Chapter1Financialmanagementandfinancialobjectives
1Thenatureandpurposeoffinancialmanagement
2Financialobjectivesandtherelationshipwithcorporatestrategy
3Stakeholders
4Measuringtheachievementofcorporateobjectives
5Encouragingtheachievementofstakeholderobjectives
6Not-for-profitorganisations
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Chapter2Theeconomicenvironmentforbusiness
SyllabusOverview
1Outlineofmacroeconomicpolicy
2Fiscalpolicy
3Monetaryandinterestratepolicy
4Exchangerates
5Competitionpolicy
6Governmentassistanceforbusiness&7Greenpolicies&8Corporategovernanceregulation
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Chapter3Financialmarketsandinstitutions
1Financialintermediaries&2Moneymarketsandcapitalmarkets
3Internationalmoneyandcapitalmarkets&4Ratesofinterestandratesofreturn
5Moneymarketinstruments
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Chapter4WorkingCapital
1Thenatureofworkingcapital&2Objectivesofworkingcapital&3Roleofworkingcapitalmanagement
4Thecashoperatingcycle
5Liquidityratios
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Chapter5Managingworkingcapital
1Managinginventories
2Managingaccountreceivable
3Managingaccountpayable
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Chapter6Workingcapitalfinance
1Themanagementofcash
2Cashflowforecasts
3Treasurymanagement
4Cashmanagementmodels
5Investingsurpluscash
6Workingcapitalfundingstrategies
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Chapter7Investmentdecision
1Investmentandthecapitalbudgetingprocess
2Relevantcashflows
3Paybackperiod
4Returnoncapitalemployed
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Chapter8InvestmentappraisalusingDCFmethods
1Discountedcashflow
2Thenetpresentvaluemethod
3Theinternalrateofreturnmethod&4NPVandIRRcompared
5AssessmentofDCFmethodsofprojectappraisal
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Chapter9Allowingforinflationandtaxation
1Allowingforinflation
2Allowingfortaxation&3NPVlayout
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Chapter10Projectappraisalandrisk
1Riskanduncertainty
2Sensitivityanalysis
3Probabilityanalysis
4Otherriskadjustmenttechniques
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Chapter11Specificinvestmentdecisions
1Leaseorbuydecisions
2Assetreplacementdecisions
3Capitalrationing
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Chapter12Sourcesoffinance
1Short-termsourcesoffinance
2Debtfinance
3Venturecapital
4Equityfinance
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Chapter13Dividendpolicy
1Internalsourcesoffinance&2Dividendpolicy
2Dividendpolicy
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Chapter14Gearingandcapitalstructure
1Gearing
2Effectonshareholderwealth&3Financeforsmallandmedium-sizedentities
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Chapter15Thecostofcapital
1Costofcapital
2Dividendgrowthmodel
3Capitalassetpricingmodel(CAPM)
4Costofdebt
5Weightedaveragecostofcapital(WACC)
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Chapter16Capitalstructure
1Capitalstructuretheories
2Impactofcostofcapitaloninvestments
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Chapter17Businessvaluations
1Thenatureandpurposeofbusinessvaluations&2Assetvaluationbases
3Income-basedvaluationbases
4Cashflowbasedvaluationmodels&5Valuationofdebt
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Chapter18Marketefficiency
1Theefficientmarkethypothesis
2Thevaluationofshares
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Chapter19Foreigncurrencyrisk
1Exchangerates&2Foreigncurrencyrisk
3Thecausesofexchangeratefluctuations
4Foreigncurrencyriskmanagement
5Foreigncurrencyderivatives
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Chapter20Interestraterisk
1Interestrates&2Interestraterisk
3Thecausesofinterestratefluctuations&4Interestrateriskmanagement