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About the author
Kunal Doshi is a Chartered Financial Analyst from
CFA Institute, USA and also from ICFAI, Hyderabad
along with Advanced Diploma in Finance. He has an
industry experience of more than 5 years having
worked with J. P. Morgan, Dalal & Broacha and
SBICAP Securities in the field of research and advisory
of financial products like Mutual Funds, Fixed
Income, IPOs, Commodities and Currencies. A
financial planner, practitioner and a regular visiting
faculty at colleges & institutes, he has also been in the
GD/PI Panels of JBIMS, MET, etc.
In last 6 Years, he has been teaching at various institutes for the courses of
Chartered Accountancy, Chartered Financial Analyst, Company Secretary and other
graduation courses of Mumbai University, Warwick Business School, UK etc. He has
helped organisations in their Training Programmes for financial planning and
conducted Career-Solution Workshops for institutions & trusts to help students
across communities.
Sources of the book
ICAI Study Material
ICAI Revision Test Papers
A2A Book
Economic Times
Business Standard
Investopedia

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CA Final – Strategic Financial Management Super 30 Theory
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1. Explain the reasons of Reverse Stock Split.
 ‘Reverse Stock Split’ is a process whereby a company decreases the number
of shares outstanding by combining current shares into fewer or lesser
number of shares.
 Since the number of Shares outstanding decreases after the Reverse Merger,
EPS as well as MPS increases but Market Capitalization of the company is not
impacted.
The various reasons for Reverse Split are:
(i) To attract Institutional Investors and Mutual Funds:
Institutional Investors would want to avoid penny stocks and would only
invest in stocks with high safety margin. To attract these investors the
company may adopt the route of “Reverse Stock Split” to increase the price
per share.
(ii) To avoid the tag of “Penny Stock”:
If the price of shares of a company goes below a limit it may be called “Penny
Stock”. Investors which such stocks are worried that those may be delisted or
suspended from trading by exchanges and investors may be blocked.
(iii) Avoiding delisting from stock exchange:
A substantial price fall can lead to delisting from stock exchanges and in
order to avoid the said regulation, the company may resort to reverse stock
split up.
(iv) Avoiding removal from constituents of Index:
Adding or removal from Index depends on the Stock performance and a large
slump in prices may lead to removal of the security from the Index Composition
resulting in huge negative outcome especially as the stock becomes subject to
selling pressure from institutional investors. In recent years, stocks like Rcom,
Indiabulls Housing, etc. have been subject to removal from Index due to heavy
price fall.

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2. Briefly explain Green Shoe Option
(i) Under this option underwriters are allowed to sell additional shares up to
a certain pre-determined quantity, if the demand is high or if there is
oversubscription in case of an IPO.
(ii) It was first used by Green Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1919 and
became popular since then.
(iii) It is also used as a tool to stabilize price of the stock in the Market as an
Overallotment option would also bring the Price Up once it falls in the
primary market after being sold.
(iv) As per SEBI guidelines, public issues contain a ceiling of around 15 per
cent of the offer made to public, for accepting over-subscriptions.

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3. Difference between Money Market and Capital Market.
Money Market Capital Market
(i) It is a market for short-term
borrowing and lending
(less than a year)
It is a market for long-term
requirement
(more than 1 year)
(ii) Supplies funds for working
capital requirement
Supplies funds for fixed capital
requirements
(iii) There is no classification between
primary market and secondary
market
There is a classification between
primary market and secondary
market
(iv) Instruments include interbank
call money, notice money up to 14
days, short-term deposits up to
three months, commercial paper,
91 days treasury bills
Capital Market instruments are
shares and debt instruments
(v) Money market participants are
Banks, financial institution, RBI
and Government
Capital Market participants
include retail investors,
institutional investors like Mutual
Funds, Financial Institutions,
corporate and banks
(vi) Each single instrument is of a
large amount
Each single instrument is of a
small amount
(vii) Transactions take place over
phone calls. Hence there is no
formal place for transactions
Transactions are at a formal place
viz. the stock exchange

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4. Describe the factors affecting Industry Analysis.
The three major factors considered while doing a top-down or bottom-up
approach under Fundamental Analysis includes –
Economic Analysis, Industry Analysis and Company Analysis.
The following factors should be considered while assessing the Industry
Analysis:
(i) Product Life-Cycle: An industry usually exhibits high profitability in the
initial and growth stages, medium but steady profitability in the maturity
stage and a sharp decline in profitability in the last stage of growth.
Eg. Fintech
(ii) Demand Supply Gap: Excess supply reduces the profitability of the industry
while insufficient supply and high demand tends to improve the
profitability because of higher unit price realization.
Eg. Edutech
(iii) Barriers to Entry: The potential entrants to the industry, face different types
of barriers to entry like investment in R&D, advance technology, high
Capex, Natural resources availability, etc. also there are various other
barriers are created by existing firms in the industry.
Eg. Telecomm or Power
(iv) Government Attitude: The attitude of the government towards an industry
is a crucial determinant of its prospects.
Eg. Electronic Cars
(v) State of Competition in the Industry: Leadership capability in foreign &
domestic market,nature/type of products, demand prospects, Supply-
logistics Management, etc. are various factors which will define the course
of competition that the industry or company can manage with.
Eg. Retail
(vi) Technology and Research: Technology is subject to change very fast leading
to obsolescence. Industries which update themselves have a competitive
advantage over others in terms of quality, price etc.
Eg. Smart-Phones

