Undergraduate - UnitAFC2140 - Corporate finance

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

The impact of financing and investment decisions on business enterprises, with particular focus on public companies. Topics include the goals of the firm and investors, investment evaluation models, valuation of equity and debt instruments, fixed interest securities, sources and types of available finance, issues in risk and return, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, issues in capital structure and dividend policy, and the efficiency of capital markets.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

evaluate investment options and value equity and debt instruments
explain portfolio theory and show how the theory can be extended to price risky assets
estimate the appropriate cost of capital for investment appraisal purposes
analyse issues determining capital structure and dividend policy
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with corporate finance and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFC2140.