Acca: Afm(P4) Complete Advanced Financial Management Course

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What you'll learn
A) Explain and evaluate the role and responsibility of the senior financial executive or advisor in meeting conflicting needs of stakeholders.
B) Evaluate potential investment decisions and assessing their financial and strategic consequences, both domestically and internationally.
C) Assess and plan acquisitions and mergers as an alternative growth strategy.
D) Evaluate and advise on alternative corporate re-organisation strategies.
E) Apply and evaluate alternative advanced treasury and risk management techniques.
F) Apply a range of professional skills in addressing requirements within the Advanced Financial Management exam.
Requirements
None
Description
The aim of the syllabus is to apply relevant knowledge, and skills and exercise professional judgment as expected of a senior financial executive or advisor, in taking or recommending decisions relating to the financial management of an organization in the private and public sectors.This syllabus develops upon the core financial management knowledge and skills covered in the Financial Management syllabus and prepares candidates to advise management and/or clients on complex strategic financial management issues facing an organization.The syllabus starts by exploring the role and responsibility of a senior executive or advisor in meeting the competing needs of stakeholders within the business environment of multinationals. The syllabus then re-examines investment and financing decisions, with the emphasis moving towards the strategic consequences of making such decisions in a domestic, as well as international, context. Candidates are then expected to develop further advisory skills in planning strategic acquisitions and mergers and corporate re-organizations.The next part of the syllabus re-examines, in the broadest sense, the existence of risks in business and the sophisticated strategies which are employed in order to manage such risks. It builds on what candidates would have covered in the Financial Management syllabus.The professional skills section of the syllabus links to all others and provides a range of professional skills that the candidate must demonstrate in the exam. These professional skills will make candidates more

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Overview of Advanced Financial Management

Lecture 2 Chapter 1: The role and responsibility of senior financial executive/advisor

Lecture 3 Chapter 2: Part 1 : Financial strategy formulation

Lecture 4 Chapter 2 Part 2: Financial Strategy Formulation

Lecture 5 Chapter 3:Ethical and governance issues

Lecture 6 Chapter 4: Management of international trade and finance

Lecture 7 Chapter 5: Strategic business & financial planning for multinational companies

Lecture 8 Chapter 6: Dividend policy in multinationals and transfer pricing

Lecture 9 Chapter 7: Discounted cash flow techniques

Lecture 10 AFM Practice Tutorial 1- PYQ 2020 Dec Q1

Lecture 11 Chapter 8: Application of option pricing theory in investment decisions

Lecture 12 Chapter 9: Impact of financing on investment decisions & adjusted present value

Lecture 13 Chapter 10: Valuation and the use of free cash flows

Lecture 14 Chapter 11: International investment and financing decisions

Lecture 15 Chapter 12: Acquisitions and mergers versus other growth strategies

Lecture 16 Chapter 13: Valuation for acquisitions and mergers

Lecture 17 Chapter 14: Regulatory framework and processes

Lecture 18 Chapter 15: Financing acquisitions and mergers

Lecture 19 Chapter 16: Financial reconstruction

Lecture 20 Chapter 17: Business re-organisation

Lecture 21 Chapter 18: The role of the treasury function in multinationals

Lecture 22 Chapter 19 Part 1: Use of financial derivatives to hedge against forex risk

Lecture 23 Chapter 19 Part 2: Use of financial derivatives to hedge against forex risk

Lecture 24 Chapter 20: Part 1: Use of fin derivatives to hedge against interest rate risk

Lecture 25 Chapter 20: Part 2: Use of fin derivatives to hedge against interest rate

ACCA Students or anyone who wants to deepen his/her financial management knowledge.