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Advanced Financial Management (AFM)
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Free Advanced Financial Management (AFM) study notes for ACCA students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
A. Role of senior financial adviser in the multinational organisation
The role and responsibility of senior financial executive/advisor
Financial strategy formulation
Corporate environmental, social, governance (ESG) and ethical issues
Management of international trade and finance
Strategic business and financial planning for multinational organisations
Dividend policy in multinationals and transfer pricing
B. Advanced investment appraisal
Discounted cash flow techniques
Application of option pricing theory in investment decisions
Impact of financing on investment decisions and adjusted present values
Valuation and the use of free cash flows
International investment and financing decisions
C. Acquisitions and mergers
Acquisitions and mergers versus other growth strategies
Valuation for acquisitions and mergers
Regulatory framework and processes
Financing acquisitions and mergers
D. Corporate reconstruction and re-organisation
Financial reconstruction
Business re-organisation
E. Treasury and advanced risk management techniques
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
F. Professional skills
Communication
Analysis and evaluation
Scepticism
Commercial acumen
G. Employability and technology skills
Use computer technology to efficiently access and manipulate relevant information
Work on relevant response options, using available functions and technology, as would be required in the workplace
Navigate windows and computer screens to create and amend responses to exam requirements, using the appropriate tools
Present data and information effectively, using the appropriate tools
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