = D
P
Where D = Annual Preference Dividend
Kp = Cost of preference Capital
P = Preference Share Capital Proceeds

2. Cost of Preference Capital issued at Premium/Discount/floatation costs are incurred

Kp = D
NP
Where D = Annual Preference Dividend
Kp = Cost of preference Capital
NP = Preference Share Capital Proceeds

3. Cost of Redeemable Preference Shares

redeemable preference shares are those preference shares which can be redeemed or
cancelled on maturity date
Kpr = D + (MV-NP)
n
1 (MV+NP)
2
Where D = Annual Preference Dividend
Kpr = Cost of redeemable preference capital
P = Preference Share Capital Proceeds
NP = Net Proceeds of preference shares

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 COST OF EQUITY SHARE CAPITAL

Equity share capital is that capital which is raised through the equity shares. The equity
shareholders are the real owners of the company. The cost of equity capital is a function of the
expected return by its investors.

1. Dividend Yield Method or Dividend/Price Ratio Method

According to this method, the cost of equity capital is the discount rate that equates the
present value of the expected future dividends per share with the net proceeds (or current
market price) of a share. It is represented by the following formula:

Ke = D or D
NP MP

Where D = Expected Dividend per share

Ke = Cost of Equity Capital
NP = Net Proceeds per share
MP = Market price per share
Basic assumptions of this method are:
i It does not consider future earnings or retained earnings
ii It does not take into account the capital gains
This method is suitable only when the company has a stable earnings and stable dividend
policy over a period of time.

2. Divided Yield Plus Growth in Dividend Method:

a. The cost of capital is to be calculated

When the dividend is being paid at a constant rate and there is a growth in the percentage
of dividend every year at a constant rate, then the cost of capital may be computed by
using this method. The following formula can be used:

Ke = D 1 + G
NP
Where D1 = Expected Dividend per share at the end of the year
Ke = Cost of Equity Capital
NP = Net Proceeds per share
G = Rate of Growth in dividend
b. The cost of existing equity share capital
Under this model, the cost of existing equity share capital when there is a constant growth
rate in the dividend, is computed by taking into consideration, the Market Price per share.
Ke = D 1 + G
MP
Where D1 = Expected Dividend per share at the end of the year
Ke = Cost of Equity Capital
MP = Net Proceeds per share
G = Rate of Growth in dividend

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 3. Earnings-Price Ratio Method
According to this method, the cost of equity capital is the discount rate that equates the
present value of the expected future earnings per share with the net proceeds (or current
market price) of a share. It is represented by the following formula:

Ke = EPS or EPS
NP MP Cost of existing cost of
Capital

Where EPS = Expected Earnings per share

Ke = Cost of Equity Capital
NP = Net Proceeds per share
MP = Market price per share

COST OF TERM LOANS

A company can also raise debt funds by taking term loans. These term loans can be
raised from Banks or Financial Institutions. Term loans are the loans that are taken for a fixed
period of time. Interest is paid annually on the loans taken from the institutions. The following
formula is used to find out the cost of term loans:

a Cost of term loans before tax

Kdb = I
P
Where Kdb = Before tax cost of debt
I = Interest
P = Principal

b After-tax cost of term loans

Kda = Kdb (1-t) = I

NP
Where Kdb = Before tax cost of debt (term loan)
Kda = After tax cost of debt (term loan)
I = Interest
P = Principal
t = Rate of tax

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 CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL
It s a model that describes the relationship/trade-off between risk and expected/required
return. The CAPM provides a frame work for basic risk and return trade-offs in portfolio
management. It enables to draw certain implications about risk and the size of risk premium
necessary to compensate for bearing risk.
Types of risk:
i. Diversifiable/unsystematic/avoidable risk
ii. Non-diversifiable/systematic/unavoidable risk
The Model:
The model links the relevant (systematic) risk and returns of all assets/securities. The
measure/index of systematic risk is Beta Coefficient (β). It measures the sensitivity of return of
a security to changes in returns on the market portfolio. In other words, Beta Coefficient is an
index of the degree of responsiveness of security return with market return.

The beta for the market portfolio is equal to 1. It is thus an index of the systematic risk
of an individual security relative to that of the market portfolio.

The interpretation of β=1 is that the excess return for the security vary proportionately
with excess returns for the market portfolio, that is, the security has the same systematic risk as
the market as a whole.

The beta of a portfolio is simply the weighted average of the individual security betas in
the portfolio, the weights being the proportion of total portfolio market values represented buy
each security.
Thus, the beta of a security represents its contribution to the risk of a highly diversified
portfolio of securities.

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 Required Return
ke = kf + (km-kf)β
SML

Risk Premium
(km-kf)β
kf

Risk β
Figure showing the Cost of Equity under CAPM

According to CAPM, the required rate of return, ke for a share is

ke = Risk free rate of interest (Rf)+ Risk premium (1)

Risk Premium = (Market return of a diversified portfolio – Risk free return)x βi

═> βi (Rm – Rf) (2)
Therefore, the cost of equity, according to CAPM can be calculated by substituting
equation 2 in equation 1. The resultant equation is as under:
ke = Rf + βi (Rm – Rf)
where,
ke = Cost of equity capital
Rf = Risk free rate of return
βi = Beta coefficient of the firm’s portfolio
Rm = Risk-free rate of return
Rf = Market return of a diversified portfolio

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 COST OF RETAINED EARNINGS
 Retained earnings are the amounts that have been kept aside by the company during times
of prosperity for the purpose of expansion and diversification of it activities.
The cost of retained may be considered as the rate of return that the existing shareholders
may obtain by investing the after-tax dividends in alternative opportunities of equal
opportunities.

