Undergraduate - UnitBFG3631 - Advanced financial management

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Not offered in 2014
Coordinator(s)	Dr Sisira Colombage

Synopsis

With the recent developments in financial markets and financial instruments, the theories and practices of financial management and corporate finance have become increasingly important and a dynamic and challenging area of study. The overall objective of this unit is to further develop students' insight into key topics in financial management and corporate finance. This includes the development of skills in criticising theory and in applying theoretical concepts to practical issues. Specific topics include asset pricing, risk management, debt and equity management, options, corporate restructuring, corporate hedging and dividend policy. Case studies will be used to enhance students' understanding of how financial theories can be applied in solving real-world problems.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

critically evaluate theoretical and empirical financial literature
explain the theoretical and practical implications for financial decision making
compare and evaluate various models of investment decision making under uncertainty
apply models of investment decision-making to solving real world problems
analyse the design and valuation of complex financial securities
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with advanced financial management and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFG3631.