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5. Explain the challenges to Efficient Market Theory/Hypothesis (EMH)
EMH is a concept where markets are said to be efficient when prices reflect all
information immediately and neither technical nor fundamental analysis can
generate consistent excess returns i.e. alpha, except the ones with inside
information. In reality, finding a complete efficient market i.e. strong form of EMH
is a rare possibility.
The challenges to EMH are:
(i) Information inadequacy: Information is neither freely available nor rapidly
transmitted to all participants in the stock market. There is a calculated
attempt by many companies to circulate misinformation.
(ii) Limited information processing capabilities: Human information processing
capabilities are sharply limited. The behavioural finance explains the
psychological part of humans with respect to investments. Notable
economists like Herbert Simon and investors like David Dreman have
worked and proved the same in the past.
(iii) Irrational behaviour: It is generally believed that investors’ rationality will
ensure a close correspondence between market prices and intrinsic values.
But in practice this is not true. The market seems to function largely on hit
or miss tactics rather than on the basis of informed beliefs about the long-
term prospects.
(iv) Monopolistic influence: A market is regarded as highly competitive. No
single buyer or seller is supposed to have undue influence over prices. In
practice, powerful institutions and big operators wield great influence over
the market. The monopolistic power enjoyed by them diminishes the
competitiveness of the market.

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6. Briefly discuss Co-location/proximity hosting
(i) It is a facility offered by the stock exchanges to stock brokers/data vendors,
whereby their trading or data-vending systems are allowed to be located
within or at close proximity to the premises of the stock exchanges.
(ii) This facility is available to all the co-located brokers, who are desirous to
avail such connectivity, in a fair and equitable manner.
(iii) These services are however, chargeable and involves high cost as well.
(iv) It helps brokers secure advantage over others due to proximity to exchange
servers as data transmission takes less time.
(v) Orders reach exchange servers faster than those who have not availed of
the facility.
(vi) A whistleblower in 2014-15 complained to SEBI saying some brokers in
collusion with a few top NSE officials had abused the colocation facility
whereby they got the first access to the NSE’s servers giving them a head
start.

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7. Explain the role of Clearing Houses
 A Clearing House is an exchange-associated body charged with the function
of ensuring (guaranteeing) the financial integrity of each trade.
 The capital market regulator SEBI has recently shortlisted National
Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd (NSCCL), Indian Clearing Corporation
Ltd (ICCL) and MCX-SX Clearing Corporation Ltd (MCX-SXCCL) as the only
qualified central counterparties (QCCPs) in the Indian securities market.
 Clearing houses provide a range of services related to the guarantee of
contracts, clearance and settlement of trades, and management of risk for
their members and associated exchanges.
Role of Clearing Houses
(i) It ensures adherence to the system and procedures for smooth trading.
(ii) It minimizes credit risks by being a counter party to all trades.
(iii) It involves daily accounting of all gains or losses.
(iv) It ensures delivery of payment for assets on the maturity dates for all
outstanding contracts.
(v) It monitors the maintenance of speculation margins.

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8. Briefly discuss the Pros and Cons of Depository Services
 In India, there are two depositories namely National Securities Depository
Limited (NSDL) or Central Depository Services (India) Limited (CDSL) that
are registered with SEBI.
 Their role comes into play from the time an investor makes decision on
investing.
 They are integral institutions in the Indian Capital Market and their
functionality can be compared to banking entities.
The major benefits accruing to investors and other market players are
as follows:
(i) Securities are held in a safe and convenient manner
(ii) Transfer of securities is executed immediately
(iii) Stamp duty for transfer is eliminated and transaction costs are reduced
(iv) Paper work is minimized
(v) Bad deliveries, fake securities and delays in transfers are eliminated.
(vi) Routine changes can be taken care of simultaneously for all securities with
little delay.
(vii) Benefit accruing from issue of bonus shares, consolidation, split or merger
is credited without much difficulty.
(viii) Payment of dividends and interest is expedited by the use of electronic
clearing system.
(ix) Securities held in electronic form can also be pledged for any credit facility.
There are however risks as well:
(i) Systemic failure: Unforeseen failures, intentional or otherwise, on the part
of the individuals entrusted with protecting data integrity, cybertheft,
hacking, etc. could lead to chaos.
(ii) Additional record keeping: Companies will invariably need to maintain
records on a continuous basis for securities held in physical form.
Periodical reconciliation between demat segment and physical segment is
very much necessary.
(iii) Cost of Depository Participant (DP): A one-time fee is levied by the
depository participant which small investors consider to be an avoidable
cost.
(iv) Human Fraud: Unlawful transfers by individuals against whom insolvency
proceedings are pending or transfers authorities with specific or limited
powers are possible.

