MN22018: Intermediate finance
[Page last updated: 03 June 2024]
Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
Credits: | 20 [equivalent to 40 CATS credits] |
Notional Study Hours: | 400 |
Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
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Part I: corporate finance
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Synopsis: | Advance your knowledge of corporate finance by exploring a range of areas from capital structure to pay-out policies. You will also develop your quantitative skills by exploring methods of empirical analysis and economic analysis tools. You will further advance your knowledge of theories of asset pricing, valuation of alternative financial instruments and portfolio diversification. |
Content: | Discounted cash flow model: NPV, IRR
Equity (valuation, portfolio theory, asset pricing pay-out policy, efficient market hypothesis)
Fixed income (valuation, duration, yield)
Cost of capital, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions
Financial derivatives instruments
Contemporary issues: Actors and their roles, markets for finance and financing related services. Principles of corporate governance, conflicts of interest, agency problems, Banking practices
The nature of econometrics, bivariate regression analysis, multiple regression analysis, functional forms, multicollinearity, heteroskedasticity, autocorrelation, endogeneity |
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MN22018 is Compulsory on the following courses:School of Management
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