Finance

The financial planning process is like a life jacket to fight back against financial challenges. It is foreseeing one’s financial future and having complete control over the present financial situation. Today, everyone, including corporations, understands the importance of Wealth creation. Additionally, they try to upskill themselves to plan their investments and prepare for … [Read more...] about Financial Planning Process

Definition: Demerger is a powerful strategy and a restructuring technique wherein a company split-off its existing business into separate units to form a new self-operating company. Usually, it occurs in the case of large conglomerate businesses. Here, companies can split one or more undertakings into separate entities. Companies use it to reposition themselves and … [Read more...] about Demerger

Definition: Reverse Stock Split merges companies' stocks into fewer units in the Financial Market. It is the complete converse of the Stock Split. Moreover, it is the company's strategic decision to convert the number of existing shares to fewer yet more valuable ones. The split takes place based on a predetermined ratio. It is also known as Stock Consolidation, Share … [Read more...] about Reverse Stock Split

Definition: Multinational Capital Budgeting (MCB) is the decision-making process wherein financial managers evaluate long-term projects based on foreign lands worthy of investment. Multinational companies (MNCs) aspire to invest outside their geographical boundaries. This is because they want to make the best use of their valuable resources. If we split the keyphrase, … [Read more...] about Multinational Capital Budgeting

Definition: Mezzanine Financing is a non-traditional, alternate source of finance that inherits the characteristics of both Debt and Equity. Besides, it is a subordinated debt that is unsecured in nature. In addition, it is not backed by any collateral security. It belongs to private equity and is prominent among venture capitalists. However, it yields higher returns … [Read more...] about Mezzanine Financing

Definition: Debenture Redemption Reserve (DRR) is a reserve created to designate a portion of the company's divisible profits, used during the Redemption of Debentures. It acts as a shield against the default in payment to the debenture holder from the company's end at the due date. The goal behind the creation of DRR is to cut the risk of fund shortage on Redemption. As the … [Read more...] about Debenture Redemption Reserve

Definition: Redemption of Debentures is the reimbursement of the amount due to the debenture holder at its maturity. The Redemption includes a refund of the principal amount along with the amount of interest due on it. Companies might redeem the debentures at par and premium. The debentures are the funds that the company borrows. Therefore, it is a liability for the company. … [Read more...] about Redemption of Debentures

Definition: Forfeiture of shares is the annulment (cancellation) of the shares owned by a shareholder as a penalty because of the non-payment of allotment and calls due to the company. Along with the shares, the amount already paid to the company also get forfeited. The company can either Dispose of or Reissue the forfeited shares. Post forfeiture, the company removes … [Read more...] about Forfeiture of Shares

Definition: Staggered Board or classified Board is a board which consist of different classes of the directors for different terms or time period, as the election is conducted at a different point so that all the director’s term will not expire at the same time. In general, there are three classes of directors whose tenure and responsibilities are decided by the company. The … [Read more...] about Staggered Board

Definition: Short-Term Financing is a need for money for a short period of time, i.e., less than a year. It is one of the primary function of finance that manages the demand and supply of capital for an interim period, and these funds can be secured or unsecured. To use such funds total financing funds should be driven by the company, and the company gets directed by the … [Read more...] about Short-Term Financing