...Continuing and Professional Studies Fundamentals of Corporate Finance New York University School of Continuing & Professional Studies Course #X51.9140 Spring 2011 James Berman 212.388.9873 jberman@jbglobal.com Description: In this introduction to corporate finance, emphasis is on utilizing long-term debt, preferred stock, common stock, and convertibles in the financial structure of a corporation. Learn to analyze methods of financing using internal and external funds. Topics include: financial management; corporate growth; business failures; return on investment; risk leverage; the time value of money; dividend policy; debt policy; and leasing. Instructor Biography: James Berman, the president and founder of JBGlobal.com LLC, a Registered Investment Advisory Firm, specializes in asset management for high-net-worth individuals and trusts. With over thirteen years of experience managing client portfolios, Mr. Berman is a professional analyst of financial vehicles, including equity and bond mutual funds, and is an expert in global investment, asset allocation and modern portfolio theory. As the president of JBGlobal LLC, the general partner of the JBGlobal Fund LP, Mr. Berman manages a global equities fund that invests in the United States, Europe and Asia. Mr. Berman is a faculty member in the Finance Department of the NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies where he teaches corporate finance. He serves as sub-advisor to Eitan Ventures LLC, a venture...
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...FINANCE 611: CORPORATE FINANCE FALL 2015 Prof. Jules H. van Binsbergen Office: 2453 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Email: julesv@wharton.upenn.edu Office hours: By Appointment Course Website: Available on Canvas COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is an in-depth introduction to finance with an emphasis on applications that are vital for corporate managers. We will discuss most of the major financial decisions made by corporate managers both within the firm and in their interactions with investors. Essential in most of these decisions is the process of valuation, which will be emphasized throughout the course. Topics include criteria for making investment decisions, valuation of financial assets and liabilities, relationships between risk and return, capital structure choice, payout policy, the effective use and valuation of derivative securities (futures, options), and risk management. 1 COURSE MATERIALS Textbook The textbook for the course is: Corporate Finance (plus MyFinanceLab), Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo, 3rd ed., Pearson - Prentice Hall, 2014. (SBN-10: 0-13-342415-4; ISBN-13: 978-0-13342415-7) There are several options for accessing the book and MyFinanceLab. You can purchase the book with MyFinanceLab. You can purchase the e-book and MyFinanceLab. You can purchase or rent the book, and purchase MyFinanceLab separately. Please see the last page of this syllabus for details for details on registering for MyFinanceLab. Other required readings...
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...Schulich School of Business York University Course Outline FINE 2000T “Introduction to Finance” Class Day: Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:00-11:30 a.m. Room: SSB W136 Term: Winter, 2014 Instructor: Tony Mayadunne amayadunne@schulich.yorku.ca Room Office hours: Mondays & Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., or by appointment. Brief Description: Students learn about investment and financing in this core course. The investment decision allocates scarce resources to projects in the organization, and involves asset valuation, capital budgeting, risk management, working capital management and performance assessment. The financing decision chooses sources of cash to finance the investment decisions and involves capital structure, financial instruments, the risk-return trade-off, financial planning and the cost of capital. Ethical considerations and management in the global context are integrated into these topics. Course Credit Exclusion: AP/ECON 3.00 (AS/ECON 4400 3.00 or AK/ECON 4082 3.00) Prerequisite: none Course objectives: The course objectives are to introduce students to the theory of financial management and its application to the business world. It analyzes how financial managers make decisions within a framework which emphasizes the time value of money (TVM) and the relationship between expected return and risk. In addition, we examine the techniques that financial managers use to evaluate feasibility of undertaking new projects (i...
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...135: Corporate Finance Instructor: Prerequisites: Lecture Times: Location: Section Times: Professor Nirvikar Singh Econ 10A, Econ 100A or 100M, Econ 113 MWF 3:30-4:40 pm Kresge 321 Tu 8:30-9:40AM Th 6:00-7:10PM Th 7:30-8:40PM F 11:00AM-12:10PM Winter Quarter, 2014 Baskin 165 Baskin 165 Baskin 165 Baskin 372 Wentao Su Jeffrey Hancuff Jeffrey Hancuff Wentao Su Office Hours: Location: Email: M 11-12, Th 1-2, or by appointment Engineering 2 Bldg, Room 421 boxjenk@ucsc.edu Teaching Assistants: Jeffrey Hancuff and Wentao Su Office Hours: TBD Locations: TBD Midterm Exam 1: Midterm Exam 2: Final Project Due: Monday, February 3 (in class) Monday, March 17 (in class) Thursday, March 20, 12 noon, delivered to TA mailbox Course Description and Objectives This course is an introduction to the financial management of a business. Topics include techniques for the valuation of future cash flows and of financial assets such as stocks and bonds; rules for managing cash and allocating capital in the short run and long run while taking account of costs, returns and risks; and the role of financial markets in guiding or facilitating these decisions. After taking this class, you will – I hope – be able to better understand and discuss financial news, know about the central financial aspects of running your own business, be able to work in the finance department of a firm, and be prepared for more advanced studies in finance. Required Readings Text: Essentials of Corporate Finance...
