INTRODUCTION

Scope of Financial Management

Finance is considered as the life blood of business organisation. Financial management is that managerial activity which is concerned with the planning and controlling of the firms financial resources. Financial management as an academic discipline has undergone fundamental changes as regards its scope and coverage. Here we follow two approaches to its scope and functions - that is Traditional and Modern.

a. Traditional Approach
The traditional concept of financial management was termed as corporate finance. This concept deals only with the procurement of funds by the corporate enterprises to meet their financial needs. This concept encompassed three interrelated aspects of raising finance from outside:1) Institutional arrangement of finance (IFCI, IDBI etc). 2) Raising of funds through issue of financial instruments (shares, debenture etc). 3) The legal relationship between the issuer and creditor.

Main Limitations of Traditional Concept (Criticisms) 1) It is outsider looking in approach & insider looking out. 2) Focus only on financing problems of corporate enterprises. 3) Concentration only on episodic events & no treatment of working capital needs. 4) Focus was on long term financing.

Modern Approach
This concept covers acquisition, allocation and efficient utilisation of funds by business enterprises. Here apart from the issues involved in the external funds, the

main concern is efficient and wise allocation of funds to various uses. It is viewed as an integral part of overall management According to modern concept of financial management, there are three decisions relating to the term finance which is called functions of finance.

FUNCTIONS OF FINANCE
The fundamental decision making areas of financial managers are technically called finance function. It includes

Functions of Finance

Investment Decision

Financing Decision

Dividend Policy Decision

Capital Budgeting

Working Capital Management

Inventory Management 1) Investment decision 2) Financing decision 3) Dividend policy decision

Receivables Management

Cash Management

1. Investment decision:
Decision relating to the investment in assets is called investment decision. Here we take decision as to the amount of investment, type of assets for investment etc. There are two types of assets needed by a concern. 1) Fixed assets Fixed assets means assets required for the permanent use of the business. Investment decision relating to the fixed assets is called capital budgeting decision. It is also known as long term investment decision. 2) Current assets Current assets are the assets needed for meeting the day to day requirement of the firm. These assets provide liquidity to the firm. Investment decision relating to the current assets is called working capital management decision. There are three component of working capital management 1) Inventory management 2) Receivables management 3) Cash management

Liquidity Vs profitability- Liquidity means the capacity to meet the payables in time or the capacity to convert an asset in to cash. Profitability means capacity to make additional profit for the firm. Liquidity and profitability are negatively correlated. While taking investment decision the financial manager has to consider the trade off between profitability and liquidity. Investment in fixed assets shall provide profitability to the firm but affects its liquidity position. On the other hand investments in current assets bring liquidity to the firm but adversely affect its profit. So an optimum investment decision should be one which must satisfy both profitability and liquidity criteria.

2. Financing decision.

Here financial manger has to take a decision on the source of finance that shall be used by the concern for meeting its requirements. Both equity and debt mode of financing can be applied by the concern for raising finance. Determination of debt equity mix (capital structure) for a firm is one of the main functions of financial management. A capital structure gives maximum value to the firm is called optimum capital structure. Designing of an optimum capital structure is the main objective of this decision.

3. Dividend policy decision.

Decision relating to the utilisation of surplus earnings is called dividend policy decision. Earnings made by a firm can either be utilized as an internal source of finance or for making payment of dividend among the share holders. Determination of dividend pay out ratio is called dividend policy decision. In dividend policy decision the financial manger has to decide whether to declare dividend to share holders, if yes to what extent it should be done so. Dividend payout ratio means the ratio of dividend to total earnings made by the concern. Determination of dividend pay out ratio is the main decision to be taken by the financial manger with respect to the dividend policy. This definitely depends on the preference of shareholders and investment opportunities available with in the firm.

Objectives of Financial Management

There are two approaches towards the objectives of financial management i.e. traditional approach and modern approach.

I) Traditional Approach (Profit Maximization)

According to this approach the objective of financial management is maximization of profit.Profit is the test of economic efficiency of a business and ensures maximum economic welfare. According to this approach actions that increase profits should be undertaken and those that decrease profits are to be avoided. As the

business is profit making activity, a project which has higher profit profile should be accepted for investment. But this approach suffers from the following limitations.

1) The term profit is ill defined. There are different concepts used for the term profit i.e. earnings before interest and tax (EBIT), earnings after tax (EAT) etc. This approach fails to recognize the form of profit (ie.ambiguity). 2) It didnt take in to consider the timing of profit - that is time value of money. Suppose the total pay off profiles of two different projects may be same, then both of them are equally acceptable even if their pattern of flows is different. (I.e. ignore timing of benefits). 3) No provision for certainty of benefits. As the future is uncertain, we have to consider the certainty of occurrence of the profit before making a valuable investment. (No importance to quality of benefits).

II) Modern Approach(Wealth Maximization)

In order to overcome the limitations of traditional approach the modern approach of financial management were developed. According to this approach wealth maximization is the main objective of financial management. The term wealth indicates the value of investment of share holders. It is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and present value of cash outflows or cost of investment. It is also known as value maximization or Net Present Worth maximization.

Advantageous of Modern Approach

1) The term wealth is clearly defined. 2) Present value is computed by discounting the future cash inflows there by this approach consider the time value or time adjusted value of money. 3) By selecting a suitable discount factor it also provides importance to the quality of benefits. This is because the discount factor includes the premium for uncertainty or risk also.

Time value of money

One of the main factors that will be considered for making investment is time factor or time value of money. As the time passes the value of money will be changing. This principle simply indicates Re 1 today is not equal to Re1 tomorrow. That is sum of money received today more than its value received after sometime. There are two techniques for measuring the time influence on value of money. 1) Compounding 2) Discounting

Compounding
Compounding is the process of ascertaining the future value of a present sum of investment. The Compound value of Re1 at a particular rate for a particular period is called Compounding factor. This can be mathematically expresses as:Compounding factor = [1+r] n

Where r = rate of return from investment n = number of years e.g. if we invest Rs 1000 today shall be come Rs 1210 after two years at the rate of 10% compound interest 2 1000(1+0.1) =1210

Discounting or present value

Discounting is the process of ascertaining the present value of a future sum which is gone to be received. It is the opposite of compounding and the present value of Re1 after some time at a particular rate is called Discount factor or present value factor. 1

Discounting factor PV = -----------[1+r] n

E.g. the present value of Rs 1000 which will be received after two years shall be Rs 826 at10% discount rate. 1000. PV = --------------(1+ 0.1) 2 = 1000 ---------- = Rs 826 1.21

Reversible investments Reversible investments mean the investments which can be reversed and marketable. The real value of such investment shall always be equal to the present value of the future income from it. This value is also called fundamental value intrinsic value.

Financial forecasting Financial forecastingmeans a systematic projection of the expected action of finance through financial statement. The merits of the financial forecasting are 1) It can be used as a control device to fix the standards and evaluating the result thereof. 2) It helps to explain the requirement of funds for the firm. 3) It helps to explain the proper requirement of the cash and their optimum utilisation.

Tools of Financial Forecasting

I) Pro forma income statement Pro forma income statement is a projection of income for a period of time in future which is to furnish a fair and reasonable estimate of expected revenue, cost profit, tax, dividend, etc. It is prepared around the estimate of the expected sales for the forecast period. Forecasting of various items is done in the following way. 1) Sales on the basis of marketing research and economic survey. 2) Preparation of production schedule for estimating cost of production. 3) Cost goods sold on the basis of past sales. 4) Administrative and selling expenses estimated on suitable basis. II) Pro. Forma Balance sheet Preparation of proforma Balance sheet is based on 1) Net worth of the company 2) Comparison of projected assets with total source of funds 3) Liabilities based on the past indication. 4) The net investment in each component of assets of the company.

III) Cash budget Cash budget is statement of plan which shows the expected receipt, payment and payment of cash for a definite future period. It is prepared after the preparation of all functional budgets. The main objectives of preparing cash budgets are

1)

To see that adequate amount of cash are available for capital as well as revenue expenditure.

2)

To make an arrangement of cash in advance, if there is any expected shortage of cash.

3)

To see that the surplus amount of cash, if employed in any profitable investment outside the business.

