CS Executive · Corporate Accounting and Financial Management · Introduction to Financial Management
Which of the following is primarily a function of the finance manager in relation to the financing decision?
Determining the appropriate mix of debt and equity is a finance manager's function under the financing decision. It deals with sources of funds and capital structure, whereas product pricing, hiring workers and branding belong to marketing or human resource management.
- ADetermining the appropriate mix of debt and equity to raise fundsCorrect
- BFixing the selling price of the firm's products
- CRecruiting and training production workers
- DDeciding the brand name for a new product
Explanation
The financing decision concerns the sources of funds and the capital structure, i.e. the debt-equity mix. Pricing, recruitment and branding fall under marketing and human resource functions, not core finance.
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