Business Finance Reviewer
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Business Finance Reviewer
ealswithdecisionsthataresupposedtomaximizethevalueof
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5. VP for Production - The following are among the
shareholders wealth (Cayanan). These decisions will ultimately
r esponsibilities of the vp for production:
affect the market's perception of the company and influence
a. Ensuringproduction meets customer demands.
the share price.
b. Identifying production technology/process that
minimizesproductioncostandmakesthecompanycost
o maximize the value of shares of stocks. Managers of a
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competitive.
corporation are responsible for making the decisions for the
c. Coming upwithaproductionplanthatmaximizes the
company that would lead towards shareholders wealth
utilization of the company's productionfacilities.
maximization.
d. Identifyingadequate and cheap raw materialsuppliers.
2. oard Of Directors - Highest policy making body in a
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1. inancingDecisions -Includemakingdecisionsastohowto
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corporation. The board’s primary responsibility is to ensure
finance long-term investments and working capital-which
that the corporation isoperatingtoservethebestinterest
deals with theday-to-day operations.
of the stockholders. The following are among the
responsibilities of the board of directors:
2. I nvestingDecisions -Tominimizetheprobabilityoffailure,
a. Setting policies on investments, capital structure and
long-term investments have been supported by capital
dividend policies.
budgeting analysis.
b. Approving company’s strategies, goals and budgets.
c. Appointing and removing members of the top
3. peratingDecisions -Dealwiththedailyoperationsofthe
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management including the president.
company especially on how to finance working capital
d. Determining top management's compensation.
accounts such as accounts receivable and inventories.
e. Approving the information and other disclosures
reported in the financial statements.
4. ividend Policies - Dividend is a part of profits that are
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available for distribution, to equity shareholders. The
3. President (CEO) - The following are among the
Finance manager must decide whether the firm should
r esponsibilities of the president:
distribute all the profits or retain them or distribute a
portionandretain the balance.
a. pproving the information and other disclosures
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reported in the financial statements. Overseeing the Overview of the Financial System
operations of a company and ensuring that the
strategiesasapprovedbytheboardareimplementedas
planned.
b. Performing all areas of management: planning,
organizing, staffing, directing and controlling.
c. Representingthe company
4. VP for Marketing - The following are among the
r esponsibilities of the vp for marketing: Financial Institution
inancial institutions are companies in the financial sector that
F ● heroleofFinancialManagers:makefinancingdecisions
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provide a broad range of business and services including that require funding from investors in the financial
banking, insurance, and investment management. markets.
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a ommercial Banks
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b. Insurance Companies ONCEPTS
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c. Mutual Funds
Cash Management
d. Pension Funds
e. Other financial institutions include pension funds like
Government Service InsuranceSystem (GSIS) and he cash management involves the maintenance of acash and
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SocialSecurity System (SSS), unit investment trustfund marketable securities investment level, which will enable the
(UITF), investment banks, and credit unions, among company to meet its cash requirements and atthesametime
others. optimize the income on idle funds. A financial officer has the
following specific objectives in monitoring cash balances:
Financial Instrument
● To meet the ash disbursement needs (payments
chedule).
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eal or a virtual document representing a legal agreement
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● To minimize the funds committed to transactions and
involving some sort of monetary value. These can be debt
precautionary cash balances; and
securitieslikecorporatebondsorequitylikesharesofstock.When
● To avoid misappropriation and handling losses in the
afinancialinstrumentisissued,itgivesrisetoafinancialasseton
normal course of business.
one hand and a financial liability or equity instrument on the other.
1. inancial Assets - (cash) An equity instrument of another
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entity.Acontractualrighttoreceivecashoranotherfinancial
asset from another entity. A contractual right to exchange Transaction Motive ashneededtofacilitatethenormal
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instruments with another entity under conditions that are transactionsofthebusiness,thatis,
potentially favorable. to carry out its purchases and sales
Example: NotesReceivables,LoansReceivable,Investmentin activities.
Stocks, Investment in Bonds
Precautionary Motive ashmaybeheldbeyonditsnormal
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2. inancial Liability - Any liability that is a contractual
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obligation:(1)Todelivercashorotherfinancialinstrumentsto to provide for a buffer against
another entity. (2) To exchange financial instruments with contingencies such as unexpected
another entity under conditions that are potentially slow-down in accounts receivable
unfavorable. collection, strike or increase in cash
Examples:Notes Payable, Loans Payable, Bonds Payable needs beyond management’s original
projections.
