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Introduction To Corporate Finance

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Key Concepts and Skills

• Know the basic types of financial management decisions and the role of the financial manager

• Know the financial implications of the different forms of business organization

• Know the goal of financial management• Understand the conflicts of interest that can arise

between owners and managers• Understand the various types of financial markets

and financial institutions• Understand current trends in Canadian financial

markets

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Corporate Finance 1.1

• Some important questions that are answered using finance• What long-term investments should the firm

take on?• Where will we get the long-term financing to

pay for the investment?• How will we manage the everyday financial

activities of the firm?

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Parallels in Personal Life

• What long term investments should we take?• Go to graduate school? Get CGA designation?

• How to pay for our investments?• From parents? Student loan? Work?

• How to manage everyday income and spending?• It is often easier than in firms for you don’t have

to argue with others. But you might lack discipline.

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Financial Manager

• Financial managers try to answer some or all of these questions

• The top financial manager within a firm is usually the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)• Treasurer – oversees cash management,

capital expenditures and financial planning• Controller – oversees taxes, cost accounting,

financial accounting and data processing

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Financial Management Decisions

• Capital budgeting• What long-term investments or projects should

the business take on?

• Capital structure• How should we pay for our assets?• Should we use debt or equity?

• Working capital management• How do we manage the day-to-day finances of

the firm?

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Capital Structure in Our Life

• Capital: Equity and debt• Children: Financed by equity or debt?• University: Equity or debt?• After earning income: credit card and

mortgage• Equity or debt?

• Raising children: Distribute dividend• Old age: direction of wealth flow?

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Forms of Business Organization 1.2

• Three major forms in Canada• Sole proprietorship• Partnership

• General• Limited

• Corporation• In other countries, corporations are also called joint

stock companies, public limited companies and limited liability companies

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Sole Proprietorship

• Advantages• Easiest to start• Least regulated• Single owner keeps all

the profits• Taxed once as

personal income

• Disadvantages• Unlimited liability• Limited to life of owner• Equity capital limited to

owner’s personal wealth

• Difficult to sell ownership interest

A business owned by a single individual.

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Partnership

• Advantages• Two or more owners• More human and

financial capital available

• Relatively easy to start• Income taxed once as

personal income

• Disadvantages• Unlimited liability

• General partnership

• Limited partnership

• Partnership dissolves when one partner dies or wishes to sell

• Difficult to transfer ownership

• Possible disagreements between partners

A business formed by two or more co-owners.

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Corporation

• Advantages• Limited liability• Unlimited life• Separation of

ownership and management

• Transfer of ownership is easy

• Easier to raise capital

• Disadvantages• Separation of

ownership and management

• Double taxation (income is taxed at the corporate rate and then dividends are taxed at the personal rate)

A business created as a distinct legal entity owned by one or more individuals or entities.

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Work the Web Example

• The Internet can help people to get information about how to start a new business

• One excellent site is www.canadabusiness.ca

• Click on the web surfer to go to the site and see what information you can find!

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Goal Of Financial Management 1.3

• What should be the goal of a corporation?• Maximize profit?• Minimize costs?• Maximize market share?• Maximize the current value of the company’s

stock?

• Does this mean we should do anything and everything to maximize owner wealth?

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The Agency Problem 1.4

• Agency relationship• Principal hires an agent to represent their interests• Stockholders (principals) hire managers (agents)

to run the company• Agency problem

• Conflicts of interest can exist between the principal and the agent

• Agency costs• Direct agency costs• Indirect agency costs

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Managing Managers

• Managerial compensation• Incentives can be used to align management

and stockholder interests• The incentives need to be structured carefully

to make sure that they achieve their goal

• Corporate control• The threat of a takeover may result in better

management

• Conflicts with other stakeholders

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Social Responsibility and Ethical Investing

• Investors are increasingly demanding that corporations behave responsibly

• Issues include how a corporation treats the community in which it operates, their customers, corporate governance, their employees, the environment and human rights

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• Controversial business activities include alcohol, gaming, genetic engineering, nuclear power, pornography, tobacco and weapons

• The increase of these business activities indicate that ethical investing is not really what we practice, although it is what we preach.

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Work the Web Example

• The Internet provides a wealth of information about individual companies

• One excellent site is ca.finance.yahoo.com• Click on the web surfer to go to the site,

choose a company and see what information you can find!

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What is the role of financial markets in corporate finance? 1.5

• Cash flows to and from the firm• Money vs. capital markets• Primary vs. secondary markets• One excellent site for information on

Canadian companies that trade in secondary markets is www.tmx.com

• Click on the web surfer to go to the site, choose a company and see what information you can find!

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Financial Institutions 1.6

• Financial institutions act as intermediaries between suppliers and users of funds

• Institutions earn income on services provided:• Indirect finance – Earn interest on the spread

between loans and deposits• Direct finance – Service fees (i.e. bankers

acceptance and stamping fees)

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Trends in Financial Markets and Management 1.7

• Financial Engineering• Derivative Securities• Advances in Technology – i.e. E-business• Deregulation• Corporate Governance Reform• Hedge Funds• Sub-prime Market

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