Financial Markets
—- Fundamentals and Trends
MARVIN V. LASCANO, CPA, CFC, DBA
PTT, ML OLED A eet Oe eA ULELNMARVIN V. LASCANO
CPA, CFC, DBA
Marvin V. Lascano is a Certified Public
Accountant and Certified Financial
Consultant by profession. He eamed
his degrees in Bachelor of Science in
Accountancy, Master
Administration major in Financial
Management and later on Doctor in
Business Administration in
Polytechnic University of the
Philippines. Dr. Lascano has
extensive experience and exposure
on financial modelling, corporate
valuation, financial —_statement
preparation and analysis, and
business process reengineering. He
also underwent Financial Modelling
Masterclass from the Institute of
Financial Consultants in the
Philippines; and Euromoney Asia in
Singapore. He is an alumnus and
guest lecturer of the International
Regulation Leadership program of the
Public Utility Research Center of
University of Florida. He also earned a
certification as Certified Scrum Master
in Las Vegas, USA. He is also a faculty
member of the College of
eas and Finance of the
University of — the
handling subjects on
nansgernert, Management
in Business
University of the P
since 2014 handling
Accounting, Financial
Financial Management
has 10 years of
Corporate Finance and
Controls. His corporate
experience _ includes
financial due diligence for
transactions, commercial —
diligence, financial modeling,
investment evaluations,
analyses and commercial
also engages with banks,
companies, mutual fund
and underwriters to.
investment opportuniti
graduated from Polytechnic
of Philippines - Manila Le 2
degree in BS C
Passed
the
the same year. He is
of Master in Busi
from the
Philippines — Manila.Elements of the Financial
Financial Markets.....e.ss...
Chapter 2 FINANCIAL REGULATION
Financial Regulatio:
Regulators of Financial Acti
Money Supply and Payment System
Effective Risk Management.. so
Chapter 3 MONEY MARKET AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMEN’
Money Market.
Financial Instruments.
Types of Money Market Financial Instrument:
Evaluating Money Market Securities
Chapter 4 DEBT MARKET
Debt Securities Market ..
The Bond Market..
ion of Interest Rate
Credit Ratings ...
Chapter 5 EQUITY SECURITIES MARIChapter 1
FINANCIAL MARKET AND
THE FINANCIAL SYSTEMThe Financial System
In the field of commerce, finance is a key player in ens
continuity of operations. As they say, it is the life-biood of the comp
Financial management is an important process to ensure that profit
wealth is maximized. It is important to understand how money re
around in a system to enable development of strategies and plan on
to keep the profit in the short run and wealth growing in the longrun.
Sources of Wealth
Money or wealth can be generated in different ways. In econo
there are different sources of wealth. Figure 1 illustrates the sources.
wealth and the type of wealth that can be generated. Let's call this
Origin of Wealth.
Every person always starts with baby steps. Of course, we ca
discount the fact that we are heavily dependent on our families, parent
particular, who provide us with our needs. Normally, a person comp:
education then he/she will either work or start a business. Labor through
hard work will allow them to earn a salary or wage. As a persor
continuously earns, he/she can save and
eventually acquire properties. Land is a
form of property which can be used in their
business or be leased to somebody else. ae e
Either way, it will generate wealth in the | 280 Used as-amiaaiaaaay
form of rent. Moving on, as property and | fr the purchasing power
labor continuously earn, people start of a locality
venturing to other form of vehicles with
higher risk with the intention of aiming for
higher returns.
Point of Information!
The minimum wage is
As people accumulate funds or save more sufficient enough to
infusing capital either financial or industrial. Now, that person ca
considered as an investor. As the venture realizes good returns, the
will earn interest. In succeeding chapters, we will discuss how to m
the interest earned in capital markets. Optimistically, busi
mature and grow need more focus. The investors eventually te
participation in the business/venture. Thus, from investors they bé
the entrepreneur of their own which requires entrep
managing the commercial affairs and ensuring that
continuously grows and generates more profit. Profit will
accumulated, and investment will be diversified as it gro
new breed of individuals and labor force and the cycle g
see how finance plays in the system called business.FINANCIAL MARKETS: Fundamentals and Trends
The word finance is well known and defined in different ways.
Finance is the application of economic principles to decision-making that
involves the allocation of money under conditions of uncertainty. In the field
of commerce, investors allocate their funds among financial assets to
accomplish their objectives i.e. to maximize profit and wealth in the long
run. Businesses and governments, on the other hand, raise funds by
issuing claims against themselves that are invested.
Finance provides the framework for making decisions as to how
those funds should be obtained and then invested. It is the financial system
that provides the platform by which funds are transferred from those
entities that have funds to invest to those entities that need funds to invest.
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Figure 1.1 Sources of Wealth
The theoretical foundations for finance draw from the field of
economics and, for this reason, finance is often referred to as financial
economics. The tools used in financial decision-making, however, draw
from many areas outside of economics: mathematics, statistics,
psychology, and accountancy.
Since accountancy deals in providing quantitative information,
primarily financial in nature, it is a necessity for these disciplines to have
an integration. Accountancy requires in-depth analysis of financial results
and underlying transactions to provide reasonable recommendations.
which among the courses of action should be considered.
Financial system allows households, companies and the
government who have available funds to invest these funds in more
potentially productive vehicles that can result in faster growth in the
economy. The financial system encourages fund savings from its
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stakeholders anc transforms these savings efficiently into i
vehicles that help the economy grow faster.
To cite another good definition of financial system:
“Financial system is a set of arrangements or conventions
embracing the lending and borrowing of funds by non —
financial economic units and the intermediation of this
function by financial intermediaries in order to facilitate the
transfer of funds, to create additional money when required,
and to create markets in debt and equity instruments (and
their derivatives) so that the price and allocation of funds
are determined efficiently.” — Faure, AP.
Financial system is composed of network of inter-related syste
of financial markets, intermediaries and services. The financial system of
a country carries out the essential economic function that transfers
from parties that have available funds to parties that need funds.
In a country, there
households, companies and gover
agencies who have available
(cE etait because they spend less than
y income. Essentially, these are the
means ‘to end and settle | providers. On the other hand, there
a debt also households, companies a
government agencies that experie
fund shortage because they decide to spend more than their inco
These are fund demanders. Matching the difference in spending (ex
funds from one party to the fund gap of another party) is the main
for the existence of a financial system.
Point of Information!
The financial system permits an efficient mi
between entities who have funds and entities who nea ee a
systems serve as a regular, time-efficient and cost-effective link b
fund providers and fund demanders. Within the financial system, fund
efficiently transferred from one party to another throtgt it
schemes on savings and investments that investors are will top
in. Figure 1.2 illustrate the financial system, the players i thes
more importantly how the funds flow in the system oo ae
utes: via direct financing |
Funds can flow in two rot
Direct financing, In thi nae.
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recognize financial instruments as liabilities while lenders
recognize these as an asset. Buying stocks directly from a
company is also considered as direct financing.
+ Indirect financing. In this route, the borrowing activity between
both parties still happens though indirectly through the intervention
ofa | intermedia
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| Money FINANCIAL
DEMANDERS
INTERMEDIARIES
(Borrowers)