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9. Describe External Commercial Borrowings (ECB)
ECB Meaning
(i) There are various forms of foreign investment routes which Indian
companies can avail which includes FDI and FPI, trade credit, NRI Deposits
and includes the External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs).
(ii) When a non-resident lender like foreign commercial banks or any other
institutions lends to Indian company it is called as External Commercial
Borrowings (ECBs).
(iii) ECB loans includes bank loans, supplier credit, securitized instruments,
credit from export credit agencies and borrowings from multilateral
financial institutions.
(iv) These securitize instruments may be FRNs, FRBs etc.
ECB regulations
(i) Borrowings from overseas must follow the applicable ECB
guidelines/provisions contained in the Foreign Exchange Management
(Borrowing and Lending in Foreign Exchange) Regulations, 2018, as
amended from time to time.
(ii) The Government of India, from time to time changes the guidelines and
limits for which the ECB alternative as a source of finance is pursued by
the corporate sector. During past decade the government has streamlined
the ECB policy and procedure to enable the Indian companies to have their
better access to the international financial markets.
(iii) These ECB guiding principles are to keep borrowing maturities long, costs
low and encourage infrastructure/core and export sector financing which
are crucial for overall growth of economy.
(iv) The government permits the ECB route for variety of purposes namely
expansion of existing capacity as well as for fresh investment. But ECB can
be raised through internationally recognized sources. There are caps and
ceilings on ECBs so that macro economy goals are better achieved.
(v) Units in SEZ are permitted to use ECBs under a special window.
ECB Market Overall
ECBs had touched a historic high when Indian entities, primarily led by large
corporates and oil marketing companies (OMCs), borrowed as much as $41
billion during the FY 2018-19, registering a 58% increase from the previous
year amount of $26 billion. The earlier high was $31 billion, achieved in 2014-
15.

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10. Explain takeover by Reverse Bid
 When a large company is being taken over by a smaller company, it is reverse
merger. It is mostly seen in cases of sick units being acquired by smaller but
stronger financial companies. Ex. Tata steel acquiring Corus, a company
bigger than its size.
 It can be in various forms like when a private company takes over a publicly
listed company (Lenovo acquiring Motorola) or a subsidiary company
acquiring or merging with holding company (ICICI Bank merging with
Holding co, ICICI Ltd).
There three tests pre-requisites for a deal to be termed as reverse
takeover:
(i) The assets of the Target company are greater than the Acquiring company,
(ii) Equity capital to be issued by the Acquiring company pursuant to the
acquisition exceeds its original issued capital, and
(iii) The change of control in the Acquiring company through the introduction
of a minority holder or group of holders.

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11. Briefly explain the concept of Exchange Traded Fund
Introduced in US in 1993 and came to India around 2002, Exchange Traded
Funds (ETFs) are funds listed on stock exchanges and they combine the
features of an index mutual fund and stock.
Some important features of ETFs are as follows:
(i) Their prices are linked to the underlying index which can be a single
security as well as basket of multiple securities. Various ETFs benchmarks
include indexes based on NIFTY, SENSEX, DOWJONES, S&P500,
Currencies like dollar, commodities like Gold, etc.
(ii) NAV of an ETF is the value of the underlying component of the benchmark
index held by the ETF plus all accrued dividends less accrued management
fees.
(iii) Like any other stock on stock exchange, ETFs, can be bought and sold any
time during the market hours at prices that are expected to be closer to the
NAV at the end of the day.
(iv) There is no paper work involved for investing in an ETF.
(v) This gives an investor the benefit of investing in a commodity like gold,
silver, sugar etc. without physically purchasing them or without bearing
the costs of storage.
(vi) They are passively managed and there is almost no churning of portfolio
unless the Index or benchmark is reconstituted. This reduces the Fund
management costs and helps in generation of higher net of cost returns.

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12. Explain Money Market Mutual Fund
(i) An important part of financial market is Money market. It is a market for
short-term money. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the equilibrium
between the short-term demand and supply of money.
(ii) Such schemes invest in safe highly liquid instruments included in
commercial papers certificates of deposits and government securities.
(iii) Accordingly, the Money Market Mutual Fund (MMMF) schemes generally
provide high returns and highest safety to ordinary investors.
(iv) MMMFs are active players of the money market. They channelize the idle
short funds, particularly of corporate world, to those who require such
funds.
(v) This process helps those who have idle funds to earn some income without
taking any risk and with surety that whenever they will need their funds,
they will get (generally in maximum three hours of time) the same. Short-
term/emergency requirements of various firms are met by such Mutual
Funds.
(vi) Participation of such Mutual Funds provide a boost to money market and
help in controlling the volatility.

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13. Explain the concept of side pocketing in mutual funds.
Concept & Process
(i) Side Pocketing in Mutual Funds is a concept whereby Fund Houses
separate risky assets from other investments and cash holdings and cap
redemption. Once they are segregated, one unit will contain investment
made in risky (stressed assets) papers while the other unit will contact other
investments and cash holding.
(ii) The purpose is to make sure that money invested in a mutual fund, which
is linked to stressed assets, gets locked until the fund recovers the money
from the company or could avoid distress selling of illiquid securities.
(iii) Whenever there are big defaults in the capital market with respect to
companies unable to service their debt on time, any big downgrade of credit
ratings, etc., the fund’s value also takes a setback if it is exposed to those
risky assets.
Outcome & Benefit
(i) The fund shifts the illiquid assets into a side pocket so that current
unitholders can be benefitted from the liquid assets. Since the fund is now
split into risky and other assets, the segregated portion with risky
investments gets closed for subscription and redemption. Consequently,
the Net Asset Value (NAV) of the fund will then reflect the actual value of
the liquid assets.
(ii) Side Pocketing is beneficial for those investors who wish to hold on to the
units of the main funds for long term. Therefore, the process of Side
Pocketing ensures that liquidity is not the problem even in the
circumstances of frequent allotments and redemptions.
History
(i) Although quite common internationally, Side Pocketing is a very recent
phenomena in Indian market. Previously, SEBI was not in favour of allowing
Side Pocketing.
(ii) However, in 2016, after the default of Amtek Auto, AMFI on behalf of JP
Morgan AMC approached SEBI to set rules for creation for Side Pockets.
Challenges or Limitations
(i) In India, the recent debacle of IL&FS, DHFL, ZEE, etc. has led to many
discussions on the concept of side pocketing.
(ii) Many of them have failed to fulfill its repayments obligations due to severe
liquidity crisis.

