Essay SBLC7013: Financing/Capital Structure Decisions – Report Writing Management Assignment Help

Assignment Task:

Module Learning Outcomes 
• Provide a comprehensive understanding of the environment and contexts of corporate finance in organisations, and the key concepts and techniques, which are used by contemporary financial managers in making financial decisions.

• Enhance the theoretical, analytic, evaluative decision-making skills and capabilities of students related to financial evaluation of evidence sources, organisational investment, financing and dividend policy contexts.

TASKS

You are required to;
Critically discuss the following using the listed company (preferably geared) selected:
1. Justify and critically evaluate the usual assumption made in corporate finance literature that the objective of a company is to maximise the wealth of the shareholders. (Do not consider how this wealth is measured.)  Discuss critically other goals that companies claim to follow, and explain why these might be adopted in preference to the maximisation of shareholder wealth. 

2. The various external sources of finance available to the company. These sources of finance must be clearly identified, carefully explained and distinguished. 

3. The possible considerations that may have been taken into account by the management when choosing the type of finance. All the relevant considerations explained and placed clearly in the context of the particular circumstances of the chosen public listed company.

4. The calculation of the weighted average cost of capital appears to be straightforward in theory but difficult in practice. Evaluate the information available to calculate the weighted average cost of capital and the practical problems/difficulties that may be encountered for the chosen company. 

5. Conclusion and recommendations on the capital structure of the chosen company.