Financial Management & Policy

PART I FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCE

1. Goals and Functions of Finance
2. Financial Environment of India
3. Time Value of Money
4. Concepts in Valuation
5. Market Risk and Returns
6. Multivariate and Factor Variation
7. Option Valuation

PART II INVESTMENTS IN ASSESTS AND REQUIRED RETURNS

8. Principles of capital investment
9. Risk and Real options in capital Budgeting
10. Creating Value Through required Return

PART III FINANCING AND DIVIDEND POLICIES

11. Theory of Capital Structure
12. Making Capital Decisions
13. Dividends and Share Repurchase

PART IV TOOLS OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL

14. Financial ratio Analysis
15. Financial Planning

PART V LIQUIDITY AND OWRKING CAPITAL

16. Liquidity, Cash and Marketable Securities
17. Management of Account Receivables
18. Management of Inventories
19. Liability management and short medium term financing

PART VI CAPITAL MARKET FINANCING AND RISK MAANGEMENT

20. Foundations for long term financing
21. Lease Financing
22. Issuing Securities
23. Fixed Income Financing
24. Hybrid Financing Through Equity linked securities
25. Emerging methods of financing
26. Managing Financial Risk

PART VII EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION

27. Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control
28. Corporate and Distress Restructuring
29. International Financial Management
30. Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility
Salient Features
Three new chapters-;‘Financial Environment in India’, ‘Emerging Methods of Financing’, and ‘Corporate Governance and Sustainability’
Several new case studies from companies like Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Hindustan Unilever Limited, Hero Honda Motors, Apollo Tyres and Reliance Power
Extensive coverage of relevant topics such as efficient markets, share repurchase, empirical evidence, annuity, electronic funds transfers and loan pricing.
Expanded coverage of topics like time value of money, methods of capital budgeting, leverage-financial and operating, inventory management and receivables management