3. quityInstrument -Anycontractthatevidencesaresidual
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interest in the assets of an entity after deducting all Speculative Motive ashheldreadyforprofitmakingor
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liabilities. investment opportunities that may
Examples:Ordinary Share Capital, Preference ShareCapital come up such as a block of raw
materials inventory offered at
4. Debt Instrument - Debt Instruments generally have fixed discounted prices or a merger
r eturnsdue to fixed interest rates. proposal.
Examples: Treasury Bonds and Treasury Bills, Corporate
Bonds
Contractual Motive company may be required by a
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bank to maintain a certain
5. quityInstrument -EquityInstrumentsgenerallyhavevaried
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compensatingbalanceinitsdemand
returnsbasedontheperformanceoftheissuingcompany.
deposit account as a condition of a
Returns fromequityinstrumentscomefromeitherdividends
loan extended to it.
or stock price appreciation.
Examples:Preferred Stock, Common Stock
Cash Conversion Cycle
Financial Market
firm operating cycle begins from the time goods for sale are
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marketplace, where creation andtradingoffinancialassets,
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suchasshares,debentures,bonds,derivatives,currencies,etc.take thesegoods.Theoperatingcycleofafirmismainlycomposedof
place. Classify Financial Markets into comparative groups: (1) two current asset categories: inventories and accounts
Primaryandsecondarymarket,(2)InitialPublicoffering,(3)Private receivable. It measures as the sum of the Average Age of
Placement InventoryandAverage Collection Period.
1. oney Market and Capital Market - A venue wherein
M Average AgeofInventory -timethatlapsedwhenagoodwas
se curities with short-term maturities (1 year or less) are anufactured and eventually sold.
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sold. They have been created because some individuals,
businesses, governments, and financial institutions have Average Collection Period - timewhenthesalewasmadeand
temporarilyidlefundsthattheywishtoinvestinarelatively ollected(both measured indays).
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safe, interest bearing asset. At the same time, other
individuals.
Operating Cycle=Average Age of Inventory+Average
● n the other hand, securities with longer-term
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maturities sold in Capital Markets. The key capital
market securities are bonds (long-termdebt)andboth irmswouldgenerallywanttospeeduptheiroperatingcycle.The
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common stock and preferred stock (equity, or faster their operating cycle is, the faster they can convertother
ownership). current assets to cash, which is used to pay current obligations.
practices would form three parts: credit selection, credit terms
Cash Conversion Cycle=Operating Cycle-Average
nd credit monitoring.
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Payment Period
Capacity hisemphasizesthecustomer’sabilityto
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heaveragepaymentperiodisthetimeittakesforthefirmtopay
T repay its obligations in reference to its
its accounts payable expressed in the number of days. The current financial position or standing. It
operatingcyclelessthantheaveragepaymentperiodprovidesus determines whether the customer has
thefirm’scashconversioncycle.Carefullyanalyzingtheequations sufficient resources or sources of funds
provided above, a firm’s cash conversion cycle is expressed as that it can use to settle obligation
follows.
Capital he applicant’s net worth which can be
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I llustration:BloomManufacturinghadanaverageageofinventory arrived at by deducting total liabilities
of 18.5 days, an average collection period of 48.5 days and an from total assets.
averagepaymentperiodof53.5days.Bloomisoperatingandcash
conversion cycle obtained as follows: Collateral he amount of assets the customer has
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that could serve as a security in the
OperatingCycle =AverageAgeofInventory+AverageCollection event that the obligation is not paid.
eriod
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● 18.5 days + 48.5 days =67 days
Condition his includes current economic and
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industry conditions that might affect the
Cash Conversion Cycle = Operating Cycle – Average Payment
customer’s ability to repay its obligations.