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(iii) The concept in application is very complex and involves issues with regards
to valuation as well as transparency. Also, there are possible abuse by
Fund Managers to move poorly performing assets into Side Pockets in order
to hide the true pictures to avoid reduction of management fees.
(iv) Although meant for protection of investors, it can also harm them,
especially the retail investors.

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14. Describe the various parameters to identity the currency risk.
The parameters to identity the currency risk are as follows:
(i) Nominal Interest Rate:
As per interest rate parity (IRP) the currency exchange rate depends on the
nominal interest difference between the economies.
(ii) Inflation Rate:
As per interest rate parity (PPP) the currency exchange rate also depends
on the Inflation difference between the economies.
(iii) Macro-Economic Factors:
Along with Interest rates and inflation, GDP growth rate, Trade Surplus or
Deficit or the overall Balance of Payment situation, the forex currency
reserves, FDI and other foreign investments and many other Macro
Economic factors are major factors of currency risk
(iv) Government Action:
Government exchange control systems can influence the currency as few
countries like China pegs its currency against US Dollars which becomes a
big reason for US worry on increase of its Trade Deficit with China.
(v) Political Factors:
Many times, financial and economic sanctions by one government on
another makes currency of the sanctioned nation very weak and volatile.
The Iranian Rial, Russian Ruble or the Turkish Lira have noticed high
fluctuations and weakening in their currencies in the past due to political
sanctions by US.
(vi) Speculation:
Majority of the fluctuation in forex rates globally has been the amount of
speculation and the number of speculators. In fact it is believed that almost
90% of the total forex variation is due to speculation activity especially in
the Derivatives market.
(vii) Other reasons:
Any Natural Calamities, War, Coup, Rebellion etc. can have negative and
a far-reaching impact on a country’s exchange rates.

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15. Briefly discuss the concept of Purchasing Power Parity.
 Purchasing Power Parity theory (PPP) theory states that the exchange rate
between two countries reflects the relative purchasing power of the two
countries i.e. the price at which a basket of goods can be bought in the two
countries.
 This purchasing power is measured by a tool called – inflation and hence it
is the Inflation difference between two countries which will determine their
exchange rate’ relationship.
There are two forms of PPP theory:
(i) The Absolute Form:
It is also called the ‘Law of One Price’ suggests that “prices of similar
products of two different countries should be equal when measured in a
common currency”. If a discrepancy in prices as measured by a common
currency exists, the demand should shift so that these prices should
converge.
(ii) The Relative Form:
It is an alternative version that accounts for the possibility of market
imperfections such as transportation costs, tariffs, and quotas. It states
that the rate of change in the prices of products should be approximately
similar when measured in a common currency, as long as the
transportation costs and trade barriers are unchanged.
The formula for computing the forward rate using the inflation rates in
domestic and foreign countries is as follows:
F = S x (1+ iD)
(1+ iF)
Where,
F = Forward Rate of foreign currency
S = Spot Rate
iD = Domestic inflation rate
iF = Inflation rate in foreign country

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16. Explain Leading and Lagging in context of forex market
 Leading means advancing a payment i.e. making a payment before it is due.
 Lagging involves postponing a payment i.e. delaying payment beyond its due
date.
In forex market leading and lagging are used for two major purposes:
(i) Hedging foreign exchange risk:
- An importer has forex risk with foreign currency appreciating or
domestic currency depreciating.
- A company can lead payments if it expects the Foreign currency required
to be paid is likely to appreciate. However, paying now instead of later
does involve a finance cost i.e. Interest cost of money used for
purchasing the currency.
- A company may lag the payment payments if it expects the Foreign
currency required to be paid is likely to depreciate, provided the
receiving party (exporter) agrees for this proposition. The receiving party
may demand interest for this delay and that would be the cost of lagging.
(ii) Favorable credit terms:
- Many multinational corporations which have subsidiaries across
multiple countries have access to credit from those countries as well.
- Hence, they can tactically choose between the cheapest options and
accordingly reduce their cost of interest. This will either make them pay
early or delay the payment depending on the interest rates of both the
economies.
- Between the group companies, one of them may grant credit for longer
period to the other to get the best advantage for the group as a whole.
 Therefore, the decision regarding leading and lagging should be made after
considering the below factors of both the country’s:
(i) Expected changes in the exchange rate
(ii) Expected changes in interest rates

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17. Forfaiting versus Export Factoring
Forfaiting Export Factoring
(i) Forfaiting implies a transaction
in which the forfaiter purchases
claims from the exporter in
return for cash payment.
Factoring is sale of firm’s
receivables to another firm or
party known as a factor at
discounted prices
(ii) Forfaiting deals in the account
receivables whose maturity
ranges from medium to long
term.
Factoring deals in the receivable
with shorter maturities for ex.
Those that fall due within 90 days.
(iii) A forfaiter discounts the entire
value of the note/bill.
A factor arranges finance to the
extent of anywhere between 75-
85% but not 100%.
(iv) Forfaiting is always non-
recourse.
Factoring can be recourse or non-
recourse.
(v) Forfaiting cost is incurred by the
overseas buyer.
Factoring cost is incurred by the
seller or client.

