FIN41750 Advanced Treasury Management

Academic Year 2019/2020

The major objective of this course is to assist students to develop a systematic understanding of issues related to finance decisions in any treasury environment and gain skills in solving practical problems. Leaders should be able to assess international capital markets and recognise opportunities to create value and manage risks. They need to develop a framework to price risks and understand the information being provided by capital markets. Important areas are the time value of money; build a portfolio of investment grade investment bonds and pricing of market risks. Opportunities in utilities markets will be identified amongst other emerging asset classes of project finance for infrastructure. This course suits students who wish to develop a logical and consistent framework for solving finance problems in practical situations with the treasury participation in capital markets providing critical input.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

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

Indicative Module Content:

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

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % 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


Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
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