Advantageous of Cash Budget

1) It helps to identify the amount and the time of cash needed by the concern. 2) It informs how much additional cash is required during the peak period and the possible ways to raising that cash. 3) Benefits through cash discount can be derived by making payments before due date. 4) It expresses either the deficit or surplus of cash, so surplus cash can be invested properly. Methods of Preparing Cash Budget 1) Receipt and payment Method 2) The adjusted profit and loss method 3) Balance sheet method. Adjusted net income method of cash forecasting This method of forecasting seeks to estimate the firms need for cash at some future date and indicates whether this need can be meet from initial source or not. In this method with the opening balance of cash estimated cash receipts are added. Then cash payments deducted from it in order to find out of the closing balance. This source of cash balance may be met from business income, borrowings, sale of equity shares, non cash charges such as amortization etc and payment of cash included capital expenditure, increase in current assets, repayment of loan etc. Principles of financial plan 1) Simplicity 2) Long term view 3) Optimum usage of resources 4) Fore right 5) Provide for contingencies 6) Flexible 7) Liquid 8) Economical Functions of financial system

1) Provision of liquidity- Provide platform for conversion of monitory assets into cash readily without loss. 2) Mobilizations of savings 3) Channelisation of funds to productive activity 4) Efficient utilization of funds 5) Diversified investment opportunities.

Causes of financial distress 1) Increased cost of production 2) Increase in inflation rate 3) Increase in general interest rate 4) Reduction of surplus.

Financial restructuring Financial restructuring involved in significant reorientation, reorganization or realignment of the assets and liabilities of the organisation through conscious management action with the objective of significant improvement in the quality and quantity of future cash inflows. The objective of this process also includes the increase in the organizations bargaining power and synergies.

ORGANISATION CHART FOR FINANCE FUNCTION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRMAN/ MANAGING DIRECTOR

FINANCE MANAGER

TREASURER

CONTROLLER

FUNDS

CREDIT MANAGEMENT

PLANNING & BUDGETING

COST

PERSONAL & TRUST MANAGEMENT

AUDITING

PROFIT

ACCOUNTING

SPECIAL REPORT &STUDIES

Module 2

Capital budgeting

Capital budgeting is the decision relating to the investment in fixed asset or long term project of the business. Here the financial manager is evaluating the expenditure decision which involves current out lay but is likely to produce benefits over a period of time in future. The basic features of capital budgeting are

Key Features

1) Potentially large anticipated profit or benefit. 2) Relatively high degree of risk. 3) Relatively long time period between the initial outlay and the anticipated return. While making this type of decision the manager has to consider the risk return trade off.

Importance

1. Decides future destiny of the company. 2. It affects the company's future cost structure.

3. Once made, are not reversible without much financial loss. 4. It involves huge cost of investment.

Types of Capital Budgeting Decisions

Accept-reject decisions In this decision only one project are under consideration. That project yield rate of return grater than certain required rate of return.

Mutually exclusive project decisions Here More than one similar project is under consideration and the management wants to accept only one. The project which offers higher rate of return than that of others in the group should be accepted.

Capital rationing decision

Most of the firms have fixed capital budget with limited amount funds. A large number of investment proposals compete for this limited fund. So the firm should allocate funds to various projects in a manner that it maximizing long run return.

Stages of capital budgeting

1) Need realization. 2) Selection of program well defined procedures. 3) Collection of data and evaluation. 4) Follow up action. 5) Cost cost of investment, running and maintenance cost. 6) Benefit- cash inflows.

Principles of Capital budget

1) Budget should increase revenue(profitability) 2) Liquidity(less risky) 3) Flexibility 4) Economical( capacity to reduce cost) 5) Meaningful and viable. Factors affecting capital investment 1) Cost of the new project. 2) Installation charge 3) Working capital 4) Proceeds from sale of assets 5) Tax effect (tax shall have an impact on the cash inflows from business. This is because cash inflow means profit after tax plus depreciation.) 6) Investment allowances. This means special allowance given to the enterprise under Income Tax Act on the cost of new machinery and equipments.

Capital budgeting techniques

Capital budgeting techniques are divided in to two categories 1) Traditional techniques 2) Modern techniques (Time adjusted technique or discount cash flow method.) I) Traditional techniques In the traditional method we take the absolute value of the earnings and no importance is given to the time value of money and quality of benefits. In this category two main techniques are applied.

1) Pay back period. 2) Average Rate of Return or Accounting Rate of Return (ARR).

1) Pay back period Pay back period represents the time period required for recouping the original cost of investment. While taking it as a capital budgeting technique, we have to accept the project which shall recoup the amount of investment with in the time period specified for it. In case of mutually exclusive projects, a project with lower pay back period should be selected. If annual cash inflows during the project period are equal, we can apply the following formula for ascertaining payback period.

Cost of investment Pay back period = -------------------------------------------Average annual cash inflows

Merits 1. It is simple and easy to apply. 2. It is a rough and ready method for dealing with risk. 3. It most suitable in the case of dynamic industries. Demerits 1. No consideration for the time value of money. 2. Overlooks beyond the pay back period.

2) Average Rate of Return (ARR) Average rate of return represents the rate of return that can be generated by the project during the project period. It is symbolically represented as ARR - It is the rate of average accounting profit to the average cost of investment over the life of the project.

Average Annual profit Average rate or return (ARR) = ------------------------------------Average investment

Original cost of investment salvage value Average investment = ---------------------------------- ----------------+ salvage value 2

Acceptances criteria

In the case of project which offer the rate of return at least equal to the rate of return expected shall be accepted. In the case of mutually exclusive projects a project with higher ARR shall be selected

II) Modern Techniques (Time adjusted techniques) This method is also known as discounted cash flow method. The main advantage of this technique is that it considers the time value of money. Following are the important time adjusted techniques.

1. Net Present Value Net Present Value is the difference between the present value of cash inflows and present value of cash outflows. For accepting a project the NPV should be at least zero. In the case of mutually exclusive project, a project with higher NPV should be selected. 2. Profitability Index (a relative measure)

It is the ratio of the present value of cash inflows and present value of cash outflows. When the cost of investment of two projects are not equal, NPV may not be used a capital budgeting evaluation tool. This is because two projects with different cost of investment may provide you the same NPV. In such case for evaluating the proposals we use another tool called benefit cost ratio.

Present value of cash inflows Profitability Index(PI) = -------------------------------------------Present value of cash outflows.

3. Internal Rate of Return(IRR) IRR is the rate of return, at which the present value of cash inflows equal to the present value of cash outflows. At this rate NPV shall be 0 and Profitability Index(PI) shall be 1. The use of IRR as a criterion to accept capital investment decision involves the comparison of actual IRR with the required rate of return (cut off). If the IRR exceeds the cut off rate the project shall be accepted.

PV (cash inflow) at LR - PV (cash outflow) IRR = LR + ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------*r Difference between cash inflows at two discount levels

LR = Lower discount rate

r = difference in discount rate Merits 1) Consider the time value of money. 2) Comparison between projects requiring different capital investments is possible. 3) Consider directly the amount of expenses and revenues over the project life. Demerits

1) Difficult in application. 2) Based on the presumption that cash inflow can be invested at the discounting rate in the new project which doesnt always right

ModifiedInternal Rate of Return (MIRR)

MIRR or Terminal internal rate of return (TIRR) is developed for overcoming the limitation of IRR. MIRR is the compound rate of return that applied when the initial outlay accumulation to the terminal value. This criterion is currently used in advanced nations. In this criterion it is assumed that each of future cash inflows is immediately reinvested in another project at a certain rate of return. In other words net cash inflows outlays are compounded foreword rather than discounting backward as followed in the net present value (NPV).

The present value of compounded reinvested cash inflows are computed which is called terminal value. IRR is that discount rate at which the terminal value of the project equal to present value of cost of investments.

In IRR we consider only one aspect of time value of money that is discounting, where as in MIRR we adjust the time value of the money in cash inflows through both discounting and compounding processes.

Cost of capital

In simple words cost of capital means the price paid for obtaining and using capital. In capital budgeting decision when we use IRR as an appraisal tool we compare the IRR with the cost of capital there by it provides a yard stick to measure the worth of investment proposal. It is also known as cut off rate, target rate, hurdle rate, or minimum rate of return.

In operational terms the cost of capital refers to the discount rate that would be used in determining the present value of estimated future cash proceeds and eventually deciding whether the project is worth to undertake or not. In this sense it can be defined as the minimum rate of return that the firm must earn on its investment for making the market vale of the firm remain unchanged.

The capital structure of the company composed of several elements like preference shares, equity shares, debentures etc. The cost capital of each source or component is called specific cost of capital (cost of equity, cost of preference, cost of debt etc). When these specific costs are combine together then it is called overall cost of capital or weighted average cost of capital or composite cost of capital (Overall cost of capital is the weighted average of specific cost of capital).

