Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

• Introduction to Corporate Finance
  • Concept of Corporate Finance
  • Functions of Corporate Finance
  • The Financial Goal
  • Corporate Finance and Other Functional Areas
  • Financial Manager’s Responsibilities
• Financial Instruments, Markets and Institutions
  • Concept of Financial Instruments
  • Money Market and Capital Market Instruments
  • Derivative Securities and Mutual Fund Units
  • Concept of Financial markets
  • Types of Financial Markets
  • Depository and Non-depository Financial Institutions.
  • Concept of Financial Institutions
• Financial Statement Analysis
  • Introduction to Financial Statement
  • Framework for Financial Analysis
  • Nature and Need of Financial Ratio Analysis
  • Limitations of Financial Ratios
  • Types of Financial Ratios
  • DuPont System of Financial Ratio Analysis
• Time Value of Money
  • Concept of Time Value of Money
  • Cash Flow Time Line
  • Future Value of a Single Cash Flow
  • Present Value of a Single Cash Flow
  • Computing Annuity Payments, Periods and Interest Rate
  • Computing the Interest Rate and the Number of Years
  • Future Value of Annuities
  • Present Value of Annuities
  • Application of Time Value of Money
  • Future Value of Uneven Cash Flow Stream
  • Preparation of Loan Amortization Schedule
  • Present Value of Perpetuities
  • Present Value of Uneven Cash Flow Stream
  • Semiannual and other Compounding Periods
  • Solving for Interest Rate with Uneven Cash Flows
• Financial Assets Valuation
  • Concept of Financial Assets
  • Basic Financial Asset Valuation Model
  • Bond Yields
  • Concept of Bonds
  • Dividend Discount Model for Common Stock Valuation
  • Meaning of Common Stocks
  • Meaning of Preferred Stock
  • Valuation of Bonds
  • Valuation of Preferred Stock
• Basics of Capital Budgeting
  • Concept of Capital Budgeting
  • Capital Budgeting Decision Process
  • Types of Capital Budgeting Projects
  • Capital Budgeting Decision Techniques
• Raising Capital
  • Concept of Long-term Financing
  • Common Stocks
  • Long-Term Debt
  • Methods of Selling Securities
  • Preferred Stocks
  • Sources of Long-Term Financing
• Capital Structure and Leverage
  • Concept of Capital Structure
  • Determinants of Capital Structure
  • Optimal Capital Structure
  • Business Risk and Operating Leverage
  • Financial Risk and Financial Leverage
  • Total Leverage
• Working Capital Management
  • Concept of Working Capital
  • Types of Working Capital
  • Factors Affecting Size of Working Capital
  • Concept of Working Capital Management
  • The Operating Cycle
  • Working Capital Requirement
  • Cash Conversion Cycle