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This paper analyzes selected data on the performance of companies that are part of the power utility Elektroprivreda Republike Srpske with the aim of determining their sustainable growth rates. The energy sector was chosen because of its importance both for the Republic of Srpska capital market (measured by the participation in the total market capitalization of the Banja Luka Stock Exchange and the basic Stock Exchange index) and the entire Republic of Srpska economy (measured by the participation in gross domestic product). The analysis considered data from published financial statements for 2019, with an emphasis on the following: operating assets, liabilities, capital, operating income and net profit. The dividend policy was also considered, but it was concluded in the paper that none of the observed companies paid dividends from profit for 2019 by the end of this analysis. The research results show that the rate of sustainable growth exceeds 1% in only one case, while in several other cases there are negative rates of sustainable growth caused by the loss in the observed period. Such facts could raise concerns, but also indicate possible directions for future actions in order to improve the performance of the considered companies.

From a small number of corporate bonds issued since the founding of the Banja Luka Stock Exchange to date, it is obvious that the domestic corporate bond market is in the initial stage of its development. The subject of this paper is to define the assumptions and limitations, i.e. possibilities of the development of the corporate bond market in the Republic of Srpska. The successful development of the bond market, in addition to the institutional and legal assumptions, is largely conditioned by the willingness of companies to emit bonds. On the other hand, it is the obligation and commitment of investors to invest in these securities. The aim of the research is to examine the potential supply and (potential) demand in next three years. The research was conducted using a two-part sur-vey. In the first part, managers in institutional investors in the domestic market were interviewed: investment funds, insurance companies and banks, 42 of them. In the second part, we examined the most significant joint-stock companies on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange, those that were part of the BIRS index and those that paid dividend, 66 of them. The results of the survey show the number of companies willing to finance their operations by issuing bonds and the number of investors willing to invest in these instruments. In addition, we will point to obstacles to the development and deepening of the market and the actual number of institutional investors willing to invest in corporate bonds.

According to data published by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Srpska, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Republic of Srpska recorded a negative growth rate of 0.9% in the third quarter of the year 2012. compared to the same period of the year 2011. This continued a decline in GDP, which is recorded in two quarters of the 2012. On the other hand, a report by the Statistical Office said that the greatest GDP growth occurred in financial intermediation by 7.6%, which is explained by increased public sector demand for money in order to finance the current budget deficit. Consequently, in practice, we often hear same question in context of the borrowing dilemma - where are the limits of borrowing? Simplified approach in seeking answers to the previous question suggests that the borrowing capacity depends on the estimated value of the collateral of credit arrangement. However, the answer to this question should be sought thorough the analysis of the borrowers cash flows (inflows and outflows), and on the basis of such results we have to do serious examination of the abilities of borrowers capacity to repay their loans from cash flows in the future period of time.

The CAPM model was introduced by Jack Treynor, William Sharpe, John Lintner and Jan Mossin independently, building on the earlier work of Harry Markowitz on diversification and modern portfolio theory. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used in finance to determine a theoretically appropriate required rate of return (and thus the price if expected cash flows can be estimated) of an asset, if that asset is to be added to an already well diversified portfolio, given that asset's non-diversifiable risk. The CAPM formula takes into account the asset's sensitivity to systematic risk or market risk, in a number often referred to as beta (β) in the financial industry, as well as the expected return of the market and the expected return of a theoretical risk-free asset. The CAPM is a model for pricing an individual asset or a portfolio.