Birmingham Business School BSc Accounting and Finance Capital structure and shareholder return in Chinese banking industry Your Name Your Registration Number (07 14856) Extended Essay 2011-2012 Supervisor’s Name The length of the main body of the essay: 5‚770 words Index Abstract In June 2004‚ Basel II was published and it required banks to set up risk and capital management requirements so as to ensure adequate capital for the risks‚ to which the banks are exposed through
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The optimal capital structure Is there such a thing? Is there an Optimal Capital Structure? • Miller and Modigliani: • 1. You cannot derive value from financing strategies. If you finance with debt in a world with taxes‚ then you might add value from interest payments tax shields • Question: • If this is true for everyone‚ then why do not find more debt financing in more companies‚ i.e you find little debt in technological companies Myers and the Pecking Order • Prof. Myers found the following
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2005‚ and the European region’s contribution has been steadily increased to 9.1% in 2005 from 7.2% in 2003. CAPITAL STRUCTURE Capital structure refers to the sources and division of
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Describe briefly Intel’s current capital structure. Discuss whether in your view this capital structure is optimal for Intel‚ with particular emphasis on the pros and cons of Intel’s substantial cash holdings. Articulate and defend a “target” capital structure for Intel. Cee Capital Structure As shown in the financial income statement (Exhibit3)‚ Intel Corp. (INTC) has a capital structure consisting most of equity. Intel has very little debt in its capital structure and the cost of debt would have
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Corporate Finance (tutorial) Petra Buzková Jitka Lešanovská February 26‚ 2013 Exercise 1 The market value of a firm with $500‚000 of debt is $1‚700‚000. The pre-tax interest rate on debt is 10% p.a.‚ and the company is in the 34% tax bracket; the company expects $306‚000 of earnings before interest and taxes every year in perpetuity. What would be the value of the firm if it was financed entirely with equity? What amount of the firm’s annual earnings is available to stockholders?
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..........................................................................................................................3 History of Home Depot…………………………………………………………………………....4 Business risks related to capital structure…………………………………………………………5 Financial risk related to capital structure………………………………………………………….5 Home Depots Financial Status………….…………………………………………………............6 Future and Flexibility of Home Depot….…………………………………………………………7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 References…………………………………………………………………………………………9
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Management Literature Review on Capital Structure Date: 7\12\2012 Name: Tudor Gheorghiu Student Id: 12254888 Introduction 3 Theories on Capital Structure 3 Modigliani and Miller theory on capital structure 3 Other theories relating to the firm`s capital structure 4 Trade-off theory 4 Pecking order theory 5 Agency theory 6 Choosing between theories 7 Empirical evidence 7 Developed countries: 7 Emerging markets: 9 Capital structure of privatised firms 10 Factors affecting the
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“DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE IN PAKISTAN” Capital structure refers to the combination of asset financing from different available sources. Normally the companies have two choices‚ either to finance the assets from internal source that is termed as retained earnings or from external source that splits into debt and equity. A firm’s capital structure is than the composition of its liabilities. In reality‚ capital structure of firms may be highly complex and consist of number of sources. These
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increase the likelihood that a company would increase its debt ratio in its capital structure? a. An increase in costs incurred when filing for bankruptcy. b. An increase in the corporate tax rate. c. An increase in the personal tax rate. d. None of the statements above is correct. ANSWER: B An increase in the corporate tax rate would mean that firms would get larger tax breaks for interest payments. Therefore‚ firms have an incentive to increase interest payments‚ in order to reduce taxes.
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Discuss the concept of cultural capital Pierre Bourdieu developed the concept of cultural capital in order to attempt to explain the differences in educational outcomes in France during the 1960’s. Cultural capital is theorised as the forms of knowledge‚ skill‚ education; any advantages a person has which‚ give them a higher status in society‚ including high expectations (Nick Stevenson‚ 1995.pp.46-48). This differentiates economic and social status from the class agenda which‚ is rigidly
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