AFC3140 - Advanced business finance

Leader: Dr Ting Yean Tan

Offered

Clayton First semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics include capital structure, corporate governance, corporate restructuring, leasing as a source of finance, management of fixed interest investments,risk management, international financial management, advanced asset pricing and initial public offering.

Objectives

The learning objectives of this unit are to:

• evaluate investment and financing decisions;
• apply analytical techniques to a variety of problems in domestic corporate financial management;
• describe the institutional environment in which financial decisions are made including identifying the sources of financial risk and their relevance in financial management;
• critically evaluate finance theories, concepts, assumptions, limitations and arguments;
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with advanced business finance.

Assessment

Mid-semester test: 20%
Examination (3 hours): 80%

Contact hours

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

AFC2140