1. Cost of Retained Earnings

The cost of retained earnings is arrived at, by using the formula:

Kr = D + G
NP
Where D = Expected Dividend per share
Kr = Cost of retained earnings
NP = Net Proceeds per share
G = Growth Rate

2. Cost of retained earnings after adjusting tax and cost of purchasing new securities

Kr = D + G x (1-t) x (1-b)
NP

Where D = Expected Dividend per share

Kr = Cost of retained earnings
NP = Net Proceeds per share
G = Growth Rate
t = Tax Rate
b = Cost of purchasing new securities or brokerage expenses

WEIGHTED AVERAGE COST OF CAPITAL

Also called as overall cost of capital or composite cost of capital. The weighted average cost of
capital is calculated by multiplying the weights of the various sources of capital with the cost of
capital of that particular source. Weight is the proportion of each source of fund in the capital
structure.

Steps involved in calculation of Weighted Average Cost of Capital

Calculate the cost of specific sources of funds

a. Multiply the cost of specific sources by its proportion in the capital structure
(weight)
b. Add the weighted component costs to get the firm’s weighted average cost of
capital

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Calculation of Weighted Average Cost of Capital
The weighted average cost of capital is calculated by using the formula:

n
ko = Σ ktwt
t=1
where ko = Weighted average Cost of capital
k = K is the component cost
w = Weights of various types of capital employed
MARGINAL COST OF CAPITAL
 The weighted average cost of new or incremental capital is known as the marginal cost
of capital.
 The marginal cost of capital is the weighted average cost of new capital using the
marginal weights.
 The marginal weights represent the portion of various funds the firm intends to employ.

DIVIDEND CAPITALISATION MODEL

This is a popular model explicitly relating the market value of the firm to dividend policy.
This model was developed by Myron Gordon in 1962 The Valuation formula under this model is
as under:

P = E (1-b) (OR) P = E (1-b)

Ke-br Ke-g

Where P = Price of shares

E = Earnngs per share
b = Retention ratio
Ke = Cost of Equity capital
br = g = Growth rate in r i.e., rate of return on investment of an all equity firm
D = Dividend per share

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What is working capital?
It is the amount of capital required for running the day-to-day activities of the business. It
is the funds required to cover the cost of operating the enterprise. It is also called as Revolving
capital or Circulating capital or short-term capital.

Concepts of working capital

a Gross working capital: This is the amount of the current assets present in the
organisation..
b Net-working capital: This can be defined in two ways: (i) the excess of current
assets over current liabilities (ii) It is that portion of current assets which is financed with
long-term funds.

WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Meaning of Working Capital Management

Working capital management is concerned with the problems that arise in attempting to
manage the current assets, the current liabilities and the inter-relationship that exists between
them.

Components of Working Capital

a Currents Assets: The term current assets refers to those assets which in the
ordinary course of business can be, or will be, converted into cash with in one year
without undergoing a diminution in value and without disrupting the operations of the
firm.

i. Cash in hand and at bank

ii. Marketable securities
iii. Accounts receivable (less provision for bad debts)
iv. Inventory
v. Temporary investment of surplus funds
vi. Prepaid expenses
vii. Accrued incomes
b Current Liabilities: Current Liabilities are those liabilities which are
intended, at their inception to be paid in the ordinary course of business with in a year out
of the current assets or earnings of the concern.
i. Bills payable
ii. Accounts payable
iii. Accrued or outstanding expenses
iv. Short term loans, advances and deposits
v. Dividends payable
vi. Bank overdraft

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Importance of Working Capital

i. It helps in maintaining the solvency of the business

ii. It helps in timely payment to suppliers thus maintaining of goodwill
iii. It helps in getting easy loans on favourable terms
iv. It also helps to get cash discounts on purchases
v. It ensures a regular supply of raw-materials and thus ensuring smooth production
vi. It aids in regular payments of salaries, wages and other day-to-day commitments
vii. Exploitation of favourable market conditions is possible
viii. It provides an ability to face crisis situations effectively
ix. It facilitates quick and regular return on investments
x. It improves the morale of the organisation and also its overall efficiency

FACTORS INFLUENCING WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

i. Nature of business
ii. Size of business
iii. Sales and demand conditions
iv. Production policy
v. Technology and manufacturing policy
vi. Length of the production cycle
vii. Seasonal variations
viii. Working capital cycle
ix. Credit policy
x. Availability of credit
xi. Operating efficiency
xii. Price level changes
xiii. Business cycles

CURRENT ASSETS POLICY

It represents the ration of currents assets to the fixed assets in an organisation.
Assuming a constant level of fixed assets, a higher CA/FA ratio indicates a conservative
current assets policy and a lower CA/FA ratio means an aggressive current assets policy
assuming other factors to be constant. A conservative policy implies greater liquidity and lower
risk; while an aggressive policy indicates higher risk and poor liquidity. The current assets
policy of the most firms may fall between the two extreme policies. This shows that they follow
an average current assets policy.

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 Level of Current Assets

Figure showing the alternative current asset policies

In the above figure, the most conservative policy is indicated by alternative A, where the
CA/FA ratio is greatest at every level of output. Alternative C is the most aggressive policy as
CA/FA ratio is lowest at all levels of output. Alternative policy which is the average policy lies
between A and B.