Weighted Average Cost of Capital (Traditional view)

Optimum capital structure is assumed that at a point where WACC is minimum. Till the optimum level reaches, a firm can rise its debt component to minimize WACC and for increasing returns to the shareholders. After this level any further increase in debt increases risk to the equity shareholders thereby the overall cost of capital start rising.

Computation of Cost of Capital

I) Cost of Debt Computation of cost of debt is comparatively easy. Cost of debt is the cost of fund raises through the issue of debentures or arrangement of loans from financial institutions. Cost of perpetual debt There are two approaches 1) Before Tax I Cost of debt (Kd) = -----------SV

2) After Tax I Cost of debt (Kd) = ------------ (1-t) SV

Sv = sale price of bond or debenture I = annual interest payment t = tax rate

Cost of redeemable debt

C + (P or D / Maturity period) Kd = ------------------------------------------(P o +F) ------------2 Where: C P or D Po F = Coupon interest = Premium or discount = Present value or market value = Face Value

II) Cost of Preference shares

Computation of cost of preference shares conceptually difficult as compared to the cost of debt. This is because there is no regular payment of preference dividend can be expected. This is because the company shall make payment of dividend only if there is sufficient amount of profit. However its computation is much easier than the computation of cost of equity, because a fixed dividend rate is stipulated on preference share. The cost of preference shares which has no specific maturity date is given by

I Cost of preference shares (Kp) = ------------

SV

Redeemable preference shares

PD+ (P or D / Maturity period) Kp = ------------------------------------(Po+F) --------2 PD P or D Po F = Pref.dividend. = Premium or discount = Present value or Mkt. value = Face Value

III) Cost of Equity shares Cost of equity capital, conceptually specializing the most difficult and controversial to measure the cost. It is denoted by the symbol Ke. It can be defined as minimum rate of return that a firm must earn on the equity financed portion of an investment project in order to leave the unchanged market price of the shares. There are two approaches employed to compute the cost of equity capital. They are

1) Dividend approach According to this approach cost equity is the discount rate that equates the present value of all expected future dividend per share with the net proceeds the sale of share (market price). According to this approach the value a share

D Value of a share (Po) = ------------(Ke- g)

From the above formula we can express Ke in the following form D Cost of equity (Ke) = --------- +g Po

2) Earning approach According to this approach cost of capital is the ratio of earning per share to market price of a share. E Cost of equity (Ke) = -------Po or E (1-b) ------------- +g Po

g = growth rate b = dividend pay out ratio r = rate of return

E =EPS D = annual dividend Po = market price of a share

Overall cost of capital Overall cost of capital is the weighted average of specific cost of capital. While calculating composite cost of capital the portion of each source of capital is taken as weights. For this the book value or market value may be taken.

Treatment of floatation costs in computing cost of capital

A floatation cost means cost incurred by a company for raising capital from the market. It includes issue expenses, bank charges, underwriting commission, etc. this amount should be deducted from the sales proceeds of issue, while computing the cost of capital.

E.g. A Company raises Rs 10, 00,000 by the issue of 10% preference share. Floatation cost incurred by the company Rs 1, 0,000, the cost of capital of the company is

Preference dividend Kp = --------------------------------* 100 Net proceeding of issue =

100000 -----------------* 100 = 900000 11.11%

Pure play Approach (Explicit cost)

In this approach divisional cost of capital is computed on the basis of the actual cost incurred by the company on various components of the capital. This cost may include interest payment, dividend payment etc. Cost of capital according to this approach is known explicit cost. In other words it is the discount rate that equates the present value of cash inflows those is incremental to the taking of financial opportunity to the present value of its incremental cash outflow.

Subjective Approach (Implicit cost) Cost of capital according subjective approach is called implicit cost. It may be defined as rate of return associate with the best investment opportunity for the firm and the share holder that will be foregone if the project presently under consideration by the firm is accepted. When the earnings are retained by a company the implicit cost will be income which the share holder earned if such earnings would have been distributed by the company and later invested by the shareholders in more promising investment opportunities.

So pure play approach followed when funds are raised and subjective approach follows whenever funds are used by the firm.

Principle or guidelines relates to estimation of incremental cash flows

Cash flows must be measured in incremental terms. In estimating the incremental cash flows the following guidelines must be kept in mind 1) Consider all incremental effect 2) In addition to the direct cash inflow of the project, all its incidental effect on the rest of the firm must be considered. 3) Ignore sunk cost Sunk cost means the past cost which cannot be recovered and is not relevant for new investment decision. This is supported to the famous phrase buy gone are buy gone. 4) Include opportunity cost- The opportunity cost of a resource is the present value of net cash inflows that it can be derived it, if it were put it to its best alternatives. Such opportunity cost should charge to the proposal project.
5) Allocations of overhead cost to project- Cost which is indirectly related to a

project is referred to as its overhead cost. It includes item like administrative expenses, managerial salary, legal expense etc. Accounts normally allocate this cost to various projects on some suitable basis. So a portion of overhead cost of the firm is usually allocated to the proposed project also.

CAPITAL ASSET PRICING MODEL

The Capital Asset pricing model was developed in 1960 by 3 researchers, William Sharpe, John Lintner and Jan Mossin independently. As a result this model is also known as Sharp - Lintner-Mossin model.

The CAPM is really an extension of the port folio theory of Markowitz. The portfolio theory is really a description of how rational investors should build efficient

portfolios and select the optimal port folio. The CAPM derives the relationship between the expected return and risk of individual securities and that of portfolios in the capital market if everyone behaved in the way as portfolio theory suggested. CAPM gives the nature of the relation between the expected return and the systematic risk of a security and pricing of assets.

Assumptions of CAPM
1. The investors objective is to maximize the utility of terminal wealth, not to maximize wealth. 2. Investors make choices on the basis of risk and return. 3. Investors have homogeneous expectations of risk and return. 4. Investors have identical time horizon. 5. Information is freely and simultaneously available to investors. 6. The investor can lend or borrow any amount of funds desired at a rate of interest equal to the rate for risk less securities. 7. There are no taxes, transaction cost, restrictions on short rates, or other market imperfections. 8. Total asset quantity is fixed and all assets are marketable. CAPM states that the unsystematic risk of a portfolio can be diversified through proper construction of portfolio. Even if we construct a portfolio comprises of all available securities in the market, still there is a risk element which we call systematic risk. Since such risk can not be diversified through portfolio construction, the real risk that is met by the investor while making his portfolio investment is systematic risk. So we have to compare only the market risk and return of a portfolio instead of total risk, while making an investment.

According to CAPM the expected return of a portfolio is equal to

E (R p ) = R f + (R m-R f )

Where Rf

E (R p ) = Expected return of the portfolio. = Risk free rate of return. = Market risk co-efficient

R m = Return on market portfolio

So return of every portfolio consists of two components- Risk free rate of return and market risk premium. Risk free rate of return is the return offered on Govt. securities and market risk premium is closely related to the degree of sensitivity shown by the portfolio towards the market trend. Higher value of beta indicates larger sensitivity, so larger the market risk and higher will be the market risk premium. Lower value of beta is the indicator of lower market risk and lower premium for it.

Capital Market Line (CML)

Capital market line is the graph line which indicates the relationship between the total risk and return of all efficient portfolios in the portfolio opportunity set. It represents the risk return relationship in portfolio of securities explained by the Markowitz model. This line indicates the risk-return relationship of only efficient portfolios but not inefficient portfolios and individual securities. The mathematical form of risk return relationship established by CML is:

R p = R f + (R m -R f ) p / m

Security Market Line (SML)

Security market line is the graph line which indicates the relationship between the market risk and return of all portfolios those an investor can construct. It represents the risk return relationship in portfolio of securities explained by the CAPM. This line indicates the risk-return relationship of all portfolios (whether efficient or not) and also individual securities. The algebraic form of this line is :R p = R f + (R m -R f )

ARBITRAGE PRICING THEORY (APT Theory)

