ATD 011: Fundamentals of Finance - Globopoint Learning Centre

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GENERAL OBJECTIVE

This unit covers the competencies required to manage finances in an organisation . Competencies include: Applying finance concepts in evaluating financial implications of relevant business decisions, applying time value of money principles in evaluating financing and investment decisions, evaluating appropriate source of business finance, applying appropriate capital budgeting techniques, maintaining liquidity through appropriate working capital management, applying risk and return concepts in making optimal investment decisions, identifying concepts that inform dividend decision making process and identifying finance and investment opportunities using Islamic finance concepts.

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Apply finance concepts to manage finance in an organisation
Apply time value of money principles to evaluate financing and investment decisions
Determine the optimal cost of capital of an organisation
Make capital budgeting decision using appropriate techniques
Make working capital management decisions using appropriate methods
Apply risk and return concepts to make optimal investment decisions
Identify concepts that inform the dividend decision making process
Apply valuation models to determine the value of securities

Course Content

APPLY FINANCE CONCEPTS TO MANAGE FINANCE IN AN ORGANISATION.

Nature and scope of finance

27:04
Relationship between accounting and finance

19:32
Finance Functions

13:15
Goals/Objectives of a Firm

21:23
Agency Theory

11:22
The nature of agency relationships

16:45
Causes of conflict in each relationship and suggested remedial measures

24:16

EVALUATE APPROPRIATE SOURCE OF BUSINESS FINANCE

APPLY TIME VALUE OF MONEY PRINCIPLES TO EVALUATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS

APPLYING VALUATION MODELS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF SECURITIES

DETERMINE COST OF CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS ENTITY

APPLY APPROPRIATE PROJECT APPRAISAL TECHNIQUE TO MAKE CAPITAL BUDGETING DECESIONS

Nature and importance of capital investment decisions

08:30
Characteristics of capital investment decisions

07:35
Types of capital investment decisions

06:49
Capital investment cash flows:

13:24
The features of an ideal capital budgeting technique:

10:17
Capital Budgeting techniques

01:01:25
Merits and demerits of each capital budgeting technique

07:51
Conflict between NPV and IRR in Ranking Projects

08:01
Practical challenges of capital budgeting in the real world

12:23

MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY THROUGH APPROPRIATE WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

APPLY RISK AND RETURN CONCEPTS TO MAKE OPTIMAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS

IDENTIFY CONCEPTS THAT INFORM THE DIVIDEND DECISION MAKING PROCESS

IDENTIFY FINANCE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES USING ISLAMIC FINANCE CONCEPTS

REVISION QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

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Course Content

APPLY FINANCE CONCEPTS TO MANAGE FINANCE IN AN ORGANISATION.

Nature and scope of finance

Relationship between accounting and finance

Finance Functions

Goals/Objectives of a Firm

Agency Theory

The nature of agency relationships

Causes of conflict in each relationship and suggested remedial measures

EVALUATE APPROPRIATE SOURCE OF BUSINESS FINANCE

Factors to consider when choosing a source of finance

Sources of finance

Types of finance

The nature of each source of funds

Characteristics for sources based on

Merits and demerit for:

Sources of finance for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Challenges encountered by SMEs in raising capital and remedial measures

APPLY TIME VALUE OF MONEY PRINCIPLES TO EVALUATE FINANCING AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS

The Time value of money

Estimating cash flows

Preparation of the loan amortization schedule

APPLYING VALUATION MODELS TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF SECURITIES

Nature and scope of valuation models

Relevance of valuation of securities

Concept of value

Valuation of:

DETERMINE COST OF CAPITAL FOR BUSINESS ENTITY

The Cost of capital

Components of cost of capital

The firm’s overall cost of capital:

Limitations of the weighted average cost of capital

APPLY APPROPRIATE PROJECT APPRAISAL TECHNIQUE TO MAKE CAPITAL BUDGETING DECESIONS

Nature and importance of capital investment decisions

Characteristics of capital investment decisions

Types of capital investment decisions

Capital investment cash flows:

The features of an ideal capital budgeting technique:

Capital Budgeting techniques

Merits and demerits of each capital budgeting technique

Conflict between NPV and IRR in Ranking Projects

Practical challenges of capital budgeting in the real world

MAINTAIN LIQUIDITY THROUGH APPROPRIATE WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Nature and importance of working capital management

Factors influencing working capital needs of a firm based on the:

Working capital operating cycle

Working capital financing policies

APPLY RISK AND RETURN CONCEPTS TO MAKE OPTIMAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS

The nature of risk and return

Distinction between risk-free and risky assets

Sources of risk

Expected Return

Risk

Relationship between risk and return on investment/Risk return trade off

IDENTIFY CONCEPTS THAT INFORM THE DIVIDEND DECISION MAKING PROCESS

Factors influencing the dividend decision of a firm

Forms of dividend payment

The firm’s dividend policy

Dividend payment process

Dividend theories

IDENTIFY FINANCE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES USING ISLAMIC FINANCE CONCEPTS

History of Islamic finance

The nature of Islamic finance:

Principles of Islamic finance

Differences between Islamic and conventional finance

The concept of interest (riba) and how returns are made by Islamic financial securities

Islamic finance drivers

Regulation of Islamic finance institutions

Emerging issues and trends

REVISION QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

ATD Fundamentals Of Finance December 2022 Q1

ATD Fundamentals Of Finance December 2022 Q2

ATD Fundamentals Of Finance December 2022 Q3

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ATD Fundamentals Of Finance December 2022 Q5

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