The module explains the monitoring of financial performance in conjunction with a set of financial decisions. Topics covered will include: Appraisal of Investment Decisions using DCF (including the APV technique) and non-DCF techniques inclusive of the effects of risk, taxation, inflation, different project lives, capital rationing; Deriving the cost of capital and adjusting it to reflect the business and financial risks of the project; identifying relevant FCFs of the project; Risk, return and diversification including Portfolio Theory; Market models; CAPM, APT; Capital structure of a firm: does it matter? Dividend policy: does it matter? Treasury and risk Management (short-term financial planning, working capital management and hedging techniques for interest rate and foreign exchange risks). Acquisition and Mergers. The overseas investment decision and its implications. |
Administrative assistant: TASLIMA BOODHUN-JHUMKA
Telephone: 4037400
Email: t.boodhun@uom.ac.mu |