Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 2
- Semester:
- Autumn
- Subject:
- Finance
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Assoc Professor Julie Byrne
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Curricular information is subject to change
Upon completion of this module, students should understand why corporate finance is important and have a comprehensive understanding of the role of corporate governance and agency theory within firms. Students should be able to value stocks and bonds and to understand how the equity markets function. Students will be able to apply the techniques of capital budgeting, and identify capital investment projects that maximize shareholder wealth. Students will also be introduced to the concepts or risk and retrurn and the basic principles of portfolio theory.
Indicative Module Content:Topics covered include:
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Analysis
- Introduction to Valuation: The time value of money
- Discounted Cashflow Valuation
- Bond Valuation/Bond Markets
- Equity Valuation/Equity Markets
- Capital Investment Decisions
- Introduction to project analysis
- Risk, return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
- The cost of capital
- Raising capital
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 76 |
Total | 110 |
There are no qualifying requirements , but a knowledge of statistics is expected.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous Assessment: Bloomberg Market Concepts | Week 5 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Continuous Assessment: Multiple Choice Exam | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Examination: Section A: 10 multiple choice questions Section B: Answer 2 of 3 long questions. |
2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 65 |
Attendance: Tutorial attendance and contribution | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Spring | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Class Feedback will be provided to students post-assessment
Name | Role |
---|---|
Ms Min Zhang | Tutor |
External & School Exams | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 7 | Thurs 18:30 - 19:30 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 12:00 - 13:50 |
External & School Exams | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 7 | Thurs 18:30 - 19:30 |
Lecture | Offering 2 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Wed 11:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 14:00 - 14:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 15:00 - 15:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Wed 16:00 - 16:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 9 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri 09:00 - 09:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri 10:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri 11:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Thurs 11:00 - 11:50 |