Introduction to Financial
Management
Topic 1: Week 1
Introduction and Concepts
Course Description
Course Name: Introduction to Financial Management
Number of Credits: 2 (30 hrs, 60 internal + 40 external)
Level:5
Learning Objective(s)
The students will be able to:
Develop an analytical/practical approach to corporate fin
decision making
Apply & analyse the concepts in real life situations.
Evaluate various theories related to different concepts.
CFO?????
Funds??????
Long term Investment – Investing Decisions
Day to day operations – Working Capital requirements
How to raise funds????
Sources of funds???
Debt – loans, borrowings, Bonds/ Debentures
Surplus
Equity – Stocks
Owners’ contribution
Partners’ contribution
Angel Investor
VC/PE
Cost of debt – Interest
Cost of equity – dividend
Risk = compensated return
Expected return to the investor =
cost of equity
Opportunity cost
Risk
Inflation
Expectations >
CFO???? No free lunch?
Funds?????????
Sources of funds?????
Surplus
Borrowing/ Debt – loans,
bonds/debentures
Raise money from public – IPO/ FPO –
Equity/stocks
Owner’s contribution
Partners’ contribution
Angel Investors
VC/PE (Venture Capital/ private Equity)
CFO???? No free lunch?
Cost ???
Funds?????????
Sources of funds?????
Surplus
Borrowing/ Debt – loans, bonds/debentures –
fixed income interest
Raise money from public – IPO/ FPO –
Equity/stocks – dividends/ profit
Owner’s contribution - profit
Partners’ contribution - profit
Angel Investors - profit
VC/PE (Venture Capital/ private Equity) –
profit
CFO???
@ cheapest cost possible
Cost of Debt - interest
Cost of equity -
Return to the investor = cost to
the company
Expected Rate of return to the
equity holder = cost of equity
Risk = higher returns
Debt Vs Equity which is cheaper
Lend 10,000 for 1 year Time
Value of Money
Inflation
Opportunity cost –
Risk
Financing decision
How to raise funds? @cheapest
cost possible – Capital structure
(Optimum mix of debt and
Equity)
Cost of capital
CFO 100 cr (debt + Equity) 11%
cost Investing Decision
N - 85 cr 10% 5 year
S - 90 cr 10.5%
W - 95 cr 10.8%
E - 90 cr 10.7%
CEO ?????? – No proposals
Cashinflows> Cashoutflows
NPV>0
Returns > Cost
IRR> WACC (weighted avg cost of capital)
Profit Appropriation - Dividend
decisions
Retained earnings
Dividend Policy
Course Content
Topic Sub-topic
a. Capital Markets and Institutions (Overview of different markets)
Financial Environment of Business
b. Regulatory Framework
Introduction to Financial Management Objectives and Functions
Understanding a firm through analysis (application of Financial
Financial Statement Analysis
Statement Analysis)
Long Term and Short Term Financial
Overview of different Long Term and Short Term Sources of Finance
Planning
Investment Decisions Time Value of Money
i. Valuation of Bonds and ii. Valuation of Stocks based on Dividend
Investment Decisions
Distribution
Investment Decisions Capital Budgeting
Investment Decisions i. Risk & Return and ii. WACC and its implications
Financing Decisions Long Term & Short Term Financing and Capital Structuring Decisions
Estimation of Working Capital requirement, Cash Management,
Working Capital Management
Inventory Management, Receivables Management
Dividend Decisions Dividend Decisions
Other Topics - Financial Distress Financial Distress
Financing and Investment, Mergers and Acquisitions, International
Other Topics - Experiential Learning
Financial Management, Leverage
Reference
Books:
Book from library
Coursera course
Real time Case studies
Bloomberg Terminal
Economic Times, Business Standard, Mint
Internal Evaluation: 60 Marks
Quiz- 30 Marks (Mid Term)
Case study Assignment – 30 marks
Class Participation/Discussion
Criteria for Presentation Evaluation
Understanding of concept and content
Presentation quality
Creativity
Delivery
Ability to answer queries
Marks for class participation!!
What I expect from you..
Be aware of the happenings in the Business
world (specifically in your industry domain)
◦ Stock Market movements
◦ Policy updates from RBI and Regulators
◦ Business news related to the topic of course
◦ Any IPOs, Mergers etc announced in the news
World of Finance: Careers in Finance
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