Seminars and Workshops

Executive Programs                                           

 

Finance & Investment Management

 

 

 
  Designed for Executive Managers

Ref. No.

Subject

Duration

(Days)

Brief Description

02 100

Feasibility Study - How to write?

1
  • Why projects need to a feasibility studies?
  • Who are the beneficiaries?
  • What are the tools used to assess feasibility of a project?
  • ...
02 101

Business Plan - How to Write?

1
  • The common language amongst financial institutions and providers of financial facilities?
  • Important items being left out in the feasibility study!
  • ...
02 102

Understanding Financial Statements

1
  • Demonstrating the dynamic inter-relationship of cash-flows activated by management decisions.
  • The Basic decisions
  • The Major Financial Statements
  • The context within which the financial analysis takes place.
  • ...
02 103

Managing Operating Fund

1
  • The Funds Flow Cycle involved in any business
  • Types of Funds Committed (uses) and Sources of Funds available
  • ....
02 104

Assessment of Business Performance

1
  • The Essential Aspects of Financial Statements as a Basis for Appraising Business Performance.
  • The Key Groups interested in Business Performance
  • .....
02 105

Financial Forecasting

1
  • The Principle of Financial Projection
  • Pro Forma Statements
  • Different Types of Budgets
  • Sensitivity Analysis
  • ...
02 106

Break-Even Analysis

1
  • Major dynamics of Business Syatems
  • Concept of Leverage
  • The impact of fixed elements on overall results
  • Operating Leverage
  • Financial Leverage
  • The Basic financial Growth Model
  • Determining Sustainability Growth
  • Integrated Financial Plan
  • ...
02 107

Capital Budgeting (Managing Long-Term Investment)

1
  • Discussing the Basic Analytical Framework for Investment Analysis in broad context of Capital Budgeting.
  • Time-Adjusted Concepts and Measures
  • Future Cost & Benefit
  • Incremental Cash Flows
  • Sunk Cost
  • PayBack, Rate of Return, ....
  • ....
02 108

International Finance &

Project Financing Management

2
  • Global Financial Institutions - Main Players
  • The Markets (FOREX, Stock Markets, Forward & Futures)
  • The Hedgers, Speculators,..
  • The Derivative Market
  • Project Financing
  • Interest Rates, LIBOR, EURIBOR, ...
02 109

Corporate Cash Management

1
  • Cash Flow Controlling: Issues & Instruments
  • Cash Flow Statement
  • Cash Flow Forecasting & Budgeting
  • ....
02 110

The Economy of Management

2
  • Understanding the Economy of Business
  • Behavior Paradigm
  • The Market Structure
  • ...
02 111

Managing Investment in Securities

3
  • Financial Markets: Monetary & Capital
  • Securities: Preferred and Ordinary Stocks
  • Constructing a meaningful stock portfolios
  • Risk Assessment Approach to Cost of Common Equity - CAPM
  • ....
02 112

Financing Methods

3
  • Time-Value of Money
  • Financial & Capital Structure
  • Cost of Capital
  • ...
02 113

Budgeting for non-Financial Staff

5
  • What Budgets are and what they may be used for
  • The purpose and uses of the Sales, Operations and Management Budgets
  • Setting Effective Budgetary Objectives
  • ...
02 114

Cost Engineering

5
  • How to Maximize the Use of Resources?
  • The Tools to Measure Results against Goals.
  • Selecting The Costing Measurements System
  • Report-Based-Pricing
  • Improving Profits & Controlling Expenses
  • ...
02 115

Financial Risk Management

5
  • How to identify the sources of Risk in the Business?
  • Categorizing Financial Risk
  • Designing Strategies to Manage Risk Exposures
  • .....
02 116

International Accounting & Practices

5
  • The latest interpretation of IAS
  • Evaluating your Firms Accounting Practices
  • Options for Financial Statement presentation
  • Disclosure rules
  • .....
02 117

Financial Report Preparation

5
  • Understanding Balance Sheet, Revenue & Cash Flow Statement layouts
  • The CEO's Statement
  • Abridged Statements
  • Management Statements - Focused Data
  • ....
02 118

Budgeting & Costing for Decision Making

5
  • The Different Types of Costing & their relevance to decision making
  • The Different types of Budget - Cash, Operational & Capital
  • Techniques for Planning Purposes
  • .....
02 119

Finance, Accounting & Performance Measurement

9
  • The Meaning of Financial Statements - What do they reveal or Hide?
  • The art of accounting - What lies behind accounting policies?
  • International Accounting Standards - What happens if they are not followed?
  • ....
02 120

Advanced Accounting & Finance

10
  • Essential knowledge base and techniques for accountants
  • Business Risk
  • Business Appraisals
  • Investment Criteria
  • Budgeting Techniques
  • Cost Reporting & Performance Measurement
  • ...
02 121

Advanced Budgeting & Financial Planning

10
  • Measuring Market Demand
  • Primary Method Used
  • Tools & Models
  • Risk Analysis in Budgeting
  • Assumptions that Create Problems
  • ...
02 122

Interpreting Companys' Reports & Accounts

5
  • Essential skills, principles & application of interpreting company reports & accounts
  • The principles of accounting practice
  • How Business success or failures can be judged?
  • ...
02 123

Financial Analysis

5
  • How to read an annual report intelligently?
  • The analytical techniques including Ratio Analysis
  • Cost of a Company's Capital
  • ....
02 124

Financial Planning & Control

5
  • An insight into the main concept of financial planning and control
  • How to identify and use key performance indicators?
  • The difference between Strategic and Operational Planning.
  • How to adopt an effective cash-management practices.
  • ...
02 125

Essentials of Corporate Finance

30
  • An overview of Financial Management
  • Understanding Financial Statements & Cash Flow
  • Valuation of Future Cash Flows
  • Capital Budgeting
  • Long-Term Financing
  • Topics in Business Finance
  • .....
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