This theory was developed by Stephen Ross. This theory explains the nature of equilibrium in the asset pricing in a lesser complicated manner. With fewer assumptions compared to CAPM. Assumptions 1. Investors have homogeneous expectations. 2. They are risk averse and utility maxi misers. 3. Perfect competition prevails in the market and there is no transaction cost. According to Stephen Ross return of the securities are influenced a number of macro economic factors. The factors are

a) Inflation b) Interest Rate c) GDP, etc

Here the investor has no need to hold market portfolio and they indulge in arbitrage process, moving the price upwards if securities are held long and driving down the prices of securities if held in short position till the elimination of arbitrage possibilities. An arbitrage portfolio is constructed with out any additional financial

commitment. The main concept behind the application of this model is that the factors those have impact on a group of securities may not affect another group of securities. As a result as far as the arbitrage process is possible investor can maximise his return through constantly revised portfolio. Risk Risk means the chance of loss. Normally the term risk is different from the term uncertainty. Usually we can find the probability of losing something and we call that chance or that probability is risk. But in the case of a certainty nothing can be predicted, so no probability computation is possible. But in security analysis we use both the term risk and uncertainty inter changeably. Here risk means the uncertainty surrounding the future stream of return and repayment of capital. If an investments returns are fairly stable, it is considered to be a low risk investment. But when the return from an investment is fluctuating widely then it is called risky investment. The risk and return are positively correlated. Higher the risk higher will be the return and lower the risk lower will be the return. When we expect a return from a risky investment the risk should be much higher than that of a low risk investment. Elements of risk The elements of risk may be broadly classified into two groups. 1. Systematic Risk - This type of risks are external to a company and effect a large no. of securities simultaneously. These risks are mostly uncontrollable in nature. Risk produced by external factors is known as systematic risk. 2. Unsystematic Risk - There are certain factors which are internal to the company and affect only that company. The risks due to these factors are called unsystematic risk. These risks are controllable in nature. By building an efficient portfolio we can diversify these risks. So

Total risk = systematic risk + unsystematic risk (specific risk)

Types of systematic risk

Systematic risk is mainly divided into three, Interest Rate Risk Interest rate risk is a systematic risk that particularly affects debt securities like bonds and debentures. It is the devaluation in bond prices due to the increase in the market interest rate. When the market rate of interest move up the interest rate offered by a bond investment then that bond investment will be lose its value. That loss is called interest rate risk. It also affects equity shares. When the market interest rate increases, the debt instruments become more attractive. Then the investors shall dispose their shareholdings and utilize the proceeds for making investment in debt instruments. This action will cause decline in the value of stocks. Market Rate Risk Market risk is the increased variability of the investor return due to the alternating movements of the share markets. A general decline in share price is referred to as bearish trend. Due to these variations in stock market movement the investors return will also be varied. The fluctuations in investor return due to these alternative market movements is called market risk. The reasons for these market fluctuations may be changes in the social economic and political conditions, changes in the investors attitude and expectations etc. Purchasing Power Risk Purchasing power risk refers to variations in investor returns due to increase in inflation rate. This risk will affect entire investment securities in the economy. Moreover the hike in the inflation rate shall reduce the value of all assets including securities. The two important causes of inflation are increase in the cost of production and increase in demand for goods. When demand is increasing but supply cannot be increased the price of the goods increases. The inflation due to this excess demand is called demand pull inflation. Similarly when the cost of production increases the price will be increased which lead to inflation and this inflation is called cost push inflation.

Both of these inflations shall affect the purchasing power of currency there by the value of all investment in an economy.

Types of unsystematic risk (specific risk)

There are mainly two types of unsystematic risk. Business Risk Business risk means a risk due to the poor operating conditions faced by a company. When a companys operating conditions become worse etc. the operating cost will be increased which in turn bring into a reduction in its operating income. Since this risk element is associated with the securities of only poor performing companies, we can avoid it through portfolio diversification. So this risk is a part of diversifiable risk. (Simply we can say unsystematic risk means risk due to the poor operating efficiency and business performance of a company.) . As this risk element is associated with the securities of only poor performing companies, we can avoid it through portfolio diversification. So this risk is a part of diversifiable risk. Financial Risk Financial risk is the second part of a unsystematic risk. It is the risk arises due to the use of the debt in total capital structure of a firm. When there is a debt component in the capital structure of a company, there may be variability in the returns available to the equity share holders. If the companies rate of return higher than the interest rate payable on the debt, earning per share would increase. If the rate of return is lower than the interest rate earning per share would be decreased because interest is a compulsory payment. The increase or decrease in earning per share due to the presence of debt capital in the total capital structure of a company is referred to as financial risk. This risk is also an avoidable risk because a company is free to finance its activity without resulting to debut.

MODULE 3

The 2nd important decision taken by financial manager is financing decision. This decision relates to the source from which the firm has raised necessary finance for meeting its requirements. There two terms connected with this decision. 1) Capital structure 2) Financial structure

Capital structure
Capital structure means the ratio between different forms of long-term capital or funds of the firm such as equity capital, preference capital, reserve & surplus, debentures etc. It relates only to the long term solvency position of the firm. Decision relating to capital structure is very important for a firm. This is because capital structure is significant to the maximization of corporate wealth of the firm.

Financial structure

It refers to the way the firms assets are financed. It includes both long-term and short-term (internal and external) source of funds. But capital structure relates to the long term source of funds only.

Optimum capital structure

It is that Capital structure or debt equity mix which gives the maximum value to the firm in the market. Use of debt in the capital structure of the firm shall increase EPS as the interest on debt is tax deductible which leads to increase in share price. At the same time it causes financial risk to the firm. Optimum capital structure strikes a balance between the risks and return and thus examines the price of the share.

Factors determining the capital structure

Trading on equity The benefit or advantageous due to equity share holders on account of the use of debt content in total capital structure is called trading on equity. In other wards when the leverage is favorable, then it is called trading on equity. Retaining control The capital structure of a company is also influenced the promoters objective of retaining their control in the firm. Some promoters want to raise funds from the public without losing their effective control in business. If the promoter wishes to retain control, they may raise larger part of the capital from debt source i.e. non equity source. Period of finance If the funds are required for short period it is better to raise capital by the issue of short term debt securities or arrange loans from bank. On the other hand, if the requirement is for along period equity is beneficial. Cost of financing Cost of financing is a very important factor for determining the capital structure of the company. The generally accepted principle is that the company must incur the minimum possible cost in interest, dividend, etc. In this contest, one must born in mind that debenture is the cheapest source of capital. This is because rate of interest is fixed and can be deducted from profit for tax purposes. Other factors include Nature of the company Elasticity of capital structure Legal requirements Risk. Income. Tax consideration.

 Cost of capital. Investors attitude. Timing. Profitability Growth rate. Govt. policy. Marketability. Company size. Financing purpose.

Theories of Capital structure

There are mainly five theories explaining the capital structure, cost of capital and value of firm. Net income approach. Net operating income approach. Modigliani and Miller approach. Traditional approach (Weighted average cost of capital) Pecking order theory.

Net Income(NI) Approach (Durand David)

This approach is suggested by Durand David. According to this approach, Capital structure of a company is relevant in valuation of the firm. A change in the capital structure causes a corresponding change in overall cost of capital as well as the total value of firm.

Here market Value of firm (V) = S+B

S (Market Value of equity) = Earnings available to equity sharer holders (NI) ---------------------------------------------------------Capitalisation rate [cost of equity (Ke)]

B (Market Value of debt) = V-S Argument -Higher debt component in the capital structure results in decline in the overall cost of capital which in turn increases EPS and value of the firm. Assumptions a. No corporate taxes. b. No change in risk perception c. Cost of debt < cost of equity

Net Operating Income (NOI) Approach (Durand David)

This approach is also suggested by Durand David. According to this approach market value of firm is not at all affected by capital structure changes i.e. Value of the firm is independent of capital structure. The market capitalizes the total value of the firm and so the debt equity shall not affect its overall cost of capital. Market value of the firm depends on EBIT and is fully independent of the financing mix.

According to this approach market value of firm = Net operating income (EBIT) ----------------------------------------Total capitalisation rate (Kc)

Value of equity = Value of firm - Value of debt Assumptions a. No corporate taxes. b. Cost of debt is also constant. c. Kc remains constant and Ke increases with increase in debt.

Modigliani and Miller approach

Cost of capital is independent of capital structure and so there is no optimum value. MM proposition supports the NOI approach relating to independence of the cost of capital from the valuation of the firm at any level of debt equity ratio. The significance of their hypothesis lies in the fact that it provides behavioural justification for constant overall cost of capital.

Prepositions 1. Market valueof firm is independent of its capital structure, changing the gearing ratio cannot have any effect on companys annual cash inflow. 2. Rate of return expected by shareholders increases linearly as the debt equity ratio increases. 3. Cut off rate for new investment will always be average cost of capital and is independent of financing decision. Assumptions 1. Free buy & sale. 2. Perfect and efficient market. 3. Kd<Ke 4. Interest rates are equal. 5. No transaction cost, personal taxes and corporate income taxes. 6. Homogeneous risk classes.

