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Risk Adjusted WACC

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  • February 21, 2026 at 3:40 pm #724799
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    I am reading some material. It mentioned for RISK ADJUSTED WACC

    Two conditions apply:
    a) Project is a non-core activity
    b) The project finance will have no effect upon the company’s gearing ratio or a specified project finance gearing ratio applies.

    A-I get
    My issue is B, since its risk adjusted -I am thinking changes.so I was expecting it to apply when the gearing changes. so risk adjsuted wacc should be used when bsuiness risk changes and financing changes

    then i did some reading it said in AFM Exam Context

    When the examiner says “risk-adjusted WACC”, they mean:

    Adjusting for different BUSINESS risk
    while assuming capital structure is constant. is this true?

    then i came across

    BUSINESS RISK Different
    FINANCE RISK Same
    Risk-adjusted WACC
    Adjust beta for new business risk

    BUSINESS RISK Same
    FINANCE RISK Different (constant new target)
    Recalculate WACC at new target gearing
    Financial risk changes but is stable

    bUSINESS RISK Different
    FINANCE RISK Different (constant new target)
    Risk-adjusted WACC (using new gearing)
    Adjust beta + regear

    BUSINESS RISK Same or Different FINANCE RISK Gearing changes over time APV WACC assumption breaks

    CAN i USE IT?

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