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Commercial Lending
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Commercial Lending

by Adrian Cudby
October 2018
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
8h 44m
English
Kogan Page
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03

Cash analysis

INTRODUCTION

Cash is the ‘lifeblood’ of any commercial business and the management of the cash position is vital for its survival. As we will demonstrate in Chapter 9, the consequences of a lack of cash or liquidity will often be fatal and in many cases will lead to the demise of the business. Bankers are often concerned about the profits within a business, which is important, but profit is not the same as cash, and many profitable businesses can be ‘cash poor’.

In this chapter we will be exploring not only how important cash is to a business but the various ways that bankers will analyse the cash within a business. Some of the techniques we will explore are forward looking, such as cash flow projections, whereas others will ...

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