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Level 5 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Global financial risk management and hedging

AB503 · Financial Planning and Control — Week 9 of 16

CourseAB503
Week9 of 16
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This week’s topics

Global financial risk management and hedging

  1. Forward contracts and currency futures
  2. Interest rate and currency swaps
  3. Financial options
  4. Natural hedging and operational diversification
  5. Currency Futures, Options - ACCA Financial Management (FM)
  6. Forward contracts - ACCA Financial Management (FM)

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Evaluate risk management techniques used in business.
  • 3.3 Apply techniques used by a business that reduces exposure to global financial risks.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate risk management techniques used in business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Currency Futures, Options - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 47 min · for registered students
  • Forward contracts - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 18 min · for registered students
  • Money market hedging - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 25 min · for registered students
  • Interest Rate Risk Management - ACCA Financial Management (FM) · YouTube · OpenTuition · 43 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Principles of Finance 2e, ch. 20: Risk Management and the Financial Manager · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 599–629 · for registered students
  • MIT 15.401 Finance Theory I, lecture notes: Forward and Futures Contracts · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals, ch. 5: The Evolution of Risk Management: Enterprise Risk Management · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 185–229 · 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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