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FIN.5:0 - Use this when

A valuation needs a discount rate, or an attractive financing rate is being used as if it were the required return on the whole investment. Match the return estimate to the cash flows and claims being valued. A sufficient externally supplied rate with the right grounds can be used directly. Use the construction below when those grounds are missing or the project’s risk or financing differs.