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...COURSE DESCRIPTION Introduces the concepts of finance. Reviews the basic tools and their use for making financial decisions. Explains how to measure and compare risks across investment opportunities. Analyzes how the firm chooses the set of securities it will issue to raise capital from investors as well as how the firm’s capital structure is formed. Examines how the choice of capital structure affects the value of the firm. Presents valuation and integrate risk, return and the firm’s choice of capital structure. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS Required Resources Brigham, E. F., & Ehrhardt, M. C. (2014). Financial management (14th ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning. Supplemental Resources MBA Primer Note: The MBA Primer is designed to help students with little or no educational background in business to prepare for the rigors of an MBA program. The MBA Primer is also a useful tool for students who have the business background but might need a refresher. It is a way to help you prepare for the types of activities and concepts that will be covered in the MBA program, so you can feel more comfortable and confident as you progress into higher level courses. Students are emailed an access code for this product when they purchase MBA Primer from the Strayer Bookstore, accessible through iCampus. CNN Money. (2013). General format. Retrieved from http://money.cnn.com/ Criniti, A. (2013). The necessity of finance. Philadelphia, PA: Criniti Publishing Company. ...
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...Conducting basic and applied research in management that explores and informs the creation, development and management of growth; * Providing degree programs that prepare our students to be effective managers and responsible community leaders with a deep understanding of the dynamics of growth in both a regional and global context; Partnering with business and community leaders through a shared commitment to exemplary growth; and Delivering educational programs to executives and the public at large that respond to the needs of our local, state, national, and international communities. Course description This course provides a foundation in theories of finance. Topics include time value of money, net present value analysis, security valuation, portfolio theory, asset pricing models, capital budgeting decision, capital structure decision, sources of financing for a...
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...ECONOMICS 310: PUBLIC FINANCE Department of Economics Western Washington University Dr. Julia L. Hansen Fall 2013 Office: PH 339, Office Phone: 6503204 Office hours: TR 1-2 p.m. and 4-4:30 p.m. (or by appointment) Additional office hours will be scheduled prior to exams. E-mail address: julie.hansen@wwu.edu Canvas address*: http://canvas.wwu.edu *Please visit the course page on Canvas for access to course documents, additional readings and links to relevant information on the web. COURSE READINGS: Gruber, Public Finance and Public Policy, 4th edition Additional readings as listed on the course outline COURSE PREREQUISITES: Econ 206 and Econ 207 COURSE DESCRIPTION: Public Finance deals with the taxing and spending activities of government. It is alternatively called Public Sector Economics or Public Economics. The focus of the course is on the microeconomic functions of government, and in particular the way that government affects the allocation of resources and the distribution of income. The analysis of the spending activities of government will include a discussion of public goods, externalities, education, welfare programs, Social Security and health care. On the tax side, we will build a framework for tax analysis, and then apply this framework to the personal income tax, the corporation income tax, and other U.S. taxes. COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. To understand the economic rationale...
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...FI 8320, Spring 2005 Cases and Readings in Corporate Finance [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Instructor Professor David C. Nachman Office: RCB 1239 Phone: 651-1696 email: dnachman@gsu.edu Office Hours: W 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, or by appointment Prerequisites FI 8000 CSP: 1, 2, 6 Course Description This course focuses on financial policy-making through case analyses, contemporary readings from the professional literature, and problem solving. The emphasis in the course is on investment and financing decisions and their impact on firm value and on capital market imperfections and their impact on the raising of corporate capital. The course also provides an opportunity for the study of additional topics of special current significance such as capital structure and dividend policy, corporate restructuring and the market for corporate control, real options, risk management, international capital budgeting and financing, financial planning and working capital management, project financing, reorganizations and advanced equity valuation. Course Material Required text material • (BMA) R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th ed., McGraw- Hill/Irwin, Inc., 2006. •(RP) Reading Packet •(CP) Case Packet The required text (BMA) and the materials that make up the Case Packet (CP) are available at the GSU Book Store. The Reading Packet (RP) is available at ERes. Contents of (CP) and (RP) (with ERes access instructions) follow...
