Intro and Lit
Intro and Lit
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1- Introduction
Solvency refers to the company’s ability to meet its obligations in the long term. It means
the company’s ability to pay its obligations in the long-term including interest and
principal debt. In other words, it represents the financial structure of the company
(Robinson et al., 2015). Solvency ratios provide a general description of the debts in the
company’s capital structure, as well as the ability of cash flows to cover interest expenses
and fixed costs such as rent payments and leases. Assets are typically fund from two
sources, internal and external, including many items such as ordinary shares, preference
shares, reserves, bonds and bank loans, securities convertible into loans, and short-term
liabilities such as overdrafts and accounts payable (Tze and Heng, 2011; Gitman, 2006).