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● 67 days - 53.5 days =13.5 days
Credit Score
Inventory Management
nother use in granting credit to customers is through credit
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he objective in managinginventoryistoconvertitasquickly
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as possible to cash without losing sales due to stock outs. credit applicant’s scores on key financial and credit
Therefore, the financialmanagerplaysacrucialroleinoverseeing characteristics to predict whether he or she will pay the
that thefirmmaintainsanappropriatequantityofinventory– requested credit on time. In this procedure, a credit score is
not toomuchandnottoolittle. Maintainingtoomuchinventory obtained that reflects the customer’screditworthiness,reflecting
implies that the firm incurs more costs associated withcarrying its overall credit strength. The score obtained is compared to a
these inventories. However,carryingtoolittleinventoryquantities predetermined standard in order to arrive at a decision of
might lead to possible stock outs that could furtherleadtolost accepting or rejecting the customer’s credit. This method is an
sales, and worst, lost customers. inexpensive way to obtain credit ratings for customers.
REMEMBER !!!
Types of Inventory (Manufacturing Company)
heuseofthe5C’sofcreditwillallowthefirmtocarefullyassess
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Raw Materials hesearepurchasedmaterialsnotyetput
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into production. of risk that thefirmwillbesubjectedtoonceitdecidestogrant
credit to the customer. Itrequiresexperiencetofullyassessand
Work in Process hese are goods and labor put into
T review the credit worthiness of customers and subsequently
production but not finished. decide.
ne ofthecommontechniquesininventoryistheABCInventory
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Sources and Uses of short-term funds
system/ABCAnalysis.Inventoriesclassifiedas“A”arehighvalued
items, which should besafeguardedthemost.“B”items,onthe
Bank Banks provide several loan products
otherhand,areaverage-costitemsthatshouldbesafeguarded
atering to different types of needs.
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morethanCitemsbutnotasmuchasAitems.While“C”items
have low cost and are the least safeguarded.
redit
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Accounts Receivable Management Cooperatives members. Members usually pay
contributions to the cooperative.
epresents assets of the entity that are expected to be
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Credit Card Credit Cards just take note of the high
collected and thus converted to cash. A firm would generally
i nterest rates on this source of funds.
want to collect its receivables as quickly aspossiblewithout
losing customers due to imposing very tight collection
procedures. Thus, sound accounts receivable management Lending Lending Companies companies that are
Companies edicatedtolending.Theyusuallycharge
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higher interest thanbanksbuttheircredit
requirements are more lenient 1. utureValue-Theamounttowhichaninvestmentwillgrow
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compared to banks. after earning interest. In our previous examples, it is the
principal plus total interest earned over a stated period.
Pawnshop awnshopprovidesfundsinexchangefor
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collateral,usuallyjewelry,orotheritems 2. PresentValue -Theamountyouhavetoinvesttodayifyou
of value. ant to have a certain amount of cash flow in the future.
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he interest in the first compounding period is added on the
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principal, which will then be the basis for the interest to be
Present and Future value of Ordinary Annuity Formulas:
computed to the next period.Basis is Maturity Value(P + I).
- Periodic Payment
P
𝑟 𝑚𝑡 1−
( 1 𝑖 ) −𝑛
+
𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 = (𝑃𝑥(1 + 𝑚 ) − 𝑃) 𝑃𝑉 = 𝑃 i- interest rate per
𝑖
compounding period
n- number of
Compounding Frequency 𝑛 conversion period
(1
+𝑖 ) −1
𝐹𝑉 = 𝑃 FV- future value
𝑖
henumberoftimesinterestiscomputedonacertainprincipal
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in one year.
1 . nnually(m =1)
A Present and Future value of Annuity Due Formulas:
2. Semi-annually(m =2)
3. Quarterly(m =4) −𝑛
- Periodic Payment
P
4. Monthly(m =12) 1−
( 1
+
𝑖 ) i - interest rate per
𝑃𝑉 = 𝑃 (1 − 𝑖)
𝑖 compounding period
Effective Annual Rate (EAR) n- number of
𝑛
conversion period
𝐹𝑉 = 𝑃
(1
+𝑖 ) −1
(1 − 𝑖) FV- future value
nownastheeffectiveannualinterestrateistheactualpercent
K 𝑖 PV- present value
interest that a borrower pays on their loan orthataninvestor
earns on their investment
𝑟 𝑚
𝐸𝐴𝑅 = (1 + 𝑚 ) − 1)