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Module 13 Flashcards

1
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Business risk examples (4)

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  • Operational failings
  • Government action
  • Failure in strategy
  • Technological change
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Non business risks (2)

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  • Event risk

- Financial risk

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Event risk

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Arises due to an adverse event eg natural disaster

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Financial risk (3)

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Arises from long term/ short term factors:

  • Credit risk
  • Liquidity risk
  • Currency and interest rate risk
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Risk management

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The process of assessing risk and adopting policies to manage this risk to an acceptable level

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6
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Risk management examples (3)

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  • Risk mapping
  • Policy options
  • Risk register
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7
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Risk of an individual share measured by

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Standard deviation

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8
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Shareholders reduce the risk (measured by standard deviation) through

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Diversification

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Type of risk reduced through diversification =

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Unique/ specific risk

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Market (systematic risk)

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Portion of risk that will still remain even if diversified portfolio has been created

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Beta factor measures

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Market risk

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Beta factor =

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Measure of the sensitivity of a share to movements in the overall market

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Beta factor < 1

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Below average risk

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Beta factor = 1

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Average risk

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Beta factor > 1

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Above average risk

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Negative beta

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Security price moves in opposite direction to market as a whole.

Rare, eg gold

17
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Can measure portfolio risk

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In terms of average of the beta of the securities held

18
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Risk premium =

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Difference between the average stock market return and the risk free rate

19
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CAPM formula =

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r = rf + beta ( risk premium)

20
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CAPM expresses

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Required rate of return on any security

21
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Ungeared (asset) beta measures only

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Business risk (NOT financial)

22
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Beta application to investment appraisal > Step 1

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Ungear the equity beta relating to the comparable company

23
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Beta application to investment appraisal > Step 2

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Re-gear this asset beta with the capital structure to be used in the new investment

24
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Beta application to investment appraisal > Step 3

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Use the adjusted equity beta to calculate a cost of equity to use in the appraisal of the project

25
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Application of CAPM to share valuation > Step 1

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Ungear the equity beta relating to the comparable company

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Application of CAPM to share valuation > Step 2

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Re-gear this asset beta with the capital structure of the unlisted company or division that is being valued

27
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Application of CAPM to share valuation > Step 3

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Use the adjusted equity beta to calculate a cost of equity to use in the valuation

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