Read the following case study and answer question.

Aninjey is a CEO of Alfa Ltd. He is running a shoe business where his company is manufacturing canvas shoes, made up of breathable t-shirt fabric. His business is having a good liquidity position. He has already issued 200 equity shares earlier and has a company policy of paying regular dividends to its shareholders. He wants to expand his business and for that he required 100 crores. He asked his Finance Manager to prepare a financial blueprint of the same in order to have the right debt-equity ratio, so that a right financial balance can be maintained.

"Finance Manager is asked to prepare a financial blueprint."

Identify the financial concept discussed above.

Financial Planning

The correct answer is option (4)- Financial Planning.

The financial concept discussed in the given statement is financial Planning.

Financial planning is the preparation of a financial blueprint of an organisation’s future operations. The objective of financial planning is to ensure that enough funds are available at right time. Financial planning strives to achieve the following twin objectives-
(a) To ensure availability of funds whenever required
(b) To see that the firm does not raise resources unnecessarily.
A proper matching of funds requirements and their availability is sought to be achieved by financial planning. This process of estimating the fund requirement of a business and specifying the sources of funds is called financial planning. Financial planning takes into consideration the growth, performance, investments and requirement of funds for a given period. Financial planning includes both short-term as well as long-term planning.

OTHER OPTIONS

• Financing decision: This decision is about the quantum of finance to be raised from various long-term sources. It involves identification of various available sources. The main sources of funds for a firm are shareholders’ funds and borrowed funds. The shareholders’ funds refer to the equity capital and the retained earnings. Borrowed funds refer to the finance raised through debentures or other forms of debt. A firm has to decide the proportion of funds to be raised from either sources, based on their basic characteristics.

• Dividend Decision- The important decision that every financial manager has to take relates to the distribution of dividend. Dividend is that portion of profit which is distributed to shareholders. The decision involved here is how much of the profit earned by company (after paying tax) is to be distributed to the shareholders and how much of it should be retained in the business.

• Investment decision- A firm’s resources are scarce in comparison to the uses to which they can be put. A firm, therefore, has to choose where to invest these resources, so that they are able to earn the highest possible return for their investors. The investment decision, therefore, relates to how the firm’s funds are invested in different assets. Investment decision can be long-term or short-term.