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18. Explain cash settlement and physical settlement in derivative contracts
and their relative advantages and disadvantages.
 In Derivatives, contracts are settled either by Delivery of Asset or by Cash
Settlement i.e. Net Off. The settlement mode of the contract depends on
various factors including whether the contact is traded on exchange or over
the counter (OTC).
 The Indian Derivatives market is considered one of the most speculative in the
world. As of date, out of the 200 stocks traded in the futures & options
segment, the physical settlement mechanism already exists in the 50 stocks.
SEBI plans to put all the remaining ones under the physical settlement bucket
by the end of 2019.
Physical settlement
(i) Under physical settlement, the underlying assets are actually delivered on
the specified delivery date. In other words, traders will have to take delivery
of the shares against position taken in the derivative contract.
(ii) The main advantage of physical settlement is in those cases wherein the
asset is actually required on future date. For ex. under a Forward Contract,
an Importer would want delivery of foreign currency on due date instead of
cash settlement so that the currency acquired can be used to pay the foreign
seller. Similarly, a farmer who wishes to lock price of the commodity may
short the same and will deliver it on maturity instead of cash settlement. It
also helps in avoiding scarcity of goods in critical times and ensure smooth
functioning of Inventory management system.
(iii) However, there are some disadvantages like the cost of storing the asset till
delivery, the quality of asset, the risk of damage, delay in transport, etc.
Cash settlement
(i) Under cash settlement, the contract is settled by transfer of net difference
(outflow/inflow) instead of the delivery of the underlying asset.
(ii) Most of the derivatives contracts are cash settled, this means if a futures or
options contract is bought or sold on a particular date it has to settled in cash
instead of actually taking the delivery of asset.
(iii) The main advantage is that it makes it very easy and opportunistic for many
including speculators who can bet on the direction of asset without actually
dealing with holding it physically. Hence, due to the presence of non-delivery
seeking players like speculators or arbitrageurs, there is high volume and more
liquidity in markets with cash settlement comparatively.
(iv) The existence of multiple players in the market is a disadvantage of cash
settlement as it leads to unnecessary inflated events during the period of crises.
It has been the reason of many bubbles as well as bursts.

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19. Explain Exposure Netting
 Companies apply various methods to manage their currency exposures. Many
use derivatives like forwards, futures, options, etc. to cover their currency risk.
However, hedging through derivatives is many times not a completely risk-free
strategy and above all it also involves cost. On the contrary, some companies
may leave their currency exposures completely unhedged and take the
currency risk as part of operational risk and absorb it. There are also many
who use the method of Exposure Netting.
 Exposure Netting refers to offsetting exposures in one currency with counter
exposures in the same or another currency. Here, the basic expectation is that
the counter positions will net off the effect of currency, where exchange rates
are expected to move in such a way that losses or gains in one position are
partially or completely offset by gains or losses in another exposure.
 This method is like portfolio management approach used in handling
systematic risk where we take stocks in the portfolio with opposite risk or
negative correlations in order to ensure that the portfolio is diversified.
 For example, let us assume that an Indian exporter is exposed to receivables
of US$ 10,000 due 3 months hence. The company can traditionally book a
forward contract and get rid-off the currency risk. However, if not covered by
a derivative contract like forward, the exporter is at a currency exposure to
US$ with the risk of fall in its value. Now if the company/exporter also imports
US$ 10,000 worth of goods/commodities it has actually built up a reverse
exposure and has thus done Exposure Netting. The company has now
strategically left both exposures open and not covered by derivatives thus
doing an exercise in exposure netting.
 The concept is not very new and has been used in various industries already.
In fact, for years now, the banking transactions have been based on the
principle of netting, where only the difference of the summed transactions
between the parties is actually transferred. This is called settlement netting.
 However, Exposure Netting are also subject to risk which is known as
settlement risk. If the counter party defaults in one transaction, the company
is still exposed to the risk of another exposure along with bearing the already
occurred default loss.
 In the event of slowdown and volatility in Global Economy, markets have
become more volatile and thus companies have become more cost
conservative. This have led, many companies in India, like IT companies,
which are exposed heavily to currency fluctuations, resort to a variety of Risk
Management techniques including exposure netting.

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20. Explain the process of Strategic Decision Making
 The satisfaction of the interests of the shareholder should be perceived
paramount.
 In a world of economic uncertainty, the investors want to maximize their
wealth by selecting optimum investment and financial opportunities that will
give them maximum expected returns at minimum risk.
 Since management is ultimately responsible to the investors, the objective of
corporate financial management should implement investment and financing
decision which should satisfy the shareholders by placing them all in an equal,
optimum financial position.
 Capital investment is the foundation for wealth creation. However, like the
traditional economic problem, this capital is not unlimited. Therefore, the
problem arises with the optimum utilization of these scare capital resources
between alternative options to create best yield at lowest risk for the investor.
 This is the point where the management will need to have in place a proper
strategic decision-making process in place to constantly search for investment
opportunities that generate funds for their business and are more favourable
for the investors.
Overall, all businesses need to have the following three fundamental
essential elements:
(i) A clear and realistic strategy – which is unambiguous, not subjective as well
an achievable.
(ii) The financial resources, controls and systems - to ensure resources are
available and utilized in efficient manner and
(iii) The right management team and processes to make it happen – because at
the end it’s the people, principles, team coordination and clarity of vision
across various sections will help achieve sustainable positive results which
would be in the best interest of shareholders.

