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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Investment appraisal and business strategy

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 6 of 16

CourseAB503
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Investment appraisal and business strategy

  1. Discounted cash flow techniques
  2. Non-discounted appraisal methods
  3. Capital rationing under constraints
  4. Strategic risk-adjusted hurdle rates
  5. Discounted Cash Flow Further Aspects, Capital Rationing - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. WACC vs hurdle rate

What you will be able to do

  • 2.4 Explain the techniques used in the development of a business investment strategy.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the techniques used in the development of a business investment strategy.

Study materials

Videos

  • Discounted Cash Flow Further Aspects, Capital Rationing - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 27 min · for registered students
  • WACC vs hurdle rate · YouTube · The Finance Storyteller · 6 min · for registered students
  • When (and when not!) to use the WACC for Investment appraisal · YouTube · OpenTuition · 13 min · for registered students
  • Discounted Cash Flow – Internal Rate of Return - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 19 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 1) · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 34 min · for registered students
  • INVESTMENT APPRAISAL (PART 4) · YouTube · FOG Accountancy Tutorials · 15 min · for registered students
  • Discounted Cash Flow Further Aspects, Replacement - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 26 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Accounting, Volume 2: Managerial Accounting, ch. 11: Capital Budgeting Decisions · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 517–564 · for registered students
  • Managerial Accounting, ch. 8: How Is Capital Budgeting Used to Make Decisions? · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 472–540 · for registered students
  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 16.5: Choosing between projects · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 480–485 · 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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