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Investment Appraisal:

NPV with Inflation and Taxation

IRR

Working Capital Management:

Cash operating cycle

Receivables management

Payables management or Inventory management

Valuations:

PE ratio

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Cash flow based values

Efficient market hypothesis

Business Finance:

Financial Ratios (Interpretation)

Cost of Capital

Risk Management:

Foreign Exchange Risk

Financial Management Function and Environment

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20 multiple choice questions worth 2 marks each. The MCQs will largely be knowledge
based and will balance out the questions in Section B to make sure that all aspects of the
syllabus are examined. It is likely that some of the MCQs will test the financial
management and objectives (ratio analysis, the concept of shareholder wealth) as well as
economic environment and financial institutions topics (financial intermediation, fiscal and
monetary policies). The efficient market hypothesis is likely to be tested here too. But bear
in mind that the whole point of setting MCQs is to test good coverage of the syllabus in the
exam.

Section B

Q1 Q3: Three 10 mark questions. The questions will be broken down into sub
requirements and may also be based on a short scenario.

Areas expected to be tested in questions 1 to 3 working capital management (the impact

of a change in credit period or accepting a factors offer), business or security valuations
(assets method and earnings valuation), financial risk management (most likely in the
form of currency risk but it is possible that interest rate risk is examined here).

Q4 & Q5: Two 15 mark questions which will be broken down into sub requirements and be
scenario based. These two questions will focus on these topics investment appraisal
(likely to be an NPV with inflation and tax), working capital management and business
finance (either an evaluation of financing options interest coverage and gearing ratios
are likely to be important here or a cost of capital calculation are most likely). Whichever
of these three topics does not feature in question 4 or 5 will appear in question 1, 2 or 3.

F9 has the following syllabus areas:

A Financial management function

B Financial management environment

C Working capital management

D Investment appraisal

E Business finance

F Business valuations

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Calculation of NPV. Discussion question on risk and uncertainty example sensitivity
analysis and probability distribution.

Quantity discount (EOQ) and factoring calculations. Discussion of working capital

financing and/or investment policies.

 Factors to consider in formulating dividend policy or the effect of a change in dividend

policy on share price.

Valuation of equity using; DVM, P/E ratio and asset basis. Valuation of convertible debt
and calculation of conversion premium. Explanation of weak and strong form of efficient
market.

 Hedging currency risk using forward contract and money market hedge. Discussion of
transaction, economic and translation risk.

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Discussion of the economic environment and the impact on interest and exchange rates.

Working capital management.

Investment appraisal and cost of capital.

Business valuations.

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Management of receivables

Valuation of business (using PE ratio, and using dividend valuation model)

Investment appraisal NPV calculation (plus capital rationing)

WACC calculation (including CAPM)

 Gearing (financial and operational)

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Debt factoring.

Dividend policy.

Project-specific cost of equity.

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