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21. Explain Social Cost Benefit (SCB) Analysis in relation to evaluation of an
industrial project
 Industrial capital investment projects are normally subjected to rigorous
feasibility analysis and cost benefit study from the point of view of the
investors.
 Conventional cost-benefit analysis ignores or does not consider the societal
effects like impact on environment, culture, weaker sections, health & safety,
use scarce natural resources, impact to the national exchequer and many
other non-financial but important impact of such projects.
 SCB analysis refers to the moral responsibility of all the enterprises to
undertake socially desirable projects.
 There can be many socially negative effects of a financially viable projects
which needs to be considered before accepting. For ex. A project of installing
a nuclear power plant in the nearby vicinity is not allowed by many citizens
even if it is highly cost saving for a power shortage city or country.
 Similarly, there can be many positive effects of project which needs to
considered will doing the evaluation, otherwise a worthy project may get
rejected. For ex. Infrastructure projects like High Speed Train may not make
financial sense for many, if evaluated only based on financial outcome,
especially, in a nation with high proportion of poor people.
There are various indicators of the social contribution such as:
(i) Employment potential criterion
(ii) A lower Carbon emission to GDP ratio
(iii) Capital output ratio – that is the output per unit of capital
(iv) Value added per unit of capital
(v) Foreign exchange benefit ratio

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22. Explain linking of financial policy to strategic management
 The success of any business is measured in financial term. Shareholders
wealth maximization is the ultimate objective and to realise this, at every
stage of its operations including policy-making, the firm should be taking
strategic steps. This is the basis of financial policy being linked to strategic
management.
 The financial policy of a company cannot be worked out in isolation to other
functional policies. It has a wider appeal and closer link with the overall
organizational performance and direction of growth.
Some of the various aspects where the linkage between financial policy
and strategic management is visible are as follows:
(i) Source of finance and capital structure are the most important dimensions
of strategic plan. Companies strategize to structure the capital in a manner
that optimizes the cost.
(ii) Cut-off rate (opportunity cost of capital) for acceptance of investment
decisions which becomes the basis of selecting between the multiple choices
of investment by choosing the one which gives highest NPV.
(iii) Investment and fund allocation whereby important Capex decisions are
considered, is another important dimension of interface of strategic
management and financial policy.
(iv) Risk management and mitigation strategies including managing Foreign
Exchange exposures.
(v) Liquidity management - efficient utilization of company's resources and
ensuing it meets up its short term as well as long term commitments.
(vi) Distribution of wealth decision also known as dividend policy decision or
Issue of bonus share etc. which includes decision on whether to distribute
or reinvest. This requires a close interface with the overall strategic
management so that the policy should be beneficial for all.

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23. Explain Financial Planning
 Financial planning is a systematic approach whereby the financial planner
helps the customer to maximize his existing financial resources by utilizing
financial tools to achieve his financial goals.
 Financial planning is the backbone of the Individual personal finance as well
as of strategic business & corporate planning.
 For an individual, financial planning is the process of meeting one’s life goals
through proper management of the finances. These goals may include buying
a house, saving for children's education or planning for retirement.
 An Individual’s family, income, wealth, lifestyle, expectation of returns,
tolerance of risk, liquidity preferences, unique circumstances like ethical
preferences, etc. are some of the factors considered while framing the
financial objective or a financial plan.
 For a Corporate these goals can include decisions on sources & cost of
capital, optimum capital structure, capital appraisal decisions, dividend
decisions, internal or external restructuring like M&A etc.
 The financial measures like ratio analysis, analysis of cash flow statements,
multiple valuation methods, etc., are used to evaluate the performance of the
Company.
Overall there are 3 major components of Financial planning:
(i) Financial Resources (FR)
(ii) Financial Tools (FT)
(iii) Financial Goals (FG)

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24. Describe Value at Risk and its application.
 Value at Risk (VAR) is a statistical measurement of risk.
 It estimates how much maximum an investment might lose its value at a
given probability. This investment can be a portfolio of multiple assets for an
Investment management firm, capital investment in a project appraisal
company, NPA for Bank or NBFC or foreign exchange exposure for an MNC,
etc.
 It was first applied in 1922 in NYSE, entered the financial world in 1990s
and become world’s most widely used measure of financial risk. Many
institutes, regulatory bodies have made it compulsory for firms to calculate
and publish VAR on a regular basis. It has come more in light especially
after the global banking and financial crises of 2007.
Overall VAR can be applied for the following:
(i) To measure the maximum possible loss on any portfolio or a trading
position.
(ii) As a benchmark for performance measurement of any operation or trading.
(iii) To fix limits for individuals dealing in front office of a treasury department.
(iv) To enable the management to decide the trading strategies.
(v) As a tool for Asset and Liability Management especially in banks.

