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Note On Working Capital
Note On Working Capital
Typically, working capital means the funds required for short term or day to day expenses.
À ît refers to the part of firm͛s capital that is required for financing short term or current assets
À anagement often faces the challenge ʹ how would the current assets be financed?
À xhort term sources (current liabilities); or
À Ôong term sources (long term borrowings, equity infusion, etc.)
À ximilar challenges are faced for deployment of surplus funds, whether shorter term funds, or
long term funds (investments).
Options available are Debt Funds, FPs, xhort Term Funds, Debt Px, etc.
2. Assist in shorter term investments, which are largely cash management options that generate
nominal interest on surplus money. The same types of investments are often used for
management of collections also.
3. Assist the firm in their borrowing, particularly should the firm decide to fund the shorter
term/longer term business funding requirements through raising debt or raising equity. This is
largely to manage the fund requirement rather then deployment of excess money.
Options generally availed of are Promoter funding, Ôoan syndication, Project financing,
structured loans, etc.