Definition for : Financial synergy

Financial Synergy is the apparent reduction in Cost of capital following an increase in Gearing or a Diversification/restructuring move. In fact, financial synergies do not exist - there are only industrial synergies, administrative synergies, and commercial synergies.
(See Chapter 27 Measuring value creation of the Vernimmen)
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