Part A Financial management function(出Section A的选择题,2分/题,4-5题)
考点1财务管理的目标是maximize shareholder wealth
考点2四大财务目标Financial objectives的计算(通过ratio的计算来评价是否objective达成了,要掌握ratio的计算)
(1)shareholder wealth maximization(掌握Dividend yield,dividend cover,EPS,P/E ratio,Total shareholder return的计算)
(2)profit maximization(掌握gross profit margin,operating profit margin,ROCE,ROE的计算)
(3)liquidity(掌握current ratio,Acid test ratio,working capital cycle-inventory period,receivable period,payable periods的计算)
(4)gearing(gearing ratio,interest cover的计算)
考点3 MAS管理层奖励机制management reward schemes(三种方法:和profit挂钩profit related pay,股权激励share,期权激励option)
考点4 Corporate governance–用来保障financial objective(board的设置)
考点5 Not for profit organization用value for money 3Es来measures objective是否达成了
Part B Financial management environment(出Section A的选择题,2分/题,4-5题)
考点1 Marco-实现宏观经济目标的policy
(1)fiscal policy(2)monetary policy(3)exchange rate policy.(考法:每个policy包含的内容/答题技巧:只要记住government spending和tax policy是fiscal policy;exchange rate policy只讲exchange rate;剩下都是monetary policy).
考点2 Micro-微观指financial markets and institutions
(1)Direct直接vs.Indirect间接
其中financial institutes是financial intermediaries;role of financial intermediaries是高频考点,记忆技巧是MAP-maturity transformation,aggregation of funds,pooling losses
(2)Monetary market货币市场(短期)vs.capital market资本市场(长期)
Monetary market的融资渠道的种类和特点要记住
考点3 Risk and return
高风险高回报(热门考法:给你不同金融产品,让你按照risk或者return进行排序)
Part C Working capital management(两种出题可能行:一种是section A选择题2-3道,Section B根据同一个案例考5个选择题,每题2分,共计10分;一种是Section A选择题2-3道,搭配Section C题目6-8分左右)
考点1 Nature of working capital
(1)Profitability vs.liquidity要balance
(2)Cash operating cycles的计算是高频考点
(3)用Sales/WC的比值来forecast WC,判断是overtrading(sales增长过快)还是overcapitalization(WC过剩).
考点2 Working capital management(考计算,可能出section B的题,也可能section C大题6-8分)
(1)inventory management
主要两种考法:一是optimal quantity的计算(EOQ,with bulk discount);二是inventory level的计算(max,min,reorder,average inventory level)
(2)Receivable management(考计算,可能出section B的题,也可能section C大题6-8分)
主要两种考法:一是换一种新的credit term,看看是不是对公司更有利
二是factoring,根据factory提供的条件,看看对公司是否有利
答题技巧:都是用cost vs.benefit analysis的方法
(3)Cash management
主要两种考法:一是optimal quantity的计算用Baumol model;二是target level的计算用Miller-Orr model
考点3 Working capital financing(考理论,section A的题目)
三种working capital financing的strategies:aggressive,conservative,moderate.
Part D Investment appraisal(section A的选择题2-3道,section C的大题14-16分)
考点1 Non-discounted cash flow
计算ROCE(ROCE=average annual profit form investment/average investment),relevant cash flow,payback period
Comments各种方法有什么缺陷
考点2 Discounted cash flow(计算NPV,IRR,Discounted payback period)
(1)NPV的计算proforma(Section C的大题目14-16分)
考点3 Risk and uncertainty(Section A的题目)
Risk(能估计probability)与uncertainty(不能估计probability)不同
EV的计算和优缺点
Sensitivity的计算和优缺点
考点4 Specific investment decision(Section A题目,或section C题目4分左右)
(1)Asset replacement(用EAC model)
(2)Lease or buy(用cost vs.benefit analysis)