Study Materials

Paper F9, Financial Management, aims to develop the knowledge and skills expected of a finance manager in relation to investment, financing and dividend decisions. F9 examines a wide range of financial management topics, many of which will be completely new to the student. There are a range of quite tricky calculations to perform as well as issues and techniques to explain and discuss.

F9 is a middle level paper in the ACCA qualification structure, with some links to F2, and a direct link to P4, which thinks strategically.

The key syllabus areas in F9 are:

  • Financial management function
  • Financial management environment
  • Working capital management
  • Investment appraisal
  • Business finance
  • Cost of capital
  • Business valuations
  • Risk management.

Study Text

Price: £30
Suitable for: Dec 2008 and June 2009 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 47324

This examiner-reviewed Study Text contains all you need to know for F9, featuring step-by-step guides to financial management techniques such as investment appraisal and business valuations, which many students find tricky. Exam formulae are clearly identified and explained with plenty of examples and questions for essential practice. Key terms are identified throughout to help you to learn new terminology such as beta factor and venture capital.

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Practice and Revision Kit

Price: £16
Suitable for: Exams in 2008
ISBN: 978 07517 46884

The F9 revision kit contains the pilot paper and additional highly-focused question practice designed to help you to understand and apply financial management techniques. Questions are based on realistic scenarios as they will be in the exam. Some of the questions are from the previous Paper 2.4 but many have been specially written to give you practice at the new areas of the syllabus such as business valuations and risk management. Answers are presented with top tips to help you to tackle the questions.

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Passcards

Price: £10
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 46662

The F9 passcards present all the formulae and ratios that you need to learn in a visual format. There are definitions of all the important terminology in topics such as sources of finance and risk management and clearly illustrated step-by-step approaches to financial management techniques such as calculating IRR.

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i-Learn

Price: £40
Suitable for: Dec 2008 exams
ISBN: 978 07517 47546

The F9 i-learn product contains step-by-step interactive guidance on the major syllabus areas, which is interspersed with numerous on-screen questions to test your understanding of these topics. A very portable product that allows you to access invaluable study material on such challenging topics as investment appraisal and business valuations any time, anywhere via your own computer.

i-Pass

Price: £30
Suitable for: Exams in 2008
ISBN: 978 07517 47102

The F9 i-Pass contains objective test questions on all the syllabus giving particularly valuable practice at calculations such as cost of capital and business valuations. There are also questions to help you test your knowledge of financial management terminology.

Success CD

Price: £15
Suitable for: Exams in 2008
ISBN: 978 07517 47768

The F9 Success CD enables you to revise key concepts and techniques with straightforward explanations of each key area. Each session corresponds to an area of the syllabus so you can listen again and again to a particular session, such as risk management techniques, if you find it difficult.