International Certification in Finance Management

Part I: introduction to Financial Management

• An overview of Financial Management
• Financial statements, cash flow, and taxes
• Analysis of financial statements
• The financial environment: markets, institutions, and interest rates

Part II: Fundamental Concepts in Financial Management

• Risk and rates of return
• Time value of money

Part III: Financial Assets

• Bonds and their valuation
• Stocks and their valuation

Part IV: Investing in long-term assets: Capital Budgeting

• The cost of capital
• The basics of capital budgeting
• Cash flow estimation and risk analysis
• Other topics in capital budgeting

Part V: Capital structure and dividend policy

• Capital structure and leverage
• Distributions to shareholders: dividends and share repurchases

Part VI: Working Capital Management

• Managing current Part IV: Investing in long-term assets: capital rent assets
• Financing current assets

Part VII: special topics in Financial Management

• Financial planning and forecasting
• Derivatives and risk management
• Multinational Financial Management
• Hybrid financing: preferred stock, leasing, warrants, and convertibles
• Mergers and acquisitions