Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
Evaluate the role of financial management executives in corporate governance
Evaluate the role of financial market theories and financial securities
Evaluate the impact of financial decisions on cost of capital
Evaluate investment decisions and their impact on the financial position
Recommend appropriate financing options
Recommend appropriate corporate restructuring strategies
Evaluate financial decisions in the international environment
Assess the appropriateness of Islamic financing to an investment
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Course Curriculum
Unit 1 - Capital Budgeting
Unit 2 - Inflation and Taxation
Unit 3 - Project appraisal and Risk
Unit 4 - Specific Investment Decisions
Unit 5 - Risk and Return
Unit 6 - Forms of Business Finance
Unit 7 - Securities and Securities markets
Unit 8 - Valuation of Securities
Unit 9 - Cost of Capital
Unit 10 - Capital structure
Unit 11 - Adjusted Present Value
Unit 12 - Dividend Policy
Unit 13 - Corporate Restructure
Unit 14 - Mergers and Acquisitions
Unit 15 - International Finance
Unit 16 - Foreign Direct Investments
Unit 1 - Capital Budgeting Techniques
Lecture 1- Introduction to Capital Budgeting
Lecture 2 - The Payback Period Method
Lecture 3 - The Payback Period Method(Uneven cash)
Lecture 4 - Accounting Rate of Return (ARR)
Lecture 5 - Determining the ARR (Activity)
Lecture 6 - Net present Value (NPV)
Lecture 7- Determining the NPV (Activity)
Lecture 8 - Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Lecture 9 - Determining the IRR (Activity)
Lecture 10 - The Profitability Index
Lecture 11- Determining the Profitability Index
Lecture 12 - Discounted Payback Period (DPBP)
Lecture 13 - Determining the Discounted Payback
Unit 2 - Allowance for Inflation and Taxation
Lecture 1- Nominal Cashflows
Lecture 2 - The Real Cashflows
Lecture 3 - Allowance for Taxation
Unit 3 - Project Appraisal and Risk
Lecture 1- Sensitivity Analysis Explained
Lecture 2 - Calculating Sensitivity of Project Variables
Lecture 3 - Certainty Equivalent Approach
Lecture 4 - Risk/Probability Analysis
Lecture 5 - Expected Net Present Value (NPV)
Lecture 6 - Project Risk Assessment (Example)
Unit 4 - Specific Investment Decisions
Lecture 1 - Lease or Buy Decisions
Lecture 2 - Asset Replacement Decisions
Lecture 3 - Determining Optimal Replacement Cycle (Example)
Lecture 4 - Capital Rationing Explained
Lecture 5 - Optimal Investment Plan (Worked Example)
Unit 5 - Risk and Return
Lecture 1 - Concept of Return
Lecture 2 - Measurement of Return
Lecture 3 - Return of a Single Investment
Lecture 4 - Risk of a Single Investment
Lecture 5 - Return of a Portfolio
Lecture 6 - Portfolio Risk and Covariance
Lecture 7 - Calculating Portfolio Risk and Return
Unit 6 - Forms of Business Finance
Lecture 1 - Equity Financing
Lecture 2 - Debt Financing
Lecture 3 - Other Forms of Finance
Unit 7 - Securities and Finance Markets
Lecture 1 - Introduction to Finance Markets
Lecture 2 - Capital Markets
Lecture 3 - Uganda Securities Exchange (USE)
Lecture 4 - Cross Listing
Unit 8 - Valuation of Securities
Lecture 1 - Concept of Valuation of Securities
Lecture 2 - Net Asset Valuation Model
Lecture 3 - Dividend Valuation Model
Lecture 4 - Constant Dividend Growth
Lecture 5 - Non-constant Growth Model
Lecture 6 - Valuation of Debt
Lecture 7 - Interest Compound Semi-annually
Unit 9 - The Cost of Capital
Lecture 1 - Cost of Capital
Lecture 2 - Cost of Equity
Lecture 3 - Cost of Debt
Lecture 4 - Cost of Convertible Debt
Lecture 5 - Cost of Preference Shares
Lecture 6 - Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Unit 10 - Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
Lecture 1 - The CAPM Formula Explained
Lecture 2 - Systematic and Unsystematic Risk
Unit 11 - The Capital Structure
Lecture 1 - Traditional Theory
Lecture 2 - MM Theory
Lecture 3 - Pecking Order
Unit 12 - Risk Adjusted WACC and APV
Lecture 1 - Using WACC to Appraise Projects
Lecture 2 - Risk Adjusted WACC
Lecture 3 - Adjusted Present Value (APV) Technique
Lecture 4 - Using APV to Appraise a Project (Worked Example)
Unit 13 - The Dividend Policy
Lecture 1 - Dividend Policy Explained
Unit 14 - Corporate Failure & Restructuring
Lecture 1 - Corporate Failure Explained
Unit 15 - Mergers and Acquisitions
Lecture 1 - Mergers and Acquisitions Explained
Lecture 2 - Business Valuations
Unit 16 - International Finance
Lecture 1 - International Finance Explained
Lecture 2 - Political Risk Assessment
Lecture 3 - Foreign Currency Risk
Lecture 4 - Hedging
Lecture 5 - Forward Exchange Contracts
Lecture 6 - Forward Exchange Contracts ( Worked Example)
Lecture 7 - Money Markets
Lecture 8 - Money Markets (Worked Example)
Lecture 9 - Optimal Hedging Technique (Worked Example)
Unit 17 - Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
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Target Group
The course has been designed for students undertaking Advanced Financial Management under CPA(U) professional course and has been built around the official CPA(U) syllabus. The course is also designed for students pursuing a foreign accountancy qualifications such as ACCA and students undertaking advanced corporate financial management at institutions of higher learning.
CPA Innocent Mugisha is a Professor of Finance and Accounting with over 10 years' experience in teaching Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Auditing and Statistics related courses including hands-on courses on common accounting system such as tally, quickbooks and sunsystems both at University and Professional level. His qualifications are; PhD (candidate), MBA(Finance), CPA(U), FCCA, CIPS, CTA and BCOM (Accounting). Innocent has also published various books on most topics in Accounting and Finance for Business and Professional Studies.
