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COURSE OBJECTIVE
This program focuses on the key concepts and techniques of strategic financial management, which has as its key aim the creation of corporate value over the long run. Financial management relies crucially on two principal activities which are extensively examined in the program: one is the investment decision, that is, putting productive assets on the balance sheet; and two, the financing decision, which is concerned with optimal capital structuring on the liability side, that is, the use of debt in relation to equity.
This course is crucial for all financial managers who require a rigorous understanding of how corporate value creation is linked to the timing and riskiness of cash flows and the cost of capital. The participant will gain practical insight into the management of working capital, the performance of financial analysis, including an examination of the relevant metrics and value drivers in managing the business, as well as consideration of the sources of long-term financing to the firm. Attention is also given to financial distress and corporate restructuring issues as well as the development of strategic business plans.
Who Should Attend?
- CFOs
- Financial managers
- Financial controllers
- Internal auditors
- Strategic planners
- Business analysts
Course Outline
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Course Background and Overview
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Delegate introductions and course objectives
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High level overview of course content
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Corporate Financial Information
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Value of the annual report
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Understanding the mandatory and discretionary sections of the annual report
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Information available in the annual report
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Risk assessment documents in annual report
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Core Accounting Concepts
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Clarifying the distinction between financial accounting and management accounting
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Frameworks and how financial accounting works
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Useful management accounting information to obtain to analyse if available
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Balance sheet or statement of financial position
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Income statement or statement of comprehensive income
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Cash flow statement
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Different accounting standards and their impact on analysts
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IFRS and IFRS for SME
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Working Capital and Liquidity Issues
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Review of working capital ratios
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Components of working capital
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How working capital ratios are determined
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Interpreting the working capital ratios and what action should be taken
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Assessing the working capital cycle
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What it means; comparison to peer groups; how to draw conclusions
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Extensive examination of working capital and liquidity issues
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Extracting potential for improving performance and results
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Deeper look into the cash flow statements and how to use them
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Looking back at corporate scandals
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Overview of significant scandals
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WorldCom
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Bernie Madoff
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Enron
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Application of Advanced Ratio Analysis
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Detailed examination of financial ratios linking financial statements and practical realities of the business
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Profitability and return ratios
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Short term solvency and liquidity ratios
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Long term solvency and stability ratios
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Information through comparison
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Structured approach on gearing (leverage) distinguishing between financial and operational gearing
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Establishing the link between performance and risk taking
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Using the DuPont Framework for Assessing Performance
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Detailed examination of financial ratios linking financial statements and practical realities of the business
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Discussion of the three levers in the DuPont analysis
- Earnings and efficiency in earnings
- Ability to turn assets into profit
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Finding the red flags
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Preparing board / senior executive briefings on company versus peer performance
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Long Run (Strategic) Investment Decisions
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Importance of long-term investment decisions
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Magnitude and frequency
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How do we know if we are creating value
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Management motivation / incentives and agency risks
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Long Run (Strategic) Investment Decisions
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Importance of long-term investment decisions
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Magnitude and frequency
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How do we know if we are creating value
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Management motivation / incentives and agency risks
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Investment Analysis – Core Concepts and Principles
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Developing a conceptual distinction between value creation and destruction
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Techniques and methods of screening tools and methodologies used to evaluate investment alternatives of both cash and profit based approaches
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Overview of the differences of cash and profit based approaches assessing each of their relative strengths and weaknesses
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Process of reconciling cash to EBITDA
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Investment Analysis – Core Concepts and Principles (continued)
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Techniques and methods of screening tools and methodologies used to evaluate investment alternatives of both cash and profit based approaches
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Capital investment appraisal – relevant costs and discounted cash flow techniques
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Tackling multicurrency investment appraisals
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How to effectively use expected values in NPV calculations
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The use of sensitivity analysis for reviewing and assessing the strength and comfort of cash flow models
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Determining the Cost of Capital
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Strong emphasis on understanding a company’s cost of capital and relationship to cash flow risks.
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Demystifying risk betas and the capital asset pricing model (CAPM)
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The building blocks of systematic and unsystematic risk
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Determining financial risk
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The underpinnings of how to assess business risk
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Developing a weighted average cost of capital (WACC) for a business
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Modigliani and Miller’s capital structure theory
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Impact of using debt in the capital mix and assumptions about taxation
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Impact of dividend policy and why it does or does not matter in corporate valuation considering Modigliani and Miller and current thinking
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Tackling Financial Risk with Adjusted Present Value
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How to independently assess business and financial risk
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Effective use of debt to impact project viability
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Advanced Appraisal Techniques with Real Options
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Strategic aspects relating to corporate expansion
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Core concepts and principles of using real options to assess project viability
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Corporate Valuations
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Methodologies and approaches
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Earnings, assets and cash-based methods
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How to use dividend valuation, price / earnings and EBITA multiples
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Options based valuations – putting numbers to more complex valuation exercises
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Analyzing and Assessing Different Sources of Finance
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Evaluating and determining corporate long-term funding strategies and sourcing appropriate finance
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Reviewing the latest as well as traditional financing options available
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Using quasi debt structures such as convertible loans with a discussion of the pros and cons as to the reasons when this option is or is not appropriate
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Equity finance with venture capital (VC) funding
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Specific and general borrowing costs
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Crowd funding concepts and principles
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Capital Raising with Islamic Finance
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How Islamic finance is evolving to more mainstream finance and expanding its international reach and relevance
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Advantages of raising capital with Islamic finance
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Long Term Liability Structuring
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Getting the structure right
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Managing asset / liability relationship
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Risk identification
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Interest rate
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Currency
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Advanced financial management tools
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Managing interest rates
- Transformation of long-term interest rate structure
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Tackling currency risk
- Cross currency borrowings
- Currency swaps
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Negotiating Financial Difficulties
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The challenges of corporate integration and restructuring - the do’s and don’ts
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Methodology of a financial restructuring
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Approach to assess if a reconstruction is viable
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The underpinnings of a reconstruction plan
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Effective Advocacy Documents
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Preparing financial reports and executive briefings on investment appraisal analysis
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Structure and content of executive / internal reports on financial analysis
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The use of ratios / key financial data to convey pros and cons of investment alternatives
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Importance of effective advocacy documents in raising finance
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Effective use of business plans
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Impactful information memoranda
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Bond and debt memoranda
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Vendor
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