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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Determinants of Capital Structure

AB502 · Financial Management — Week 7 of 16

CourseAB502
Week7 of 16
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This week’s topics

Determinants of Capital Structure

  1. Debt versus equity financing options
  2. Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
  3. Financial gearing and operational gearing
  4. Asset composition and business risk profile
  5. The Cost of Capital - The Effect of Changes in Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  7. Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM)

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain the factors that determine the capital structure of a business.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the factors that determine the capital structure of a business.

Study materials

Videos

  • The Cost of Capital - The Effect of Changes in Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 32 min · for registered students
  • The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 24 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure and Financial Ratios – Financial Gearing - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • Capital Structure Theory Explained - Raghavendra Rau · YouTube · Gresham College · 64 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 17: How Firms Raise Capital · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 509–536 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Financing Decisions (2) · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Discount Rates in Practice · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Scope and Objectives of Financial Management
  • Week 2: Operational Functions of Financial Management
  • Week 3: Nature and Elements of Working Capital
  • Week 4: Working Capital Assessment and Funding Strategies
  • Week 5: Managing Working Capital: Cash and Liquidity
  • Week 6: Managing Working Capital: Receivables, Inventory, and Payab…
  • Week 7: Determinants of Capital Structure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Capital Structure Theories and External Influences
  • Week 10: Causes of Undercapitalisation and Overcapitalisation
  • Week 11: Strategic Impact of Capital Imbalances
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Management in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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