A. Role and responsibility towards stakeholders
1. Conflicting stakeholder interests
2. The role and responsibility of senior financial executive/advisor
3. Impact of environmental issues on corporate objectives and on governance
4. Financial strategy formulation
5. Ethical issues in financial management
B. Advanced investment appraisal
1. Discounted cash flow techniques and the use of free cash flows
2. Impact of financing on investment decisions and adjusted present values
3. Application of option pricing theory in investment decisions
4. International investment and financing decisions
5. Impact of capital investment on financial reporting
C. Acquisitions and mergers
1. Acquisitions and mergers versus other growth strategies
2. Valuation for acquisitions and mergers
3. Regulatory framework and processes
4. Financing acquisitions and mergers
D. Corporate reconstruction and re-organisation
1. Predicting corporate failure
2. Financial reconstruction
3. Business re-organisation
E. Treasury and advanced risk management techniques
1. The role of the treasury function in multinationals
2. The use of financial derivatives to hedge against forex risk
3. The use of financial derivatives to hedge against interest rate risk
4. Other forms of risk
5. Dividend policy in multinationals and transfer pricing
F. Economic environment for multinationals
1. Management of international trade and finance
2. Strategic business and financial planning for multinationals
G. Emerging issues in finance and financial management
1. Developments in world financial markets
2. Financial engineering and emerging derivative products
3. Developments in international trade and finance