Types of Financial Assets:
The financial assets fall broadly into three categories.
The two types of financial assets created in the process of direct financing are equity securities and debt securities. Equity securities represent ownership stakes in a company and include stocks or shares. Debt securities are loans made to a company and include bonds or notes, which represent the company's promise to repay the borrowed funds with interest.
To acquire asset financing, a business needs to speak to someone at a financial institution such as a bank. There, an adviser can determine if financing is possible.
Financial Assets are created in the free enterprise system using private individuals wealth, and they purchase things.
The process of creating a financial instrument by combining other financial assets and then marketing them to investors.
Ford had the assets to continue it's financial division and GMAC was subsidized with TAXZPAYER money to continue it's financial operations.
The basic financial decisions include long term investment decisions, financing decisions and dividend decisions. Investment Decision relates to the selection of assets in which funds will be invested by a firm. These decisions are of two types Capital Budgeting Decisions and Working Capital Decisions. Financing Decision is broadly concerned with the asset-mix or the composition of the assets of a firm. The concern of the financing decision is with the financing-mix or capital structure or leverage. Dividend Policy Decision isrelated to the dividend policy.
non financial assets characteristics
In off-balance sheet financing assets are not shown in balance sheet while in balance sheet financing fixed assets shown in balance sheet.
They are financial assets because they are non-physical assets
The level of current assets and method of financing those assets are interdependent.A conservative policy of "high" level of current assets allows a more aggressive method of financing current assets.A conservation method of financing ( all- equity) allows an aggressive policy of "low" levels of current assets.
Get the balance sheet and sererate any financing activities from the operating activities. Financing activities are anything that is interest-bearing like debt, equity investments etc and not part of the business' everyday operations. The reformatted balance sheet should look like this: Operating Activities: Current Assets - Current Liabilities = Net Current Assets + Non Current Assets - Non Current Liabilities = NET OPERATING ASSETS - Financing activities (Net Financial Obligations) = Equity Cash is not an operating asset so the basic equation is: Total Assets - Cash = Operating Assets Total Liabilities - LTD - Current LTD = Operating Liabilities NOA = Operating Assets - Operating Liabilities
Operating lease is a off-balance sheet financing because in operating finance company don't buy the assets but even then it enjoys to use the assets which helps the management to improve return on total assets as net income increased but no assets show in balance sheet.
permanent asset should be financed with permanent and spontaneous sources of financing,while temporary assets should be financed with temporary sources of financing.