Fadhil's International Financial Management Blogs

"Another one" as the famous rapper DJ Khaled often says, well today is another Fadhil's blog and we goin' to talk about merge & acquisition which nowadays it is quite a popular topic for financial people to talks about. So, w hat is the purpose of merger and acquisitions? Why do companies do this? Is it that beneficial for the companies and shareholders?!  Does it makes the business stronger, widen customers and increase their revenue? First of all we need to know what this really is, M&A  is the area of corporate finances, management and strategy dealing with purchasing and/or joining with other companies. In a merger, two companies join forces to become a new business, usually with a new name or in some cases with the same name. Because the companies involved are typically of similar size, industry and stature, the term "merger of equals" is sometimes used. There are some common beneficial of M&A such as  Control over the market,  Employees an...

In this week blog, as I am told to do a reflection on one of financial movies from blackboard, I'm going to give a reflection on specific one which called "Capitalism A Love Story" which was created by legendary filmmaker Michael Moore. The movie is basically   shows how capitalism is not working most of American individuals who actively working and goes on to say all the problems with it. I first surprised by the result of his research of how it shows  1% of the richest have more than the bottom 95% combined, a system which claims to reward free enterprise but in fact rewards greed.  Amazing isn't it. I feel like these 1% of people can do anything with its power to control the 95%. In the documentary, Moore tries to examine of how the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday American lives under capitalism which somehow also reflect the rest of the world populations that are also under capitalists.  So what is capitalism exactly? from research I found out th...

Hey everyone, I hope you had a great weekend because I did! Back with me again Fadhil as all we know, in today's blog Im going to talk about capital structure which basically means how a business/organisation fund their operations. This week topic is quite important and interesting especially for me personally due to the fact that I wanted to become an entrepreneur which meaning I will create my own business. Since creating a business is not easy and require lots of money, there are many ways for us to fund our business plan that includes debt and equity issues.  However, source will always be needed by the business and the costs would be the offering, since we all know that in the financial world the profit or return of investment is always uncertain for investors. What is cost of capital or COC, According to HBR (2015), cost of capital can be defined as the amount of return that the funders of a business expect by providing the capital.  Usually, the most c...