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1 The main techniques and sectors of the financial industry
2 Personal finance
3 Corporate finance
3.1 Capital
3.2 The desirability of budgeting
3.2.1 Capital budget
3.2.2 Cash budget
3.3 Management of current assets
3.3.1 Credit policy
3.3.1.1 Advantages of credit trade
3.3.1.2 Disadvantages of credit trade
3.3.1.3 Forms of credit
3.3.1.4 Factors which influence credit conditions
3.3.1.5 Credit collection
3.3.1.5.1 Overdue accounts
3.3.1.5.2 Effective credit control
3.3.1.5.3 Sources of information on creditworthiness
3.3.1.5.4 Duties of the credit department
3.3.2 Stock
3.3.3 Cash
3.3.3.1 Reasons for keeping cash
3.3.3.2 Advantages of sufficient cash
3.4 Management of fixed assets
3.4.1 Depreciation
3.4.2 Insurance
4 Shared Services
5 Finance of states
6 Financial economics
7 Financial mathematics
8 Experimental finance
9 Quantitative behavioral finance
10 Intangible Asset Finance
11 Related professional qualifications
12 External links

The field of finance refers to the concepts of time, money and risk and how they are interrelated. The term "finance" may thus incorporate any of the

* The study of money and other assets
* The management and control of those assets
* Profiling and managing project risks
* The science of managing money
* The industry that delivers financial services
* As a verb, "to finance" is to provide funds for business or for an individual's large purchases (car, home, etc.).