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25. Briefly discuss Debt/Asset Securitization
 Securitization is a process of raising funds by grouping illiquid assets into
investible securities. These underlying assets can be receivables for a Bank,
NBFC or any other financial institution in the various forms like commercial
or residential mortgages, business loans, student/education loans, credit-
card debt, gold loans, hire purchase debtors, lease receivables, trade debtors,
etc.
 These assets which are generating steady cash flows are bundled or
packaged together and against this assets pool, marketable securities can be
issued.
 Institutional Investors with surplus funds like Mutual Funds, Insurance
companies, Pension & retirement Funds, Sovereign Wealth Funds as well as
other Banks and NBFCs, park their money under such securitized papers to
obtain better yield, maturity and also get the advantage of diversified risk.
The process or mechanism can be classified in the following steps:
(i) The origination function
A borrower also known as obligor here, seeks a loan from finance company,
which can be a bank or housing finance company, like HDFC, LIC or PNB
Housing finance, etc. On the basis of the borrower's credit worthiness, a
repayment schedule is structured over the life of the loan.
(ii) The pooling function
Many similar loans or receivables from various borrowers with variety of
maturity, credit risk, payment schedule, etc. are clubbed together to create
an underlying pool of assets. This pooled assets and its claim is then
transferred from the Originator to the SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle), which
is specifically created for the purpose of securitization.
(iii) The securitization function
The SPV structures and bundles the assets into variety of securities which
are then sold to the potential investors directly or through the help of
Investment bankers. These securities carry coupon and an expected
maturity, which can be asset base or mortgage based. The originator
usually keeps the spread available (i.e. difference) between yield from
secured asset and interest paid to investors.
(iv) The repayment function
The SPV will repay the funds in the form of interest and principle to the
investors of the securitized papers which if received from the pooled assets.
Generally, the process of securitization can be without recourse where the
investor bears the credit risk of default and the issuer is under an obligation
to pay to investors only if the cash flows are received by issuer from obligors
or from the collateral.

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(v) Credit rating
To ensure the credit worthiness as well as to assess the risk of the issuer,
the securitized papers are rated through credit rating agencies. A credit
enhancement in the form of additional assets as collateral, bank guarantee,
insurance, letter of credit, etc. can add as a cushion for investors in the
event of uncertain financial crises.

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26. Explain the primary participants and secondary participants in
securitization
Primary Participants
They are the main parties to this process who wish to raise capital or invest
the surplus.
(i) Originator:
Originator is the initiator of the deal and can be termed as sponsor. It is
an entity which sells the assets lying in its books and receives the funds
generated through the sale of such assets.
(ii) Special Purpose Vehicle:
A SPV is created especially for the purpose of securitization only and
normally could be in form of a company, a firm, a society or a trust. Since
issuer originator transfers all rights in assets to SPV, it holds the legal title
of these assets.
(iii) The Investors:
Investors are the buyers of securitized papers which are mostly
institutional investors such as mutual funds, provident funds, insurance
companies, sovereign wealth funds, corporates, other Banks and NBFCs,
etc.
Secondary Participants
They are the ones involved in helping the process of securitization.
(i) Obligors:
They are the original borrowers or the parties who owe money to the
originator firm and therefore are assets in the Balance Sheet of Originator.
(ii) Agent or Trustee:
Trustees are appointed to oversee that all parties to the deal perform in the
true spirit of terms of agreement. Normally, it takes care of interest of
investors who acquires the securities.
(iii) Rating Agency:
The credit rating agencies are appointed to assess the credibility of the
borrower. Since the securitization is based on the pools of assets rather
than the originators the asset quality is evaluated by these agencies which
forms an indicator for investment risk and yields.
(iv) Credit Enhancer:
To lower the risk of papers, investors seek additional comfort in the form
of credit enhancement. It can be done through providing additional
security, bank guarantee, better quality assets, Insurance, LC, etc.

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(v) Receiving and Paying Agent (RPA):
Also, called Servicer or Administrator, it collects the payment due from
obligor(s) and passes it to SPV. It also follows up with defaulting borrower
and if required initiate appropriate legal action against them. Originator
itself or a third party say a bank may provide an additional comfort called
Credit Enhancer. While originator provides his comfort in the form of over
collateralization or cash collateral, the third party provides it in form of
letter of credit or surety bonds.
(vi) Structurer:
It brings together the originator, investors, credit enhancers and other
parties to the deal of securitization. Normally, these are investment
bankers also called arranger of the deal. It ensures that deal meets all legal,
regulatory, accounting and tax laws requirements.

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27. Explain the benefits of Securitization from the point of view of originator
 The securitization process helps not only the originator, but it also comes with
several benefits for the investors. Overall it helps the markets as well by
spreading the risk which no longer gets concentrated in the hands of few as it
was evident in the 2008 subprime financial mortgage crises with the collapse
of giant investment banks like Lehman bros or Bear sterns and many more.
The various benefits of securitization to the originator are as follows:
(i) Off-Balance Sheet Financing:
When loan/receivables are securitized it release a portion of capital tied up
in these assets, resulting in off Balance Sheet financing which helps in
improving the liquidity position thus expanding the business of the company.
(ii) Focus on core business:
By transferring the assets to the SPV, the Originator can now concentrate
more on core business of creating more loans instead of spending time and
resources on the other activities like servicing of loan. Further, in case of
non-recourse arrangement even the burden of default is shifted.
(iii) Helps to improve financial ratios:
Especially in case of Financial Institutions and Banks, it helps to manage
Capital-To-Weighted Asset Ratio effectively. It also helps in improving the
NPA position especially with the burden of default being shifted from the
books of originator with factoring.
(iv) Reduced borrowing Cost:
Since securitized papers are relatively less risky due to the aspect of
diversification, their improved credit rating and credit enhancement helps
the originator earn a healthy spread and further helps it to issue or raise
additional debt at reduced cost of borrowings.
 Overall, in context of India the impact of securitization has been more or less
similar to the global markets, whereby on one hand few companies like Bajaj
Finance, LIC Housing Finance or HDFC have made tremendous amount of
wealth for the company as well as shareholders. However, some recent cases
like the debacle of DHFL, IL&FS, etc. have raised some concerns regarding
mishandling and complexities with securitization.

