Overview:
- Credits:
- 5.0
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Summer
- Subject:
- Finance
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Dr Cormac MacFhionnlaoich
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Curricular information is subject to change
On completion of the course, students are expected to:
1. Understand various forms of market structures and securities, interactions and their implications for financial
managers
2. Be able to generate a valuation range for a project, enterprise or a company with multiples and
discounted cash flow valuation approach
3. Understand the value impact of capital structure
4. Be conversant with the incentives for and mechanics of issuing and buying back securities
5. Understand the basics of portfolio construction and control
6. Use Excel to conduct a discounted cash flow analysis of a business financial model
Content Outline
Day One - Time Value of Money and Modelling of Risk Free Term Structure
Day Two - Time Value of Money and Modelling of Investment Grade Credit Term Structure
Day Three- Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Pricing
Day Four - Modelling Utilities Term Structure
Day Five - Investment, Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction, Risk Management - Infrastructure
Day Six - Insurance, Business Financial Models, Revenue Management
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Online Learning | 24 |
Total | 124 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assignment: Literature Review [2000 words] Note: Must be submitted to james.golden@ucd.ie with "Literature Review" in the Title Deadline - 24:00 Friday 17th July Paper Chosen by 24:00 Tuesday 3 June |
Week 10 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Examination: Open Book Exam | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | Yes | Graded | No | 80 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
---|---|
Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.