Offered
Clayton First semester 2008 (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
Within semester assessment: 20%
Examination (3 hours): 80%
Contact hours
Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week
Prerequisites
AFC2140