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 Policy CA/FA Ratio Risk Return Liquidity
Aggressive Lowest Very High High Low
Average Medium Medium Average Medium
Conservative Highest Very Low Low High

The above table shows the Current Assets to Fixed Assets Ratio, Risk Level, Returns and
Liquidity for various Current Asset Policies

CURRENT ASSETS FINANCING POLICY

a. Long-term financing
b. Short-term financing
c. Spontaneous financing

a. Matching Approach
In Matching approach, long term financing will be used to finance fixed assets and
permanent current assets and short term financing to finance temporary or variable current assets.

Temporary Current Assets

Short term financing

Permanent Cas

Long-term financing
Fixed Assets

Time

Graph showing the financing under the matching plan

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 b. Conservative Approach
Under a conservative plan, the firm finances its permanents assets and also a part of
temporary current assets with long-term financing. When the firm has no temporary current
assets [ex: in situation (a)], the long-term funds released can be invested in marketable securities
to build up the liquidity position of the firm.

Temporary Current Assets

Short term financing
Assets
(a)

Permanent Cas Permanent Cas Permanent Cas Permanent Cas

Long-term financing
Fixed Assets
Time

Graph showing the financing under the conservative plan

c. Aggressive Approach
Under an aggressive policy, the firm finances a part of its permanent current assets with
short term financing. Some extremely aggressive firms may even finance a part of their fixed
assets with short-term financing.

Temporary Current Assets

Short term financing
Assets

(a)

Permanent Cas Permanent Cas Permanent Cas

Permanent Cas
Long-term financing
Fixed Assets
Time

Graph showing the financing under the aggressive plan

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Short-Term Vs Long-term Financing: A Risk-Return trade-off
A firm should decide whether or not it should use short-term financing. If short term
financing has to be used, the firm must determine its portion in total financing. This decision of
the firm will be guided by the risk-return trade-off. Short-term financing may be preferred over
long-term financing over two reasons:
i. The cost advantage
ii. Flexibility

OPERATING CYCLE

Operating Cycle: The operating cycle is the length of time for a company to acquire materials,
produce the product, sell the product, and collect the proceeds from customers.

The operating cycle, which is also known as the cash-to-cash cycle, is the process of using cash
to purchase current assets that are to be sold at a profit and collected as cash.

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 .

CALCULATING THE OPERATING CYCLE

O = R+W+F+D-C for a manufacturing firm

O = F+D-C for a trading firm

Where O = Length of operating cycle

R = Time for which Raw materials were held in stock
W = Time period for which Work-in-progress was held
F = No. of days for which Finished goods were held in stock
D = Time allowed to debtors for repayment
C = Time allowed by creditors for repayment

CASH CYCLE

The duration between the purchase of a firm’s inventory and the collection of accounts
receivable for the sale of that inventory. Also known as Cash Conversion Cycle

Cash conversion Inventory processing Days to collect

= +
Cycle In Days period receivables

Cash cycle can also be depicted as under:

Cash
Collections
Business
Operations
Deficit Borrow

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 Surplus Invest

Information
and Control

Cash
Payments

ESTIMATION OF WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Current Assets Holding period

2. Ratio of sales

3. Ratio of fixed Investment

FINANCIAL STRUCTURE VS CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Financial structure is the mixture of all items that appear on the left hand side of the balance of
a company.

Capital structure is the mix of the long term sources of funds used by the firm.

Financial structure – Current Liabilities = Capital Structure

MEANING OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Capital structure collective term, which refers to the various sources from which the long-term
funds are raised. The capital structure refers to the proportion of equity capital, preference
capital, reserves, debentures and other long-term debts to the total capitalisation.

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Capitalisation refers to the total amount of securities issued by a company

According to Gerestenberg, ‘Capital structure of a company refers to the make-up of its

capitalisation and it includes all long term capital- Shares, loans, reserves and bonds.

CHARACTERISTICS OF A SOUND CAPITAL STRUCTURE

1. Simplicity i.e., simple and easy to understand and not complicated

2. Profitability i.e., maximise the profits and minimise the cost of funds
3. Solvency – the debts should be a reasonable proportion of the total capital
4. Flexibility i.e., there should room for expansion or reduction of capital
5. Intensive use of funds and not causing scarcity or surplus of funds
6. Conservation i.e., the debt raising capacity of the concern should not be exceeded
7. Provision for meeting future contingencies
8. Control over the company
9. Economy in cost of maintaining different securities

FACTORS INFLUENCING CAPITAL STRUCTURE

1. Trading on equity
2. Idea of retaining control
3. Flexibility of the capital structure
4. The cost of financing i.e., cost of capital
5. The purpose of financing
6. Requirements of the potential investors
7. Capital market conditions
8. Legal requirements
9. Period of finance
10. Nature of business
11. Asset structure
12. Provision for future

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 13. Corporate tax rate
14. Cost of floatation

FORMS / PATTERNS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE

The following are the various forms of capital structure that a company can have:

1. Equities only Under this form, the entire capital is raised from share holders and there is
only one class of share known as equity shares.

2. Equities and preference shares Under this form, the capital structure of a company
consists of mixture of equity and preference shares.

3. Equity shares and debentures Under this form the capital structure of a company
consists of a mixture of equity shares and debentures.

4. Equities, Preference shares and debentures Here the components of the capital
structure are equity shares, preference shares and debentures.

CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND MARKET VALUE OF FIRM

There are many theories put forth by the thinkers in the field of management who are of
varied views about the relationship between the effects of capital structure on the market value of
a firm.

1. NET INCOME APPROACH

This is a relevance theory. According to the Net Income Approach suggested by Durand,
the capital structure decision is relevant to the valuation of the firm. In other words, a change in
the financial leverage will lead to a corresponding change in the overall cost of capital as well as
total value of firm.

