Financial Management

Meaning, Nature, Scope, Importance and Objectives of Financial Management; Functions of a chief financial officer; Sources of finance- Long term and Short term; Indian financial system-structure and functions.

Time value of money-Compounding and Discounting concept and its applications; Risk and Return – Risk of a single asset, portfolio theory and risk diversification, Systematic and unsystematic risk, Capital Asset pricing model (CAPM)- Conceptual knowledge only.

Management of working capital- Meaning, Estimation of working capital requirements, Working capital financing by banks; Cash and Marketable securities management- Meaning and Principles of cash management; Treasury Management- Meaning, Functions of Treasury department; Receivables management- Meaning and importance; Inventory management- Meaning, objectives and techniques-Economic order quantity, Re-order point, Fixing stock levels.

Cost of Capital- Meaning, Cost of Debt, Preference and Equity Capital, Weighted average cost of capital; Capital Budgeting: Concept, need and objectives; Methods of capital budgeting –Average Rate of Return, Payback period, Net present value, Internal Rate of Return, Profitability Index.

Leverage- Meaning, types of leverages and their significance; Capital Structure-Meaning, considerations in capital structure planning, value of firm and capital structure; Dividend Policy- Meaning, Factors affecting dividend decisions, Alternative forms of dividends, Types of dividend policies, Dividend policy models