7. Investors are rational. i.e. they have same expectation of firms net operating income(EBIT) 8. No retained earnings. i.e. dividend pay out ratio is 100%

The basic preposition among MM approach is that the total value of the firm must be constant irrespective of the debt equity ratio. Similarly, cost of capital as well as market price of shares must be the same regardless of the financing mix.

The operational justification for MM hypothesis is the arbitrage process. The term arbitrage refers to an act of buying security in one market at lower price and selling another market at high price. As a result equilibrium is restored in the market price of security in different market.

MM illustrates arbitrage process with reference to valuation in terms of two firms which are exactly similar in all respect except leverage. Such homogeneous firms are according to MM perfect substitutes. The total value of homogeneous firms which differ only in respect of leverage cannot be different because of the operation of arbitrage. The investors of firm whose value is higher sell their shares and buy the shares of the firm whose value is lower. Then the investors will be able to earn same return at lower investment with the same perceived risk. Simultaneous buy and sell of securities continue till the market price of two identical firms become identical. Thus the presence of debt component in the capital structure of the firm shall not have any effects in the market value.

Arbitrage process It is the process of buying a security from a market where it has lower price and sell it in the other market where it fetches higher price. It is speculation activity. The person who is engaged in this process is called Arbitrager.

 Traditional Approach(Weighted average cost of capital). It is the combination of Net incomeApproach (NI) and Net operating incomeApproach (NOI). It supports Net incomeApproach is that up to a particular point the capital structure affects the cost of capital and its valuation. Optimum capital structure is assumed that at a point where WACC is minimum. Till the optimum level reaches, a firm can rise its debt component to minimize WACC and for increasing returns to the shareholders. After this level any further increase in debt increases risk to the equity shareholders thereby the overall cost of capital start rising.

Pecking Order Theory (Donaldson)

Dividend policy is sticky. Firms prefer internal to external financing. If firms require external financing, they will issue the safest security i.e. debt As the firms seeks more external financing, it will work down the pecking order of securities from safe to risky debt and finally to equity as a last resort.

Business finance It is the activity concerns with planning, rising, controlling and administrating the funds used in the process. It involves planning and raising as well as effective utilisation of funds of the business.

Financial planning 1) Estimating the amount capital to be raised. 2) Source from which is raised. 3) Designing the financial policies

Basis of capitalisation

Capitalisation is the sum of the par values the stock and outstanding. This term is used only in respect of companies. There are two recognized theories of capitalisation. 1) Cost Theory 2) Earning Theory

Cost Theory According to this theory the total amount of capitalisation of a new company is arrived at by adding up the cost of fixed assets, working capital, preliminary expenses. Earning Theory According to this theory the true value of an enterprise depends on it earning capacity. The worth of a company is not measured by the capital raised, but by the profit generated by employing the capital.

Leverage
Leverage refers to means of accomplishing power for gaining an advantage. It is the employment of fixed assets or funds for which a firm has to meet fixed costs or fixed rate of interest obligation irrespective of the debt equity mix. Leverage is three types 1) Financial Leverage 2) Operating leverage 3) Combosite leverage

Financial Leverage
The ability of a firm to use fixed financial charges (interest bearing securities) to magnify the effect of change in Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT) on Earning per share (EPS).it is the process of using fixed cost of funds for increasing the return to the share holders.

Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT) Financial Leverage (FL) = -------------------------------------------------------Earning before Tax (EBT)

%change in EPS Degree of Financial Leverage DFL = --------------------------- >1 %change in EBIT

1 Eqty. 15%Debt 50 -----------project cost 50 ------Net cash flow @24% Less interest on debt 12 -----12 8.25 Return on eqty(Dd/Eqty Return on debt WACC ( Kex% eqty+Kdx%debt) 24% 24% 24% nil

2 25 25 -----------50 ------12 3.75 -------6.375 33% 15%

3 12.5 37.5 ---------50 -------12 5.625 ---------

51% 15%

24%

Value of firm

50

50

50

Operating leverage
The ability of a firm to use fixed operating charges to magnify the effect of change in sales on its Earning before Interest and Tax (EBIT). In this situation percentage change in profit on account of increase in sales shall be higher than percentage change in sales volume. Contribution Operating Leverage O L = -----------------EBIT

%change in EBIT Degree of Operating Leverage DOL = --------------------------%change in sales >1

Composite leverage (combined leverage) The combination of financial leverageand operating leverage is called combined leverage. The risk associated with the combined leverage is known as total risk.

Degree of combined Leverage DCL = DFL*DOL

%change in EPS

%change in EBIT ------------------------- * ----------------------

Degree of Composite Leverage DCL =

%change in EBIT

%change in sales

%change in EPS i.e. DCL = ------------------------%change in sales

Point of indifference

It refers to that EBIT level at which earning per share remains same irrespective of the debt equity mix. At this level cost of debt and cost of equity shall remain same. Point of indifference find out from following equation.

(x- I 1 )(1-T)-PD ----------------------S1

(x-I 2 ) (1-T)-PD ------------------------S2

x = Point of indifference I 1 = interest rate under plan 1 I 2 = interest rate under plan 2 T = Tax rate S 1 = no of equity shares in plan 1 S 2 = no of equity shares in plan 2 PD= preference dividend

Dividend policy
The 3rd function of finance is called dividend policy decision. Dividend is the portion of divisible profit (net earnings) of the company. It is the portion of the profit distributed among the share holders as a return of their investment. In dividend policy decision the financial manger has to decide whether to declare dividend to share holders, if yes to what extent it should be done so. Dividend payout ratio means the ratio of dividend to total earnings made by the concern. Determination of dividend pay out ratio is the main decision to be taken by the financial manger with respect to the dividend policy. This definitely depends on the preference of shareholders and investment opportunities available with in the firm. The dividend policy of firm may have direct impact of the value of firm or market value of the share. If the company declare dividend, the share holder receive an income for their commitment. So the market value of the firm is increased. The dividend policy i.e. determination of the dividend payout ratio which gives maximum value to the share of the firm is called optimum dividend policy.

Importance A major decision of FM is the dividend decision. This is because it is believed that there is relationship between dividend policy and market value of equity shares. So a firm should design a dividend policy which shall give maximum value to the business.

Basic terms used

1. Dividend pay out ratio: Ratio of dividend to total earnings made by the concern. 2. Retained earnings: Earnings retained in the business for future expansion and development (also known as ploughing back of profit).

3. Bonus issue: Issue of shares to existing shareholders on free of cost as a part of capitalisation of reserves. No change in the par value of shares.

4 Stock splits: Conversion of shares of larger denomination in to shares of smaller denomination.

5. Cash dividend: Dividend in the form of cash.

6. Bond dividend: Dividend in the form of bond. Purpose is postponement of immediate payment of dividend in cash.

7. Scrip dividend: Dividend in the form of shares of other companies. 8. Property dividend: Dividend in the form of assets other than cash. 9. Stock dividend: Dividend in the form of shares.

Determinants of Dividend Policy

Determinants of Dividend Policy are classified into two factors, that is external Factors

and internal Factors

1) External Factors

1) State of Economy 2) Capital Market 3) Legal restrictions 4) Contractual restrictions 5) Tax policy

2) Internal Factors
1) Investor preference 2) Financial needs of company

3) Nature of earnings 4) Desire of control 5) Liquidity position.

Procedure aspects of dividend

1) Board of resolution- Board of directors should in formal meeting resolve to pay the dividend. 2) Share holders approval- Share holders should approve the dividend plan in A.G.M. 3) Record date- Dividend is payable to share holders whose name appear in the register of members as on the record date. 4) Dividend payment- Once dividend declaration has been made dividend warrant must be paid within 30 days of its date of declaration. After the expiry of 42 days unpaid dividend must be transferred to special account maintained in a scheduled bank.

Types of Dividend Polices

1) Stable dividend pay out Ratio 2) Stable dividend or steadily changing dividends 3) Pure residual dividend approach 4) Fixed dividend pay out ratio 5) Smoothed residual dividend approach (Total earnings less equity finance required to supports investment). 6) Generous dividend policy 7) Erratic dividend policy

1) Stable dividend pay out Ratio- According to this policy the percentage of earning paid out as divided remain constant. Such a policy is really adopted by a business firm. 2) Stable dividend or steadily changing dividends- As per this policy the rupee level of dividend remain stable or gradually increase or decrease. The following

reasons are the firm to follow a policy of stable dividend or gradually rising dividend. a) Many individuals depend on dividend income to meet a portion of their living expenses. So if dividend falls too cheaply, they may force to sell the shares. b) Institutional investors often view a record of steady dividend payment as a highly desirable future. c) Dividend decision can be regarded as an important means by which the management looking for information about the prospects of firm. An increase in dividend indicates improved earning prospects. 3) Pure residual dividend approach- According to this approach amount is highly fluctuating year by year. In this approach the earnings in excess of equity support required for financially investment in a year shall be paid out as dividend. 4) Fixed dividend pay out ratio- In this approach the firm follows the same procedure of Stable dividend pay out ratio. 5) Smoothed residual dividend approach (Total earnings less equity finance required to supports investment).- Under this approach the level of dividend is so set that in the long run total dividend paid is equal to the total earnings less equity finance required to support investment. 6) Generous dividend policy- In this approach the dividend gives on the basis of profit of company. 7) Erratic dividend policy- In this approach there is no fixed dividend policy and company gives dividend in accordance with the direction of management.

