Student during this course will be able to:
- To identify the primary activities of the financial manager and to describe the legal forms of business organization.
- To contrast the functions of financial institutions and financial markets
- To understand the conceptual framework of financial management and the role of the financial manager in maximizing the value of the firm.
- To understand the concepts of future value and present value of both an ordinary annuity and an annuity due, and find the present value of an annuity
- To apply the basic valuation model to bonds and explain the Yield To Maturity (YTM).
- To discuss the free cash flow evaluation model and the book value and price earnings ratio (P/E) multiple approaches.
- Specific attention is given to present value and capital budgeting; risk and asset pricing, financial analysis and forecasting; financial decisions and market efficiency; working capital; investment in capital assets.