Financial Strategy

Synopsis: This DVD features three programmes. The first, Public Projects, Private Finance, examines the funding of public sector projects through the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The programme considers debt capital, risk, value for money and equity capital, illustrating these concepts with case studies from two large projects: Altcourse prison and Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust. Experts from PFI, academia, politics and lending institutions offer insights into the complexities of decision-making in this area.
The second programme PFI: The Story Continues, continues examining PFIs by discussing the issues surrounding Unitary charges and refinancing. The final programme, Changing Values, follows the fortunes of Eastern Electricity from its days as part of the nationalized electricity board, through its privatisation in 1990 and take-over by Hanson plc to another threatened tale-over by a US utility company in 1998. The valuation of the company is the video’s key theme and various methods of valuation - including assets, dividend yield, earnings, EBITDA and free cash flow - are illustrated in an accessible and jargon-free way.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: Business studies; Economics
Keywords: business finance; debt; health care; National Health Service; politics; prisons; Private Finance Initiative; privatisation; Funding

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