Dividend Models (Theories)

There are different opinions relating to the relevance of dividend policy in determining the value of the firm. Some experts are arguing that dividend policy is very relevant in deciding the value of the firm and some others stand for the irrelevance of dividend policy in the valuation of firm. There are two schools of thought regarding the impact of dividend on valuation of the firm.

1. Relevance approach. a. Walters model 2. Irrelevance approach. Modigliani -Miller Approach (MM Model). b. Gordons model

1. Relevance approach.
In this approach dividend is very relevant in valuation of the firm.

A. Walters model
According to Walter the dividend policy of the firm has relevance in determining the value of the firm. Different firm should have different dividend policy for maximizing its value in the market. Walter has derived the firm in three groups for discussing about the impact of their dividend policy on the value of the firm.

1 Growth firm (r > k) If the rate of the return on the investment by a firm is higher than the rate of return expected by the share holders (i.e. cost of capital), the firm is said to be at growth stage. In case of such firms for maximizing its value the firm should not distribute its dividend and the entire earnings should be reinvested in its business for financing its profitable ventures. According to him the optimal dividend policy for a growth firm is zero dividend payout ratios. This process of retained earnings can maximise the value of the firm and wealth to the share holders.

2 Declining firm (r< k)

If the rate of the return on the investment by a firm is lower than the rate of return expected by the share holders (i.e. cost of capital), the firm is said to be at decline stage. Such firm should distribute its entire earnings as dividend among the share holders for maximizing its value and the earnings should not be reinvested in its business.

3 Normal firm(r = k) In the case of normal firm the rate of return and the cost of capital shall be same. According to Walters there is no optimum divided policy for a normal firm. So the dividend pay out ratio in no way affects the value of firm. Assumptions a. All financing done through retained earnings. b. No change in business risk (r and K are constant) c. There is no change in key variables i.e. E & D. d. The firm has perpetual life.

Mathematical model is

D + R/Ke (E D) P = ----------------------Ke

Preposition a. When r< k (declining firm) Cent percent dividend payout ratio. b. When r > k (Growing firm) Zero percent dividend payment. c. When r = k (Normal firm) No optimal dividend policy.

 Criticisms a. Applicable only to all-equity firms. b. Unrealistic assumption of r is constant. c. Ignores the effect of risk on value of the firm by taking the assumption of k is constant.

B. Gordons model
According to Gordon the dividend policy of the firm has relevance in determining the value of the firm. Different firm should have different dividend policy for maximizing its value in the market. Gordon has derived the firm in three groups for discussing about the impact of their dividend policy on the value of the firm. 1 Growth firm (same as above) 2 Declining firm (same as above) 3 Normal firms In the case of a normal firm there is an optimum dividend policy. The normal firm should distribute its earning as dividend among the share holders for maximizing its value. This is because people prefer current return to future return. As the value of the Re1 today is more than that of Re1 tomorrow. For satisfying the share holder, the firm should declare dividend.

Mathematical model is D V= -----------+g K or P= E (1-b) --------------Ke - br

V = value of the firm

K= cost of capital g = growth rate

D = Dividend

Assumptions a. All financing done through retained earnings. b. No change in business risk (r and K are constant) c. Retention ratio once decided upon is constant .Then growth rate (g=br is also constant) d. Ke>br e. The firm has perpetual life.

Preposition a. When r< k (declining firm) Cent percent dividend payout ratio. b. When r > k (Growing firm) Zero percent dividend payment. c. When r = k (Normal firm) Cent percent dividend payment is the optimal dividend policy. This is because present value of current income is more than that of the future income. Criticisms a. Applicable only to all-equity firms. b. Unrealistic assumption of r is constant. c. Ignores the effect of risk on value of the firm by taking the assumption of k is constant.

Irrelevance approach

Dividend policy of a firm is only a part of its financial decision and has no impact on the value of a firm.

Modigliani -Miller Approach (MM Model)

MM Modelis called dividend irrelevance model. This model says that dividend policy of the firm is not at all affecting the value of the firm. It is strictly a financing decision whether dividends are paid out of profit or earnings are retained will depend on the available investment opportunities. It implies that when a firm has sufficient investment opportunity it shall retain the earnings to finance them. If acceptable investment opportunities are inadequate the implication is that the earnings would be distributed to the share holders. The most comprehensive argument in support of the irrelevance dividend is provided by the MM Hypothesis. MM maintain dividend has no effect on the share price of the firm and is of no consequence. According to MM the efficiency of firm to make earnings is the main factor giving to the value of the firm.

Assumptions 1. Perfect capital market 2. No taxes 3. No change in the required rate of return (ke) 4. There is perfect certainty as to future investment and profit of the firm. Suppose a firm has investment opportunity give its investment decision it has two alternatives. 1. It can retain its earnings to finance the investment programme. 2. Distribute the earnings to the share holders as dividend and raise an equal amount externally through the sale of new shares for the purpose. If the firm select second

alternative there is said to be arbitrage process. In that action payment of dividend associated with raising of funds from other means of financing

Crux of argument When dividend is paid to the share holders, the market price of the share will increase. But if the company has any additional investment opportunity, the company has to issue additional block of shares which will cause a decline in the terminal value of the share. What is gained by the investors as a result of increased dividend will be neutralized completely by the reduction in the terminal value of shares. So the market price before and after the payment of dividend would be identical. So the investors would be indifferent between dividend and retention of earnings. Since the share holders are indifferent the wealth would not be affected by current and future dividend decision of the firm. It would depend upon the expected future earnings.

Limitations of MM theory 1) Impact on tax 2) Floatation cost 3) Transaction and agency cost

MODULE -4

INTRODUCTION
Finance is the lifeblood of a business enterprise. This is because in the modern

money oriented economy, finance is one of the basic foundations of all kinds of activities. The modern thinking is, financial management accords a far greater importance to decision-making and policy. Today, financial managers do not perform the passive role of scorekeepers of financial data and information and arranging funds whenever directed to do so. Rather they occupy key position in top management areas and play a dynamic role in solving complex management problems. It has rightly been

said that business needs money to make more money. Hence efficient should be the management of its finance.

Working capital management is the functional area of finance that covers all current accounts of the firm. It deals with the problems that arise in attempting to manage the current assets, current liabilities and inadequacy of working capital implies idle funds, which earn no profit for the business.

Working capital in general practice refers to the excess of current assets over current liabilities. Working capital policies of a firm have a great effect on its profitability, liquidity and structural health of the organization.

MEANING.
Working capital is the excess of current assets over current liabilities. Current assets are those assets which can be converted into cash within an accounting year without disrupting the operations of the firm and it includes cash, marketable securities, accounts receivables and inventory. Current liabilities are those claims of outsiders, which are to be expected to mature for payment within an accounting year and include creditors, bill payable, bank overdraft and outstanding expenses. Working capital refers to that part of the firms capital, which is required for financing current assets. Funds, thus, invested in current assets keep revolving and are being constantly converted into cash and these cash flows out again in exchange for other current assets. Hence it is also known as revolving or circulating capital.

DEFINITION
According to Gene Stenberg, Working capital is the current asset of a company that are changed in the ordinary course of business from one firm to another,

as for example, cash to inventory, inventory to receivables, receivables to cash. Hoagland defined working capital as descriptive of that capital which is not fixed.

CONCEPTS OF WORKING CAPITAL

Basically there are two concepts of Working capital:

Balance sheet concept and Operating cycles or circular flow concept.

BALANCE SHEET CONCEPT

There are two interpretations of working capital under the balance sheet concept. They are

Gross working capital concept Net working capital concept

Gross working capital concept

Gross working capital concept refers to firms investment in current assets such as marketable securities, bills receivables etc. Gross working capital focuses attention on the efficient management of individual current assets in the day-to-day operations of the business.

Net working capital concept.

