ACCOUNTING MODULE:
Financial accounting and reporting
Recognise the various purposes of reports, including providing investor information, managerial support, marketing and compliance
Instruction:
Course: MBA:
Area of Project: Accounting and Finance
Sub area of Project: Climate change Finance
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The Project topic can be flexed but broadly it needs to cover Climate change Finance. Writer can also recommend other Accounting and Finance related project topics based on its assessment
Modules covered during the program. Writer needs to incorporate this into his writing
FINANCE MODULE:
Introduction to finance and bond markets
Financial markets
Basic securities
Flow of funds
Financial crisis
Bond markets
The equity markets
Introducing equity markets and securities
Valuation and cash flow
Valuing equity
Fair valuation of the FTSE 100 OR S&P 500 index
Features of stock and preferred shares
Initial Public offering process
Estimating enterprise value
Valuation
Portfolio allocation and cost of capital
Measurement of returns
Indices and correlation
Risk vs return
Portfolio theory
Principle of diversification
Measuring Beta and CAPM
Cost of capital
Risk management
Capital structure
Trade-off theory
Bankruptcy and financial distress
Futures market
Pricing futures
Managing risk with options
ACCOUNTING MODULE:
Financial accounting and reporting
Recognise the various purposes of reports, including providing investor information, managerial support, marketing and compliance
Identify the various players involved in the financial accounting process
Explain the informational value of financial accounting
Understand the content and format of the income statement and the statement of financial position (balance sheet).
Interpretation of financial statements
Understand the content and structure of the cash flow statement
Apply knowledge of the cash flow statement to assess the performance of a company
Understand the concept of comparative analysis
Appreciate the value and challenges of ratio analysis.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY MODULE
The scientific content, outcomes and resulting policies of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The leading renewable technologies and issues surrounding their evolution
how corporate strategies on climate change risk and opportunities are formed
The perspective of the financial sector on climate change
Why and how innovation and entrepreneurship are needed for the transition to a low-carbon future.
Understand the content and format of the income statement and the statement of financial position (balance sheet).
Interpretation of financial statements
Understand the content and structure of the cash flow statement
Apply knowledge of the cash flow statement to assess the performance of a company
Understand the concept of comparative analysis
Appreciate the value and challenges of ratio analysis.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY MODULE
The scientific content, outcomes and resulting policies of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
The leading renewable technologies and issues surrounding their evolution
how corporate strategies on climate change risk and opportunities are formed
The perspective of the financial sector on climate change
Why and how innovation and entrepreneurship are needed for the transition to a low-carbon future.
