Advanced Financial Management

UNIT DESCRIPTION
This paper is intended to equip the candidate with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will
enable him/her to apply advanced financial management techniques and methods in a practical
work environment in both private and public sectors.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
A candidate who passes this paper should be able to:
 Make advanced capital budgeting decisions and make appropriate capital structure
decisions for an organisation
 Evaluate portfolios and apply the capital asset pricing model and other multifactor
Models in financial decision making
 Apply the relevant models and skills in prediction of corporate failure
 Apply derivatives in financial risk management and apply international finance concepts.
 Evaluate mergers and acquisitions
 Undertake corporate restructuring and re-organisation
 Apply valuation techniques in real estate finance.