This approach is based on the following three assumptions:

i. There are no taxes
ii. The cost of debt is less than the cost of equity i.e., the equity capitalisation rate
iii. The use of debt does not change the risk perception of the investors.

The market value of the firm is found by using the formula:

V=S+D
Where V = Total market value of the firm

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 S = Market value of the common share of the firm
D = Market value of the firm’s Debt

S= Net Income available to equity share holders

Capitalisation rate
Overall Cost of capital is calculated by using the formula
ko = EBIT
V
2. NET OPERATING INCOME APPROACH
Another theory of capital structure, suggested by Durand, is the Net Operating Income
Approach. The essence of this Approach is that the capital structure decision is relevant. Any
change in leverage will not lead to any change in the total value of the firm and the market price
of shares as well as the overall cost of capital is independent of the degree of leverage.

The NOI Approach is based on the following propositions:

i. Overall Cost of Capital / Capitalisation Rate (ko) is Constant

V = EBIT
ko
In other words, the market evaluates the firm as a whole. The split of the capitalisation
between the debt and equity is, therefore, not significant.

ii. Residual value of equity

The value of equity is a residual value which is determined by deducting the total value
of debt (D) from the total value (V) of the firm. Symbolically this is represented as under:
S = V- D

iii. Changes in Cost of Equity Capital

The equity-capitalisation rate/cost of equity (ke) increases with the degree of leverage.
ke = (ko - kd) B
S
iv. Cost of Debt
The cost of debt has two parts:
a. Explicit cost which is represented by the rate of interest.

b. Implicit or hidden cost. In crease in the degree of leverage or the proportion of

debt to equity causes an increase in the cost of equity capital. This increase in ke,
is attributable to the increase in the debt, is the implicit part of kd
The real cost of debt and the real cost of equity, according to the NOI Approach, are the
same and equal to ko

v. Optimum Capital Structure

There is nothing such as an optimum capital structure. Any capital structure is optimum,
according to NOI Approach.

3. TRADITIONAL APPROACH

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 The traditional view, which is also known as an intermediate approach, is a compromise
between the net income approach and the net operating approach. According to this view, the
value of a firm can be increased or a judicious mix of debt and equity capital can reduce the cost
of capital. This approach very clearly implies that the cost of capital decreases within the
reasonable limit of debt and then increases with leverage.

4. IRRELEVANCE OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE: THE M&M HYPOTHESIS WITHOUT TAXES

Modigiliani and Miller argue that, in the absence of taxes, a firm’s market value and the
cost of capital remain invariant to the capital structure changes. The reason they give is that
though debt is cheaper than equity, with increased use of debt as a source of finance, the cost of
equity increases. This increased cost of equity offsets the cheaper cost of debt. Thus although the
leverage affects the cost of equity, the overall cost of capital remains constant.

Assumptions of this theory:

i. There are no corporate taxes
ii. There is a perfect market
iii. Investors act rationally
iv. The expected earnings of all firms have identical risk characteristics
v. Firms distribute all their earnings in the form of dividends to their shareholders.
vi. Risk of investors depends on the random fluctuations of the expected earnings and the
possibility that the actual value of the variables may turn out to be different from their best
estimates.
Firm’s total market value V = EBIT
ke
Firm’s market value of equity S = V – D
Firm’s leverage cost of equity = Cost of equity + (Cost of equity – Cost of debt)

5. RELEVANCE OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE: THE M&M HYPOTHESIS UNDER TAXES

In reality, corporate income taxes exist, and interest paid to debt holders is treated as a
deductible expense. Dividends paid to share holders is not a tax-deductible expense. Thus unlike
dividends, the return debt-holders is not subject to the taxation at the corporate level. This makes
the debt financing advantageous. Modigiliani and Miller say that the value of the firm will
increase with debt due to the deductible nature of interest charges for tax computation, and the
value of the levered firm will be higher than the unlevered firm.

Value of an unlevered firm, Vu= EBIT (1-t)

ke
Value of a levered firm Vl= Vu +tD
Where t is the tax rate and D is the quantum of Debt used in the mix.

PLANNING THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE

The following are the important considerations involved in determination of the capital
structure of a firm:
1. Control
2. Widely-held companies
3. Closely-held companies

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4. Flexibility
5. Loan covenants
6. Early repayability
7. Reserve capacity
8. Marketability
9. Market conditions
10. Floatation costs
11. Capacity of raising costs
12. Agency costs

SOURCES OF LONG TERM FUNDS IN INDIA

Two long-term securities are available to a company for raising capital.

They are ownership and borrowed sources.

ISSUE OF SHARES
A company has an option to issue shares to raise the long-term finance for its operations.

EQUITY SHARES These are also termed as ordinary shares or common stock. The owners of these
shares are the real owners of the company.

Characteristic Features
Equity shares have a number of special features which distinguish it from other securities.
These features relate to the rights and claims of ordinary shareholders.
1. Risk Capital
2. Fluctuating Dividend
3. Changing market value
4. Growth prospectus
5. Protection against inflation

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6. Voting rights
7. Claim assets
8. Right to control
9. Pre-emptive rights
10. Limited liability

Advantages of equity shares

1. No compulsion for the company to pay dividends
2. Equity capital has no maturity and hence the firm has no obligation to redeem.
3. Dividends are tax-exempt in the hands of investors.
4. Enhances the creditworthiness of the company.

Disadvantages of equity shares

1. Sale of equity shares to outsiders dilutes the control of the existing owners
2. The cost of equity share capital is the highest and hence the expectations the equity shares is
also very high.
3. Equity dividend is paid out of profit after tax while interest is a deductible expenditure. This
makes the cost of equity relative more.
4. The cost of issuing equity shares is higher than the cost of issuing other securities.

