Finance for Financial Managers

Introduction to Finance

• The difference between Finance and accounting
• The importance of finance in decision making
• Types of financial reports
• Types of financial statements
• The six core contents of any financial report.
• The Statement of Financial position “Helicopter view”
• The Income Statement
• The Statement of Cash Flow
• The Changes in Owners’ Equity
• The types of managers in decision making
• Ratios analysis and decision making
  • The Liquidity Analysis
  • The Profitability Analysis
  • Financial leverage analysis
  • Performance Analysis
  • Cash flow analysis
  • Market Ratio Analysis

Analysis

• Horizontal AnaThlysis
• The statement of Financial Position
• Income Statement
• Vertical Analysis
• The statement of Financial Position
• Income Statement
• The Du-Pont Analysis
• The Models Analysis
• Comprehensive Case Study
• Real Case Studies

Investment Risk and Portfolio Management

• Types of Risk
• Systematic Risk vs. Unsystematic Risk
• Major Types of Risks
  • Credit Risk
  • Foreign Exchange Risk
  • Interest Rate Risk
  • Political Risk
• Risk vs. Return
• Expected Return Calculations
• Diversification Techniques
• Calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital
  • Calculate the cost of Equity

Financial Instruments and Cost of Capital

• What is the Financial Risks?
• Business Risk Calculations
• Operational Leverage and Business Risk
• Financial Risks Calculations
• Financial Leverage and Financial Risks
• Financial Risk Management Strategies.
• Other Long Term Financing Tools
  • Lease
  • Convertible Securities
  • Warrants
  • Retained Earnings.

Raising Capital, Corporate Restructuring and International Finance

• Types of Financial Markets
• Market Efficiency
  • Strong Form
  • Semi Strong Form
  • Weak Form

Dividends

• Cash Dividends
• Stock Dividends
• Stock Split

Corporate Restructuring

• Merge
• Acquisition
• Leverage Buyout

Review