Fundamentals of financial management

Table of content

Part I Overview and Financial Environment
1. Financial Management: An Overview
2. The Financial System


Part II Financial Analysis and Planning
3. Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
4. Financial Statement Analysis
5. Funds Flow Analysis
6. Break-Even Analysis and Leverages
7. Financial Planning and Forecasting


Part III Fundamental Valuation Concepts
8. Time Value of Money
9. Valuation of Securities
10. Risk and Return


Part IV?Capital Budgeting
11. Techniques of Capital Budgeting
12. Project Cash Flows
13. Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting
14. The Cost of Capital


Part V?Capital Structure and Dividend Policies
15. Capital Structure and Cost of Capital
16. Planning the Capital Structure
17. Dividend Policy and Share Valuation
18. Dividend Policy: Practical Aspects


Part VI Long-Term Financing
19. Sources of Long-Term Finance
20. Raising Long-Term Finance
21. Securities Market


Part VII Working Capital Management
22. Working Capital Policy
23. Cash Management
24. Credit Management
25. Inventory Management
26. Working Capital Financing


Part VIII Special Topics
27. Leasing, Hire Purchase and Project Finance
28. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring
29. International Financial Management
30. Risk Management: Basics of Financial Engineering




Appendix A
Appendix B


Glossary
Index

OVERVIEW
The thoroughly revised seventh edition of Fundamentals of Financial Management discusses the fundamental principles and techniques of financial management. The book shows how a wide range of financial decisions should be analysed. It aptly illustrates various theories, concepts, tools and techniques of financial management with the help of suitable examples and various illustrations. Designed for the first course in financial management, it is aimed at students of B Com, BBA, BBS, M Com, MBA and professional courses offered by ICAI, ICMA, and ICSI.