PREFERENCE SHARES
Preference share capital represents a hybrid form of financing – it partakes some
characteristics of equity and some attributes of debentures.

Characteristic features
1. Return of income
2. Return of capital
3. Fixed dividend
4. Non participation in prosperity
5. Non participation in management
6. No voting rights

Kinds of Preference Shares

1. Redeemable and irredeemable preference shares
2. Cumulative and non-cumulative preference shares
3. Convertible and non-convertible preference shares
4. Participation and non-participating preference shares

Advantages of preference share capital

1. There is no legal obligation to pay dividend

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2. These shares are particularly useful if its assets are not acceptable as collateral security for
creditor ship securities like debentures and bonds.
3. These shares save the company from payment of high interest if debentures were to be
borrowed.
4. The property need not be mortgaged as in case of debentures if these shares are issued.
5. Preference shares since they bear fixed yield and enable the company to declare higher rates
of dividend for the equity shareholders
6. The promoters can retain control over the company

Disadvantages of preference share capital

1. Though there is no compulsion on the part of the company to declare dividend,
but frequent delays and non-payment adversely affects the creditworthiness of the firm.
2. Preference share dividend is not a deductible expense like debenture interest.
3. Since the holders of these shares do not carry any voting right, they remain at the
mercy of the management for the payment of dividend and redemption of their capital.
4. The rate of dividend on preference shares is less than compared to the equity
shares.
5. The share holders of do not have any charge on the assets

DEBENTURES
The debenture is an acknowledgement of debt issued by a company for the amount of
loan taken from them and carrying a definite time period of maturity and also a certain rate of
interest. A debenture holder is a creditor of the company.

Features of debentures
1. They have a fixed maturity period
2. They carry a fixed rate of interest
3. The debentures have a claim on the company’s income
4. They have a claim on the assets of the company
5. They do not have any control over the company and
6. The debenture holders are the creditors of the company.
7. The debentures have call feature.

Types of Debentures
1. Simple or naked or unsecured debentures
2. Secured or mortgaged debentures
3. Bearer Debentures and Registered Debentures
4. Redeemable and irredeemable debentures

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 5. Convertible and non-convertible debentures
6. Zero Interest Bonds
7. Zero Coupon Bonds
8. First Debentures and Second Debentures
9. Guaranteed Debentures
10. Collateral Debentures
11. Callable Bonds
12. Deep Discount Bonds
13. Inflation Adjusted Bonds

Advantages of Debentures
1. Debentures provide long-term funds to a company
2. The rate of interest payable is less than the dividend payable on shares
3. The interest paid is tax deductible
4. The investor can have a fixed and constant source of income.
5. They have a charge on the assets of the company

Disadvantages of Debentures
1. The debenture interest is a fixed obligation for the company
2. They do not carry any voting rights
3. They have no control on the company
4. The prices of debentures in the market changes with the changes in the market interest
rate.
5. These holders are only the creditors to the company but not the owners.

TERM LOANS
The debt capital of a company may consist of either debentures or bonds which are issued
to the public for subscription or term loans which are obtained directly from banks and financial
institutions. Term loans are sources of long term debt. In India, they are generally obtained for
financing large expansion, modernisation and diversification projects. Therefore, this method of
financing is also called as project financing.

Features of Term Loans

1. Fixed Maturity period
2. Direct Negotiation
3. Requirement of a security
4. Restrictive covenants
5. Convertibility into equity
6. Predetermined repayment schedule

INTERNATIONAL FINANCING INSTRUMENTS

The most important sources of international finance are:

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 a. Eurocurrency loans
Euro currency is a freely convertible currency deposited in banks outside the country of
the origin. The rate of interest is determined by LIBOR.
b. Euro bonds
These are the bonds sold outside the country in whose currency they are denominated.
They are issued directly by the borrowers to the issuers. They are normally issued as
bearer bonds.
c. Foreign Bonds
A foreign bond is a bond denominated in the currency of the country where it is being
issued and is subjected to the laws and regulations of that country. Ex: Samurai bonds if
in Japan, Yankee Bonds in USA and Bulldog bonds if in UK.
d. American Depository Receipts
A depository receipt represents the number of foreign shares that are deposited in a bank
in a foreign country.
American Depository receipts are certificates traded in the United Sates
denominated in American Dollar.
e. Global Depository Receipts
Global Depository Receipts are the Depository receipts that traded in a foreign country
but denominated in the currency of the nation of their origin.

LEASING VS HIRE PURCHASE

Both leasing and hire purchasing are a form of secured loan. Both displace the debt
capacity of the firm since they involve fixed payments. However they differ in the following
ways.
Hire Purchase Financing Lease Financing
• Depreciation Hirer is entitled to claim • Depreciation Lessee is not entitled to
depreciation tax shield. claim depreciation tax shield.
• Hire purchase payments Hire purchase • Lease payments Lessee can charge the
payments include interest and entire lease payments for tax purposes.
repayment of principal. Hirer gets tax Thus he or she saves taxes on the lease
exemption only on the interest. payments.
• Salvage Value Once the hirer has paid • Salvage Value Lessee does not become
all instalments, he becomes the owner owner of the asset. Therefore, he has
of the asset and can claim the salvage no claim over the asset’s salvage value.
value.

