Postgraduate - UnitBFF5333 - Project finance

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 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	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will combine a theoretical, practical and case study approach to the principles surrounding project finance incorporating: the environment surrounding approaches to project finance; the market for project finance; project characteristics; risk analysis and risk management; the role of an advisor in a project finance deal; valuing the project and project cash flow analysis; financing the deal; legal aspects of project finance and; credit risk in project finance transactions.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

analyse the theoretical and practical aspects of project finance
develop the ability to identify problems, to synthesise, analyse, and summarise quantitative and qualitative information in project finance
evaluate and weigh evidence, arguments and ethics related to project finance
apply specialist skills and knowledge to project finance issues and to create solutions to practitioner issues
develop capabilities to work effectively in a group
demonstrate effective individual research skills to produce professional quality business documents to address project finance issues.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination: 50%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr John Vaz

Prerequisites

AFX9540 or BFF5954