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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Sources of business finance

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 3 of 16

CourseAB503
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

Sources of business finance

  1. Working capital facilities
  2. Long-term debt and equity instruments
  3. Hybrid financing
  4. Venture capital and private equity
  5. Sources of Finance – Debt - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. Sources of Finance – Equity - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  7. 25. Venture Finance, Part 1

What you will be able to do

  • 2.1 Compare sources of business finance to support business plans in different business contexts.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare sources of business finance to support business plans in different business contexts.

Study materials

Videos

  • Sources of Finance – Debt - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 47 min · for registered students
  • Sources of Finance – Equity - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 52 min · for registered students
  • 25. Venture Finance, Part 1 · YouTube · Stanford · 10 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • The Business Finance Guide, The journey and finance options · Reading · Other, report; pp. 6–29 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Business 2e, ch. 16.3–16.5: Short-term, long-term and equity financing · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 543–548 · for registered students
  • The Economics of Small Business Finance: Equity and Debt in the Financial Growth Cycle · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Principles of corporate financial planning
  • Week 2: Formulating the corporate financial plan
  • Week 3: Sources of business finance
  • Week 4: Financing risks and capital structure
  • Week 5: Financial and money markets
  • Week 6: Investment appraisal and business strategy
  • Week 7: Global financial risk environment
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global financial risk management and hedging
  • Week 10: Corporate governance and financial oversight
  • Week 11: Practical implications of governance on financial control
  • Week 12: Applying Financial Planning and Control in practice: case s…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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