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INSTITUTIONAL FINANCE AVAILABLE IN INDIA.
There are various institutions in India providing finance to the business institutions in
India. Some of them are:
i. ICICI
ii. IDBI
iii. IFCI
iv. SIDBI
v. SISI
vi. IFBs of Commercial Banks

THE DERIVATIVES CONCEPT

Derivatives are contracts whose payoffs depend upon the value of an ‘underlying’. The
‘underlying’ can be commodity, a stock, a stock index, a currency, or interest rate, or literally
anything-not necessarily an asset.
These are designed to shift risk from one party to another allowing an ever widening
array of risks to be traded. Derivatives mainly consist of futures and forwards (agreements to buy
or sell an asset in the future at a fixed price), options (which give you the right, but not the
obligation, to buy an asset, say a share or a lump of foreign currency, in the future at an agreed
price) and swaps (which enable you to exchange a future string of payments in one currency for
one in another).

FUNCTIONS OF DERIVATIVES MARKETS

Derivatives markets provide three essential economic functions viz., risk management,
price discovery and transactional efficiency.

1 Risk Management

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 The hedger’s primary motivation is risk management. Faced with an unacceptable level
of risk, the hedger may choose to reduce or eliminate it. The objective is to use futures markets
to reduce a particular risk that be faces. This risk might relate to the price of oil, foreign
exchange rate, or some other variable. A perfect hedge is one that completely eliminates the risk.
In practice, perfect hedges are rare.

2 PRICE DISCOVERY

Futures and option markets play a vital role in discovering the future price of any
commodity or financial asset. The role of price discovery is an essential part of an efficient
economic system. The prices in the market must reflect exactly the relative cost of production
and the relative consumption utilities if optimum allocation of resources is to be achieved in an
economy. The futures and option markets provide a pricing mechanism through which relative
cost and utilities are brought to an alignment both in the present and in the future.

3 Transactional efficiency
Derivative markets allow institutions to transact more efficiently than otherwise. They
reduce the direct cost of transacting in cash/ financial markets and also provide, through clearing
houses, an efficient mechanism to deal with counter party risk. The following chapter on futures
will give the t\reader an insight into the various ways in which derivative markets contribute to
transactional efficiency.

4 Financial Engineering
The relatively new field of financial engineering refers to the practice of using
derivatives as building blocks in the creation of some specialized products. A financial engineer
selects from the wide array of puts, calls, futures, and other derivatives in the same way that a
cook selects ingredients from the spice rack or a chemist mixes compounds in the laboratory.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE DERIVATIVES WORLD

1. Hedgers

2. Speculators

3. Arbitrageurs

4. Intermediary Participants

(i) Brokers
(ii) Jobbers

INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK

(i) Exchange

(ii) Clearing House

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 (iii) Custodian / Warehouse

(iv) Regulatory Framework

FUTURES
A future is a financial contract which derives its value from the underlying asset.
For example, sugar cane or wheat or cotton farmers may wish to have contracts to sell their
harvest at a future date to eliminate the risk of change in price by that date. Transactions take
place through the forward or futures market. There are commodity futures and financial futures.
In the financial futures, there are foreign currencies, interest rate and market index futures.
Market index futures are directly related with the stock market.

Forwards
A forward is a contract to buy or sell at a predetermined future date for a current price
i.e., paying today’s price for the delivery of the asset at a future date. If the price goes up or
down, the asset is to be delivered on the due date and no further payment is to be made for the
difference.

Forwards are good tools to ensure that future price volatility does not entail losses to the
business. The gains of a buyer and seller are depicted in the following graph:

Payoff

Future Price

O Forward Price

Loss

Figure showing the gains of a forward buyer

Payoff

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Forward Price

Loss Future Price

Figure showing the gains of a forward seller

The forward buyer will make profits if the future price is higher than the price at which the
forwarded has been struck and the forward seller will make profit if the future price is lower than
the price at which the forward deal has been struck.

Features of Forwards

The main features of forward contracts are:

• Forwards are transactions involving delivery of an asst or a financial instrument at a

future date, and therefore, are over -the -counter (OTC)contracts. OTC products are
customized contracts which are written across the counter or struck on telephone, fax or
any other mode of communication by financial institutions to suit the needs of their
customers.
• Both the buyer and seller are committed to the contracts. They have to take delivery and
delivery respectively, the underlying asset on which the forward contract was entered
into.
• Forwards perform the function of ‘price-discovery’ for commodities and financial assets.
Both the buyer and seller of a forward contract are bound to the price decided upfront.
• As there is no performance guarantee in a forward contract, there is always counterparty
risk.
• In most cases, one of the counterparties to a forward contract is a bank or a trader
squaring up his positions by entering into a reverse contracts. These transactions do not
take place simultaneously, so the bank or trader will normally keep a large bid-ask spread
to avoid any loss due to price fluctuations. This procedure increases the cost of hedging

Despite these limiting features, forwards flourished because they provide price
guarantee. For example, a coffee manufacturer cannot change the price of his product as and
when there is a change in the price of coffee beans. Hence to avoid the risk of a price in the raw
material, the manufacturer locks in the future prices of beans up to a particular period. He would
search for a person ho is prepared to sell him beans on various future dates for a fixed price.

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Such a person could be a speculator(or a firm that possesses or is likely to posses the required
stock of beans) who wants to protect himself against a likely fall in the value of his stock. Both
the manufacturer and the speculator can enter into a forward contract under which the coffee
manufacturer buys the forward coffee beans contract, and the stockist sell the forward beans
contract for the required quality at a particular rate. In most markets middlemen are required to
bring buyers and sellers of forward contracts together. These middlemen charge a fee, for their
services.

Futures: -
A futures contract can be defined as an agreement to buy or sell a standard quantity of a
specified instrument at a predetermined future date and at a price agreed between the parties
through an open outcry on the floor of an organised futures exchange.
It is a standardised forward contract; usually traded in the futures exchange with “mark–
to–market” on daily basis.

