AFMTextbook Syllabus

The role and responsibility of senior financial executive/advisor

Financial strategy formulation

Ethical and governance issues

Management of international trade and finance

Strategic business and financial planning for multinationals

Dividend policy in multinationals and transfer pricing

Discounted cash flow techniques

Application of option pricing theory in investment decisions

Impact of financing on investment decisions and APV

Valuation and the use of free cash flows

International investment and financing decisions

Cost of Capital - Intro

Cost of equity

Cost of debt

Advanced cost of capital

Acquisitions and mergers versus other growth strategies

Valuation for acquisitions and mergers

Regulatory framework and processes

Financing acquisitions and mergers

Financial reconstruction

Business re-organisation

The role of the treasury function in multinationals

The use of financial derivatives to hedge against forex risk

The use of financial derivatives to hedge against interest rate risk