Net working capital refers to the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Net working capital can be positive or negative. When current assets exceed

current liabilities, the net working capital becomes positive. When current liabilities exceed current assets the net working capital becomes negative. Long-term view of working capital, it is essential to concentrate on the net concept of working capital, because long-term funds are to be arranged for financing net working capital. Thus working capital can be defined as the excess of current assets over current liabilities.

OPERATING CYCLE OR CIRCULAR FLOW CONCEPT

Investment in current assets circulates among several times: cash is used to buy raw materials, to pay wages, and to meet other manufacturing expenses, raw materials are transformed to finished goods, this transformation involves several stages in work in progress. Finished goods when sold on credit basis, accounts receivables are created. The collection of accounts receivables brings cash into the firm- the cycle starts again. The following chart illustrates the cycle of transformation.

Fig-III.1

Circular Flow Concept of Working

CASH

DEBTORS/ ACCOUNTS RECIEVABLES RAW MATERIALS

SALES OF FINISHED GOODS FINISHED

GOODS

WORK IN PROGRESS

KINDS OF WORKING CAPITAL

The changes in current assets in short and long terms have led to classifications of working capital into two components:

Permanent or Fixed Working Capital:

Permanent or fixed working capital is the minimum amount, which is required to ensure effective utilization of fixed facilities and for maintaining the circulations of current assets. This minimum level of current assets is called permanent or fixed capital as this part of capital is permanently blocked in current assets. As the business grows, the requirements of permanent working capital also increase due to the increase in
current assets.

Temporary or Variable Working Capital

Temporary or variable working capital is the amount of working capital which is required to meet the seasonal demands. The fluctuation in current assets may be increase or decrease and are generally cyclical in nature. Additional current assets are required at different times during the operating year.

 PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY WORKING CAPITAL OF A

MANUFACTURINGFIRM.

Fig-III.2

Temporary or variable

Amount of Working capital

Permanent or Fixed

Time

From the above figure it is clear that permanent working capital is constant but variable working capital fluctuates. That is sometimes increasing or sometimes decreasing according to the seasonal demand of the product. For a growing or expanding firm, the permanent working capital line may not be horizontal since demand for permanent current assets is increasing or decreasing. Thus, the difference between permanent and temporary working capital for an expanding firm can be depicted as under:

 Permanent and Temporary Working Capital of a Growing Firm

Fig-III.3

Y Temporary or Variable

Amount of Working capital

Permanent or fixed

Time

Determinants of Working Capital

The need for working capital is not always the same. It varies from time to time and even from month to month. In order to determine the proper amount of working capital, the following factors should be considered.

 Nature of business- Trading concerns requires more

utility concerns requires less working capital.

working capital and public

Size of the business unit- Larger firm larger will be the working capital and vice
versa.

Production policies Turnover of circulating capital Business cycles. Credit policy Length of manufacturing process: Earning capacity and dividend policy. Price level changes. Operating efficiency.

Importance of Working Capital

Working capital is just like the heart of the business. No business can run successfully without an adequate amount of working capital. The following are the main advantages of adequate working capital in the business:

Cash Discount.
Adequate working capital enables a firm to avail cash discount facilities offered to it by the suppliers. The amount of cash discount reduces the cost of purchases.

Goodwill.
Sufficient working capital enables a firm to make the prompt payment and hence help in maintaining and creating goodwill.

 Credit Worthiness.
It enables a firm to operate its business more efficiently because there is no delay in getting loan from banks and others on easy and favorable terms.

Regular Supply of Raw Materials.

Sufficient working capital ensures regular supply of raw materials and continuous production.

Expansion of Market.
A firm, which has adequate working capital, can create favorable market conditions that are so because purchasing raw materials in bulk when prices are lower and holding its inventories when prices are higher. Thus profits are increased.

Ability to Face Crisis.

Adequate working capital enables a concern to beat business crisis in emergencies such as depression because during such period there is much pressure on working capital.

Importance of Working Capital Management

The importance of working capital management can be judged from following facts:

There is a positive correlation between the sale of product of the firm and

current assets. An increase in the sale of the product requires a corresponding increase in current assets. It is therefore indispensable to manage the current assets properly and efficiently.

More than half of the capital of the firm is generally invested in current assets.
It means less than half of the capital is blocked in fixed assets. We pay due attention to

the management of fixed assets through the capital budgeting process- management of working capital too, therefore attracts the attention of the management.

In situation of emergency, like non-availability of funds etc., fixed assets can

be acquired on lease but there is no alternative for current assets. Investment in current assets can in no way be avoided without sustaining loss.

Working capital needs are more often financed through outside sources, so it
is necessary to utilize them in the best way possible.

The management of working capital is more important for small units because
they scarcely rely on long-term capital market and has easy access to short-term financial sources, that is, trade credit, short term bank loan etc.

In the modern system approach to management, the operation of the firm is

viewed as a total that is integrated system. In this sense, it is not possible to study one segment of the firm individually or left it out completely. Hence an overall look in the management of working capital is necessary.

Importance/ objectives of working capital management (WCM)

1) Promotion of sales through wise investment in current assets. 2) Impart liquidity equipping it to meet short plays in time. 3) Efficient utilization of scare resources of the organisation by minimizing it wastage. 4) Facilitate smooth functioning of the production operations of the concern without coming excess investment in investor. 5) Maintain the optimum level of cash balance with firm so as to ensure it most economic usage.

6) Designing of the credit policies which bring the more revenues for the firm through increased sales and also at the minimum cost of the receivables.

Financing Of Working Capital

There are two types of financing working capital, they are:

Spontaneous financing Negotiated financing.

Spontaneous financing
Finance which naturally arises in the course of business is called spontaneous financing. Trade creditors, credit from employees, credit form suppliers of services etc. are the examples of spontaneous financing.

Negotiated financing
Financing which has to be negotiated with lenders, say commercial banks, financial institution and general public is called negotiated financing. This kind of financing may be short-term or long term.

The main sources of long-term finances are shares, debentures, preference shares, retained earnings and debt from financial institutions. Short term financing refers to those sources of short-term credit that the firm must arrange in advance and include short-term bank loans, commercial papers and receivables.

Financing Mix Approaches

There are three basic approaches to determine an appropriate financing mix:

Hedging approach or matching approach.

 Conservative approach Aggressive approach.

Hedging approach or matching approach

One approach to determine the financing mix is the hedging approach, according to which the long-term funds should be used to finance, fixed or core position of the current assets and the purely temporary seasonal requirements should be met out of short-term funds. With reference to an appropriate financing mix, the term hedging can be said to refer to a process of matching maturities of debt with the maturities of financial needs. This approach to the financing decision to determine an appropriate financing mix is therefore also called as matching approach Fig - III. 4 Y

Financing Current assets

Permanent current Assets Amounts Long-term Financing

Fixed Assets Time in Years X

Conservative approach.
According to the second approach, namely the conservative approach, the estimated total requirements of the current assets should be financed from long-term sources and the short-term funds should be used only in emergency situations. In effect, conservative approach is a low profit, low risk combination. (Conservative Approach)

Fig. III. 5 Y

Short-term Financing

Long-term Financing

Time in Years

Aggressive approach.

Neither these two approaches, that is, hedging and conservative is suitable for efficient working capital management. A trade off between these two extremes provides a financing plan between these two approaches. Under aggressive approach a firm uses more short term financing. Temporary current assets and a part of permanent current assets are financed with short-term funds some extremely aggressive firms may even finance a part of their fixed assets with short term financing. The relatively more are of short term financing makes the firm more risky.

Fig. III. 6 Aggressive Approach

Short-term Financing

Permanent Assets

Long-term Financing

Fixed Assets

Time (Years)

Managing Components of Working Capital

The components of working capital are cash, inventories and receivables. Working capital management involves the management of these components of working capital.

Management of Cash
Cash is the most liquid asset. A business concern should always keep sufficient cash for meeting its obligations. Any shortage of cash will be harmful for the operations of a concern and any excess of it will be unproductive. Cash is the most unproductive of all the assets. While fixed and current assets will help the business in its earning capacity, cash in hand will not add anything to the concern. It is on this

context that cash management has assumed much importance. Cash is the most important current asset for the operations of the business. There are three primary motives for maintaining cash balances:

Transaction motive
The transaction motive requires a firm to hold cash to conduct its business in the ordinary course. The firm needs cash primarily to make payment for purchases, wages, operating expenses, taxes, dividends etc.

Precautionary motive
It is the need to meet any contingencies in future. The precautionary amount of cash depends upon the predictability of cash flows.

