ACCA P4 - Advanced Financial Management

Course details

To apply relevant knowledge, skills and exercise professional judgement as expected of a senior financial executive or advisor, in taking or recommending decisions relating to the financial management of an organisation in private and public sectors.

Course Topics:

• Introduction to AFM  
  
• Introduction to Investment Appraisal  
  
• Payback, Discounted payback and Duration  
  
• Accounting Rate of Return  
  
• NPV  
  
• IRR  
  
• MIRR  
  
• Sensivity Analysis  
  
• Value at Risk  
  
• Other NPV related Decisions  
  
• Free Cash Flow  
  
• Real Options  
  
• Greeks  
  
• Adjusted Present Value  
  
• International Investment Appraisal  
  
• Economic Environment  
  
• Source of Finance  
  
• Cost of Equity  
  
• Cost of debt  
  
• WACC  
  
• Gearing Theory  
  
• Equity Valuation 
• Payment Method  
• Traded Debt Valuation  
  
• Bond Valuation Exam Question  
  
• Macaulay Duration  
  
• Business reconstructions  
  
• Past Question for Business reconstructions  
  
• Pilot paper Q3 MBO  
• Foreign Exchange Rate Risk Management 
• Interest rate risk management Overview  
  
• Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)  
  
• Interest Rate Future  
  
• Interest Rate SWAP  
  
• Interest rate swap June2012 Q3 (Updated)  
  
• Interest Rate Option on future  
  
• Interest Rate Collar Hedge  
  
• Interest rate guarantee  
  
• Dividend Policy Decision  
  
• Current Issues 

The Exam

• Section A: 2 questions: 50 marks in total.
• Section B: 2 questions with 25 marks each.
• Passing marks: 50 marks.
• Total marks: 100 marks.
• Time: 3 hours and 15 minutes.

What's included in the course?

• Prerecorded tutor led videos (whole syllabus) - about 25-50 sessions/paper
  
• Tuition study note 
  
• Prerecorded exam technique tutor led videos - 5 sessions
  
• Prerecorded past exam questions walk through sessions - 10 sessions
  
• Revision study note
  
• Article library with latest exam related articles
  
• Mock exam
  
• Exam Tips
  
• Tutor support (Email with 24 hours reply)
  
• Pass guarantee (If you do not pass the exam, you can use the course again until you pass)*
  

Exam Dates

• September 2018
  
• December 2018
  

*Students must submit the mock exam to us for marking and provide their ACCA student information in order to enjoy the pass guarantee service. Pass guarantee service means that if students can not pass the ACCA paper, students can enjoy the free updates of the course until they pass it.

**Exam registration and separate payment will be done at ACCA's official website, and the test will be facilitated at an approved testing centre.