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28. Compare and contrast start-ups and entrepreneurship. Describe the
priorities and challenges which start-ups in India are facing.
Startups are different from entrepreneurship. The major differences
between them have been discussed in the following paragraphs:
Start-Ups Entrepreneurship
(i) Refer to newly emerged business
venture
Refers to all business ventures
whether new or old.
(ii) They are started with intention to
solve unique problems and grow
at large scale with focus on
innovation and technology
Entrepreneurs look for business
opportunities that creates ways to
make profitable business
(iii) They are highly risky and have a
huge rate of failure
An established entrepreneurship
is relatively less risky but may also
not grow at very high rates as the
start-up
(iv) Getting funding is generally
difficult for a startup
An established entrepreneurship
gets fund easily from the
traditional banking and non-
banking sources due to its age and
past credit
Priorities and challenges which start-ups in India are facing
 In a country with high rate of unemployment and with the disruption of
technology, it is perhaps difficult to provide jobs to everyone. Thus, by creating
a conducive environment, the society and government can both work together
to ensure the sustainability and growth of startups which are in itself
opportunities for generating more employment and economic benefit.
 However, even after a constant support and assistance, startups still face
challenges or difficulties in India, some of which are highlighted as below:
(i) Lack of skilled workforce: Adding huge amount of time and money in
training.
(ii) Human resource issues: It is very difficult to get a resource at right time at
right cost. Also, startups have high rate of staff turnover and even layoffs can
be a nightmare for many startups.
(iii) Funding: Startups are known for cash burn; hence they require funding in
multiple rounds, and many have been closed due to the inability to raise
more money.
(iv) Regulations: Although quite eased, there are still many bureaucratic
hindrances and policy roadblocks like Angel Tax, which makes it difficult for
startups to function smoothly

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29. Explain the concept of Bootstrapping and describe the various methods of
bootstrapping used by startups.
 Funding is the fuel for startups and hence, they hunt for various sources.
Until they find a proper source of finance through Venture Capital or Angel
Investor or any HNI, they resort to funding themselves by investing their own
money.
 Bootstrapping is one of the most important and primary sources of funding a
start-up. It is known as self-funding and is an effective way when starting a
new business.
 It is a process whereby the startup founders attempt to fund and build the
company from their personal finances or from the operating revenues
generated from the start-up company itself.
 It is a more cautious approach compared to and helps to avoid some common
mistake made by most founders who make unnecessary expenses towards
marketing, lavish offices and equipment that they cannot really afford. Thus,
it helps curbs wasteful expenditure which is vital for the start-ups long run
sustainability.
There are various methods through which a Startups can Bootstrap:
(i) Trade Credit: It is highly difficult for a startup company to get trade credit
from traditional channels of banks due to the strict credit guidelines of
banking regulations, etc. Therefore, startups try getting access to trade credit
by mortgaging their own assets like property or goods or even personal
belongings like gold, company stocks, etc.
(ii) Factoring: This is a financing method where accounts receivable of a
business organization is sold to a commercial finance company to raise
capital. The factor assumes the task of collecting the receivables as well as
providing vital funding.
(iii) Leasing: Investing or blocking huge capital in buying real assets is not wise
for a startup which already faces funding issues. Thus, bootstrapping is to
take the equipment on lease rather than purchasing it. Startups can also use
shared office spaces like WEWORK, etc. which will reduce its operating as
well as capital cost.
(iv) Credit Card: Many startup founders use their personal credit card limits to
buy necessary things like small equipment and thus reduce the cost as well
take advantage of the credit points or cashbacks to buy more goods.
(v) Other Sources: Various other sources including but not limited to loans from
relatives, friends, pre-order booking, contests and even government sources
are used for funding the company itself instead of arranging from other
sources.

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30. Explain Startup India Initiative
 With the aim of simplifying the process and improving the ease of doing
business in India, the Hon. Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on his
address to the nation on occasion of 15th August 2015, announced the
launch of the Startup India Initiative.
 The major objective of the initiative is to discard the restrictive policies like
multiple licenses, land permissions, environment clearances, foreign
investment restrictions, etc.
As per the program, a startup is:
(i) An entity incorporated or registered in India
(ii) Opened in less than 7 years ago
(iii) Has annual turnover of less than Rs. 25 Crore in last F.Y.
The 19-point Startup India Action Plan envisaged several measures
which includes few major ones like:
- Creation of Rs.10,000 Crore of Start-Up pool
- No capital gains tax for the first 3 years of operation
- No tax on income for the first 3 years of operation
- MUDRA Bank to provide micro finance at concessional rates
- Improvement in Bankruptcy code with 90-day exit window
- Setting up of new research parks in IITs of Rs. 100 Crore each
- Setting up multiple incubators and innovation centres at national institutes
- A single portal for registration, clearances and approval
 Since, its launch, the programme has seen a phenomenal growth story so
far. India has climbed up to the 77th position in UN's Ease of Doing Business
Ranking from 142 in 2014 to 77 in 2018. It has also been attracting globally-
acclaimed investors, multinationals leveraging Indian tech start-ups to
supplement their technology, and is home to more than 39K start-ups.

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