Three things that grow economies
Asset (for the sake of this class)
Something that is expected to, directly or indirectly, generate cash
types of shareholders
Corporate governance failure
stems from incentives for those running the business (CEO/ executive team) not aligning with the interests of the shareholders (creation of long-term value)
purpose of auditors
specific to public companies
lend credibility to the statements of the mangement
stakeholders within the marketplace
o Customers
o Shareholders
o Lenders
o Suppliers
o Regulators
o Auditors
o Institutions
influence on business outside of the direct marketplace
regulations (government)
lobbying
main business decisions
capital budget
capital raising
distribution of return
“Most important” stakeholder
Shareholders, but only because they own the residual value of the company and theoretically are only paid after everyone else is taken care of
Goal of a comapany
to maximize the shareholder’s wealth (which is about maximizing long-term value, not about maximizing short-term profit)
Enterprise value
= company’s equity + it’s debt = value of the whole company (essentially cost to buy company)
market value of a company
Market capitalization
Equity cost of a company. Shares outstanding * share price
benefits of fintech
segments of fintech
what is DEFI
Decentralized finance
peer to peer financial services
shareholder vs bondholder conflict
Shareholders likely to be more interest in risk for potential gain vs lenders wanting fewer risk and higher certainty of repayment
What is agency cost?
Gap between potential value (if all agent incentives were perfectly aligned) of a company and actual value driven by conflict of interest between management and shareholders
Potential sources for conflict that creates agency cost
Internal controls for agency cost
Composition of corporate board
public company’s board required by regulation to be 50% independent (no current or past affiliation with the company)
types of performance sensitive compensation
determining exercise price for stock options
designed with desired return to incentivize right company growth (what stock price should be after the given amount of time)
External controls for agency costs
agency relationship
arises when one or more individuals (principals) hire other individuals or organizations (agents) to perform some service and delegates the decision making authority to that agent