The Corporate Financial Strategy exam teaches students to recommend effective financial strategies across key business areas including investment, financing and distribution decisions, managing financial risks, and business valuation.
Availability notice: Corporate Financial Strategy
Corporate Financial Strategy will be available to sit from March 2026.
Exam overview
Duration: 2.5 hours
Format: Three written questions covering different industries and types of organisations
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Syllabus
Pilot exams
This pilot exam has been developed to provide an early example of what the exam will look like, how the syllabus content may be assessed and how questions will be formatted in the real exams.
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