Features of Futures

• Futures are traded on organized exchanges with clearing associations that act as
intermediaries between the contracting parties.
• Futures are highly standardized contracts that provide for the performance of the contract
either through deferred delivery of an asset or a final cash settlement.
• Both the parties pay a margin to the clearing association. This is used as a performance
bond by contracting parties. The margin paid is generally market to the market price
every day.
• Each futures contract has an association month which represents the month of contract
delivery or final settlement, for example-a September T-bill, a March Euro, A November
Nifty futures, etc.,
Index futures
The stock index futures are the futures contract made on the major stock market index. The
stock index futures has the following characteristics:
i) It is an obligation and not an option
ii) Settlement value depends (a) on the value of stock index and the price at which the
original contract is struck and (b) on the specified times the difference between the
index value at the last closing day of the contract and the original price of the
contract.
iii) Basis of the stock index futures is the specified stock market index. No physical
delivery of stock is made.
Margin
Depending upon the nature of the buyer and seller, the margin requirement to be deposited with
the stock exchange is fixed.

Futures and Forwards – Differences

The following are some of the basic differences between futures and forwards:
Sl.
Criteria Futures Market Forward Market
No.

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 1. Location Futures Exchange No fixed location
2. Size of contract Fixed (standard) Depends on the terms
of contract
3. Maturity/ Payment date Fixed (standard) Depends on the terms
of contract
4. Counterparty Clearing House Known Bank or Client
5. Market Place Central Exchange floor in Over the telephone in
the world wide network the world wide
network
6. Valuation Marked-to-Market every No unique method of
day valuation
7. Variation margins Daily None
8. Regulations in trading Regulated by the concerned Self regulated
stock exchange
9. Credit Risk Almost non existent Depends on the
counter party
10. Settlement Through clearing house Depends on the levels
of contract
11. Liquidation Mostly by offsetting the Mostly settled by
positions, very few by actual delivery. Some
delivery by cancellation at cost
12. Transaction costs Direct costs such as: Direct costs are
commission, clearing thoroughly low but
charges, exchange fees are Indirect costs are high
high. in the form of high bid
Indirect costs such as: ask spread.
Bid-ask spreads are low
Bid ask spread: The simple difference between the selling price and buying price of an asset.
OPTION
Options are also a type of Derivatives. Option means choice. It is a firm market created
through a financial contract. This financial contract gives a right to its holder to enter into a
trade on or before a specified date.

The underlying assets

These are called ‘Underlying assets’ or ‘underlying’. They include:

- Stocks, Stock Indices, Foreign Currencies.
- Debt instruments, Commodities and Futures Contract.
The options for the above various type of assets are called:
Stock options, Index options, Currency options, Commodity options and Futures options.

MEANING OF AN OPTION
Options: -
An option means a choice. It gives the holder the right (but no obligation) to enter into a
deal at or before a specified future date. These options are:
 Call Options (Option to purchase) and

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  Put Options (Option to sell)

Depending on the type of asset, the options may be stock options, index options,
commodity options, currency options etc.,
Meaning:
In a broad sense, an Option is a claim without any liability. It is a claim contingent upon the
occurrence of certain conditions. Thus, an option is a contingent claim. More specifically, an
option is a contract that gives the holder a right, without any obligation, to buy or sell an asset at
an agreed price on or before a specified period of time.

An Option is the right, but not the obligation to buy or sell something on a specified date at a
specified price. In the securities market, an option is a contract between two parties to buy or
sell specified number of shares at a later for an agreed price.

An option is a contract in which the seller of the contract grants the buyer the right to
purchase a designated instrument or asset at a specific price, which is agreed upon at the time of
entering into a contract.
The options buyer has the right but not as obligation to buy.
But if the buyer decides to excise the options, then the seller has an obligation to deliver or late
delivery of the modifying amount at the afford price.

Terms used in options:

- Call Option: A call option is a contract giving the right to buy the shares.
The writer gives the right to buy the asset to the other party
- Put Option: A put option is a contract giving the right to sell the shares.
The writer gives the right to sell the asset to the other party
- Exercise date: The date on which the contract matures
- Strike Price: The price at which an asset is agreed to be brought or sold.It
is also called as exercise price.

Option is a legal contract which gives the holder the right to buy or sell a specified amount of
underlying asset at a fixed price within a specified period of time.
- It gives the holder a right to buy (or) sell an asset
- But however he is not obliged to buy or sell it

Parties Involved:
Three parties are involved in the option trading, the option seller, buyer and the broker.
≈ The option seller or writer is a person who grants someone else the option to buy or sell.
He receives a premium on its price.
≈ The option buyer pays a price to the option writer to induce him to write the option.
≈ The securities broker acts as an agent to find the option buyer , and the seller, and
receives a commission or fee for it.
1. Buyer – takes long position i.e. buys the option.
2. Seller – takes short position i.e. sells the option.
- He writes the option.
- Hence called the writer of the option.