Speculative motive
The speculative motive relates to holding of cash for investing in profitable opportunities as and when they arise. Cash management is one of the key areas of working capital management. The basic objective of cash management is two folds: To meet Cash disbursement. To minimize funds committed to cash balances. These two objectives are conflicting and mutually contradictory and the task of cash management is to reconcile them. The aim of cash management is to maintain adequate control over cash position to keep the firm sufficiently liquid and to use excess cash in some profitable way. Cash management is concerned with managing of: Cash flow into and out of the firm. Cash flow within the firm.

Cash balance held by the firm at a point of time by financing debt or investing surplus cash.

Management of Inventory
The term inventory refers to assets, which will be sold in future in the normal course of business operations. Every enterprise needs inventory for smooth running of its business activities. The assets, which the firm stores as inventory, are:

Raw material Work in progress and Finished goods.

Raw materials inventories contain items that are purchased by the firm from others and are converted into finished goods through the manufacturing process. Work-in-process inventory consists of items currently being used in the production process and finished goods represent final or completed products, which are available for sale. The main objectives of inventory management are operational and financial. Operational objective means that the materials and spares should available in sufficient quantity, so that work is not disrupted for want of inventories. The financial objective means that investments in inventories should not remain idle and minimum working capital should block in it. Therefore inventory management is to make a trade off between costs and benefits associated with the level of inventory.

The cost of holding inventory are ordering cost and carrying cost. Ordering cost is the cost associated with the acquisition of inventory and carrying cost are cost associated with storing inventory. The techniques of managing inventory are:

 ABC system, VED analysis which is useful in determining the type and degree
of control of inventory.

Economic Order Quantity model which reveals the size of the order for the
acquisition of inventory.

The reorder level which shows the level of inventory at which orders should be
placed to replenish inventory

Objectives of inventory management

1) To ensure the continuous supply of materials to production department 2) facilitating uninterrupted production 3) Maintain sufficient stock of raw material in period of short supply. 4) Minimizing the carrying cost 5) Keeping investment in inventory at the optimum level.

Management of Receivables
Trade credit is the most prominent force of the modern business. When the firm sells its products or services and does not receive cash for it immediately, the firm is said to have granted trade credit to customers. Trade credit, thus, creates receivables or book debt, which the firm is expected to collect in the near future. And the extension of credit involves risk and cost. The major categories of costs associated with the extension of credit are Collection cost, Capital cost, Delinquency cost and Default cost. Collection cost is the administrative cost incurred in collecting the receivables from customers to whom credit sales have been made. Capital cost is the opportunity cost, which is associated with the investment in accounts receivables. Delinquency cost is the cost associated withextending credit to customers. Default

cost is the cost associated with bad debts, which are written off, as they cant be realized.

The objective of receivables management is to have a trade off between the benefits and costs associated with the extension of credit. The benefits are in the form of increase in sales and profits. Receivables management promotes sales and profits. Receivables management promote sales and profits until that point is reached where the return on investment in further funding of receivables is less than the cost of funds raised to finance that additional credit. The management of accounts receivables involves crucial decision on three areas:

Credit Policies:
Credit policy of a firm provides the framework to determine whether or not to

extend credit to a customer and how much credit is to be extended. Credit policy includes credit standards and credit analysis.

Credit Terms:
These are the conditions upon which goods are sold on credit. It specify the

repayment terms of receivables. It includes credit period, cash discount and cash discount period.

Collection Policies:
These are the procedures followed to collect accounts receivables when they

become due. It covers two aspects degree of collection effort and type of collection efforts. Credit period Cash discount

Level of sales- Among most of these factors is under the control of receivables management. However the level of sales of a great extent depend the changes in the market condition. Debtors Turn over ratio or Receivables Turn over ratio

1) Credit Sales --------------Average sales

Debt collection period

365 *100 -------------------------Debtors Turn over ratio

Importance/ objectives of working capital management (WCM)

7) Promotion of sales through wise investment in current assets. 8) Impart liquidity equipping it to meet short plays in time. 9) Efficient utilization of scare resources of the organisation by minimizing it wastage. 10) Facilitate smooth functioning of the production operations of the concern without coming excess investment in investor. 11) Maintain the optimum level of cash balance with firm so as to ensure it most economic usage. 12) Designing of the credit policies which bring the more revenues for the firm through increased sales and also at the minimum cost of the receivables.

Debtors Turn over ratio or Receivables Turn over ratio

1) Credit Sales --------------Average sales

Debt collection period

365 *100 -------------------------Debtors Turn over ratio

Objectives of inventory management

6) To ensure the continuous supply of materials to production department 7) facilitating uninterrupted production 8) Maintain sufficient stock of raw material in period of short supply. 9) Minimizing the carrying cost 10) Keeping investment in inventory at the optimum level. Stock out cost

It means the cost incurred by the firm when there is a situation of out of stock. In such case the organisation to may be forced to purchase material at higher rate. Which case addition cost that is stock out cost. Moreover there is opportunities cost due to the inability of the firm to meet the customer demand.

Commercial paper

Commercial paper is the form of usance promissory note negotiable by the endorsement and delivery. It may be issued even at the discount if issuing company so decides. The form of the commercial paper has been prescribed by the RBI.

Conditions

1) The issuing company should have a tangible worth not less than Rs 4cores (cores as per latest balance sheet). 2) The company should have working capital limit not less than Rs 4cores 3) The company should have minimum P 2 /A 2 rating from CRISIL, ICRA, and CARE. 4) The company should be listed on the recognized stock exchange. However government companies are exempt from its stipulation. 5) Its borrowed account should be classified as standard by the financing

institution under the head no-1 status Retained earnings

Earnings retained in the business for future expenses are called retained earnings. It is also called plugging back of profit. It is residual of earnings after paying dividend to the share holders. There is a negative correlation between retained earnings and dividend. That is higher the dividend longer will be the retained earnings and vice versa.

Owned capital Capital raised by the company through the issue of share is called owned capital. It also includes retained earnings.

Borrowed capital

It means capital raised issue of share or through arrangement of loan with a financial institution.

Bonus share

Share issued to the existing share holders on free of the cost is called bonus share. It is the process of capitalisation of reserve. It is also known as stock dividend. Through this process this par value of shares shall not be changed. It keeps the control of share holders remain unchanged in the company.

Depreciation as a source of finance

Depreciation means decline in value of asset due to wear and tear. Depreciation consider as a source of finance. This is because charging of depreciation shall reduce the profit. There by tax liability but as no effect on cash position. So the depreciation a firm can save cash equal to the savings in tax on accounts of the charging of depreciation.

Right shares

Shares issued to the existing share holders on pre empty basis. When an existing company goes for further issue of shares, such right existing share holders to get further issue from the company is called pre empty right.

Merger

Merger refers to a situation when accompany acquires whole of the assets and liabilities or a part there of constituting and undertaking of another company and later

is dissolved. The acquired companies pay the shares of merged company by cash or security and continue to operation with resource of the merged company together with its on resources. The following are the reason for mergers. 1) Increase in effective value of merged entities 2) Advantageous of operating economy. 3) Economic of large scale operation. 4) Tax an implication that is reduction of tax liabilities. 5) Elimination of competition between companies. 6) Better financial planning 7) Faster and balanced growth 8) Stabilization through diversification. 9) Backward and forward integration. 10) Economic necessity. Procedure steps involved in merger 1) Examination of objective clause 2) Intimation to stock exchange 3) Approvable of draft amalgamation proposal by the respective board 4) Application to high court for convincing the meeting of share holders in credit 5) Dispatch of notice to share holders and creditors 6) Holding meeting of share holders and creditors 7) Petition to the court for the conformation and passing of court orders 8) Filing of order with registrars 9) Transfer assets and liabilities 10) Issue of share and debentures( cash payment in some case as consideration for amalgamation) Leverage Buy Out (LBO) A transaction through which substantial proportion of the present equity stock is acquired by using cash raised by an increase in debt which is usually secured by the asset of LBO firm. It may have low credit rating. Debt is obtained on the basis

companys future earning potential. LBO generally involves payment by the cash to the seller.

Finance Decision

Decision relating to source of finance that can be used by a business for meeting it requirement is called Finance decision. Here use of debt capital in the capital structure definitely brings financial risk to the firm. But it is argued that use of debt component along with the equity for project shall maximise return to the share holders. So if a firm uses more amount of debt for financing its requirement. It can earn more return to its owners, but at higher amount of financial risk. So there is a positive correlation can be seen between risk and return While affirm taking a decision on its capital structure. The objective of financial decision is to design an optimum capital structure at which the risk and return are to be balanced and minimum value can be enjoyed the firm.