In: Finance
what a Global Cost is and what it means to have availability of Capital?
Global costs in sourcing capital referes to the costs associated
with getting capital across countries. It is more important for
companies having presence in many countries across globe. The
availibility of capital in the countries has an effect on its cost.
For example a US multinational trying to source funds in India
where capital market is not as good as that in US, will lead to
premium in cost of capital. The availibility of capital means that
capital can be obtained easily without much efforts. It also means
that capital will have low premiums related to maturity, credit
risk and segment risks.
Capital markets are segmented due to factors such as excessive
regulatory control, perceived political risk, lack of transparency,
asymmetric availability of information, foreign exchange risks,
corporate governance differences, and many other market
imperfections. This lead to rise in cost of capital and give rise
to global costs of funds and illiquid markets.