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Transactions:
Call option – short to long

Strike prices:
♣ In the money – An Option is said to be in the money when it is advantageous to exercise it.
For a call option, if the strike price is below the current spot price of the underlying asset, it
is said to be in the money.
For a put option, the strike price is above the current spot price of the underlying asset
♣ (At) Near the money – In this case the Exercise price = current spent price. If the option
holder does not lose or gain whether he exercise his option or buys or sells the asset from the
market, the option is said to be at-the-money
♣ Out of the money – For a call option, the strike price is above current spot price
For a put option, strike price is below the current spot price
The Option is out-of-the-money if it is not advantageous to exercise it

FACTORS INFLUENCING OPTIONS:

FACTORS AFFECTING THE VALUE OF CALL OPTION
The Market price of the underlying asset
For a given striking price, higher the stock price, the higher will be the call option price.
1. The striking price
Higher the striking price, lower is the call option price because the amount of gain is limited.
Option period
Longer the option period, the higher will be the option price. The longer option period gives
greater chance for the stock price to increase above the exercise price.
Stock volatility
If the underlying stock price is volatile, there is a probability of rise in price and gain. At the
same time, there is a risk of fall in price and incurring loss. These chances affect the owner of
the call option to a lesser degree than the owner of the stock because, if there is a rise in price he
stands to gain and if ther is fall in price his loss is limited. Hence the value of the call option is
high.
Interest rates
When the interest rates are higher, the value of the strike price would be lower anc at the
same time the call price would be higher. The influence of the interest rate depends upon its own
variability and its relationship with the stock prices.
Dividends
The call option price is lower at the ex-dividend date compared to the pre-dividend date. The
change in stock prices during the ex-dividend period would be lower hence, the call price also
would be lower.

American Option and European Option

An American Option can be exercised on any business day within the life of an option
including the expiration date.
An European Option can be exercised on the life of organisation on the expiration date.

Stock Options:

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Index Options:
Underlying amount is stock Index.
Vohra & Bagri page no. – 238

This is useful for institutional investors. An index option to call or put is like a stock
option:
- In an index put option buyer stands to gain if the index end falls below the
predetermined exercise price.
- In an index call option, the buyer stands to loose of the index level raises
above the exercise price

SWAPS
Swaps are risk management tools, which involve the exchange of one set of financial
obligations for another, aiming at reducing the financial obligation rate of the parties involved
into the deal. Swaps can be:
 Interest rate swaps
 Currency Swaps

Meaning of Swap:
Swap means:
- Exchange or Substitute
- An Act of exchanging one thing for another
- “Swap is a contract between two parties to exchange a set of cash flows over a pre-determined
period of time”.
- Financial Swaps are an asset – liability management technique that permits a borrower to
access one market and then exchange the liability for another type of liability.
- An agreement between two parties to exchange a series of payments, the terms of which are
predetermined can be regarded as a financial swap.
- Swaps by themselves are not funding instruments; they are devices to obtain the
desired form of financing indirectly through reduction of risk.

Notional Capital:
It is the principal amount on which the interest calculation is made.

Basis Pints:
Basis point means 1/100th of 1%. Percentage i.e.,10 Basis Pints = 0.1%

Principles behind Swaps:

a) Comparative Advantage and Absolute Advantage.
b) Offsetting Risks.

Limitations of Swap Markets:

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 1. Difficulty for Broker/ dealer in identifying the counter party once a party has approached
him.
2. Swap deal cannot be terminated without the agreement between the parties involved.
3. Existence of inherent default risk.
4. Swaps are not easily tradeable because of under developed secondary markets.
5. Comparative advantage is illusory since it is for a short period of time.
6. The market is OTC but not controlled by stock exchange. Hence extra caution is needed.

Swap Facilitators:
- Swaps are internal obligations among the Swap parties.
- Swap Dealer (Swap Broker) is involved.
- Swap Broker collectives called Swap Banks (or) ‘Banks’.

a) Swap Broker:
- A mere intermediary
- Initiates the transaction and disassociates.
- Charges a fee (commission).
- Not a party to Swap.
- An economic agent helping in identifying the palatial counter parties to a
swap transaction.
- Called “Market Maker”.

b) Swap Dealer:
- Bears the financial risk involved.
- Becomes a party to the swap transaction.
- Earn profit by completing the swap transaction.
- 2 problems he faces:
i) Pricing of Swaps
ii) Managing the default risk of the counterparty.

Swap Coupon:
The fixed rate of interest on Swap.

Types of Swaps

Thee are basically two major types of swap structures (i) interest-rate swaps (IRS) and
(ii) currency swaps.

An IRS is a contractual agreement between counter-parties to exchange a series of

interest payments for a stated period of time. The nomenclature arises from the fact that
typically, the payments in a swap are similar to interest payments on a borrowing. A typical IRS
involves exchanging fixed and floating interest payments in the same currency. The other
important points to be noted in the context of interest rate swaps are:

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• Only the interest payments are exchanged. They are usually netted on the settlement dates
and only the net value is exchanged between counterparties. This reduces credit risk in an
IRS.
• Any underlying loan or deposit is not affected by the swap. The swap is a separate
transaction.
A currency swap is a contractual agreement between counterparties in which one party
makes payments in one currency and the other arty makes payment in a different currency for a
stated period of time. The other important points to be noted in the case of currency swaps are:
• It usually involves an exchange of currencies between the counterparties at the outset of
the agreement and at its maturity. If there is no exchange of currencies up front, then
there must be an exchange at maturity.
• The interest payments on the settlement dates are usually paid in full, unlike in an IRS.
The interest payments on the two currencies can be calculated on a fixed or floating basis
for both currencies, or payments for one currency can be on a fixed bases and the other,
on a floating basis.
• Due to the exchange of principal as also exchange of interest payments in full (as stated
above), the credit risk in a currency swap is higher than that in an IRS.

The other popular types of swaps include commodity swaps and equity swaps.
A commodity swap is a contractual agreement between counterparties, wherein at least one
set of payments involved is set by the price of the commodity or by the price of a commodity
index.
An equity swap or an equity index swap is a contractual agreement between counterparties,
wherein at least one party agrees to pay the other a rate of return based on a stock index during
the life of the swap.

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