{"id":1443,"date":"2013-09-01T04:17:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T04:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalbrandsmagazine.com\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2013-09-01T04:17:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-01T04:17:18","slug":"what-is-corporate-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbrandsmagazine.com\/gbmstaging\/what-is-corporate-finance\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Corporate Finance?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Corporate finance as the terminology explains by itself is defined as \u201cProcess of dealing regard the financial or money related planning at organizational or firm level and also regard taking decisions based upon financial matters of an organization\u201d. In other words it represents the world of financial planning and decision making in an organization. As in case of any financial committee or organization the primary objective is to maximise the returns and also shareholder value.<\/p>\n

Corporate finance are classified broadly into two categories Long term and short term goals. The short term goals of corporate finance includes managing short term balance of current assets and current liabilities, managing cash, inventories, mortgages etc, wherein long term corporate finance includes more of capital investments, managing finance through equity or debts or in form of shares and debentures.<\/p>\n

Now let us move into an important aspect of the chapter known as different forms of long and short term tools for corporate finance. The first tool is a long term tool known as \u201cCapital Investment decisions\u201d. They relate to a part of finance known as Fixed assets and capital structure. The capital investment decisions are based on investment, financing and dividend decision with an objective of maximization of Net value of firm by yielding positive net present value on invested projects and at a reduced risk. The other main objectives are financing the projects accordingly and also regard maximization of shareholder value and to return excess cash to shareholders in case no investing opportunities exists. When taking into consideration regard any investment in a project, organizations look into the investments also known as capital budgeting which requires corporate board to pool in limited resources on the projects and allocation of capital, estimating net value of the project etc.<\/p>\n

After discussion on the know-how related with the various tools operated in an organization, it\u2019s time now to look on the pros and cons associated with Corporate financing.<\/p>\n

The pro related with corporate finance is as discussed below:<\/p>\n