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...OUTLINE OF MBA 520 Fall Semester 2008 Business Finance Instructor: Grant McQueen Teaching Assistants: Mark Cherrington & Office: 636 TNRB Christian Hsieh Phone: 422-3017 Office: 324 TNRB Office Hours: MW 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Phone: 422-6835 e-mail: Office hours: forthcoming Home page: Course Description and Objectives This course introduces basic financial concepts all business managers should understand regardless of functional specialization. Topics include financial analysis and planning, time value of money, valuation, capital budgeting, risk/return trade-offs, cost of capital, and capital structure. The pedagogical approach used is a mixture of lectures and case examples. Cases are often used as a vehicle for discussing the complexities of real-world financial problems. To benefit most from this method of teaching, you will want to come prepared to discuss the cases in detail. By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) describe essential characteristics of the finance profession and institutions, (2) be conversant in basic financial jargon, (3) value paper assets (stocks and bonds) and tangible assets (capital budgeting) using the tools of time value of money, including NPV and IRR, (4) explain the various sources of financing, their associated costs, and their advantages and disadvantages, (5) calculate and use financial statements and ratios to analyze a business and create and use pro forma statements for planning...
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...FI 4320, Spring 2005 Cases and Readings in Corporate Finance [pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Instructor Professor David C. Nachman Office: RCB 1239 Phone: 651-1696 email: dnachman@gsu.edu Office Hours: W 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, or by appointment Prerequisites FI 4000 CSP: 1, 2, 4, 6 Course Description This course focuses on financial policy-making through case analyses, contemporary readings from the professional literature, and problem solving. The emphasis in the course is on investment and financing decisions and their impact on firm value and on capital market imperfections and their impact on the raising of corporate capital. The course also provides an opportunity for the study of additional topics of special current significance such as capital structure and dividend policy, corporate restructuring and the market for corporate control, real options, risk management, international capital budgeting and financing, financial planning and working capital management, project financing, reorganizations and advanced equity valuation. Course Material Required text material • (BMA) R. A. Brealey, S. C. Myers and F. Allen, Principles of Corporate Finance, 8th ed., McGraw- Hill/Irwin, Inc., 2006. •(RP) Reading Packet •(CP) Case Packet The required text (BMA) and the materials that make up the Case Packet (CP) are available at the GSU Book Store. The Reading Packet (RP) is available at ERes. Contents of (CP) and (RP) (with ERes access instructions)...
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...School of Accounting and Finance AFM 311: Connections to Ethical Context Spring 2015 Course Syllabus Course Instructors: Name: | Karen Wensley | Office Location: | HH383J | Telephone: | (shared office) | Email: | kwensley@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Monday 12:00 – 1:00 or 3:00 – 3:30, Thursday 9:30 – 10:00 or 2:00 – 3:00 or by appointment, email | Name: | Krista Fiolleau | Office Location: | HH 383K | Telephone: | X38166 | Email: | k2fiolle@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Wednesdays, 9 AM to 11 AM, by appointment, or email | Name: | Darren Charters | Office Location: | HH 3153 | Telephone: | 519-888-4567 extension 32570 | Email: | dcharters@uwaterloo.ca | Office Hours: | Wednesdays, 2:00pm – 4:00pm, by appointment, or email | Course Description: AFM 311 focuses on developing the qualities and transferable skills necessary for integration, continuous learning, and professional development. The course is oriented around the ethical and moral issues faced by accounting and finance professionals. Students are expected to have taken AFM 211 before taking AFM 311. As well, AFM 431 (a precursor course to this one) as well as PHIL 215/ARBUS 202 are anti-requisites to this course. If a student has taken one of those courses and hasn’t already spoken to Professor Charters (or someone else in the SAF) about this he/she should speak to the professor as soon as possible so an appropriate determination of how to proceed can occur. More can...
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...1:00 PM – 3:00 PM |5 |30 July 2011 8:00 AM -12:00 AM and 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM |8 | | |30 hours | |30 hours | | | | | | Financial Management (GSFINMA) Course Description Financial Management is an introduction to the key principles and analytical tool of corporate...
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...financial problems. To benefit most from this method of teaching, you will want to come prepared to discuss the cases in detail. By the end of the semester, students should be able to: (1) describe essential characteristics of the finance profession and institutions, (2) be conversant in basic financial jargon, (3) value paper assets (stocks and bonds) and tangible assets (capital budgeting) using the tools of time value of money, including NPV and IRR, (4) explain the various sources of financing, their associated costs, and their advantages and disadvantages, (5) calculate and use financial statements and ratios to analyze a business and create and use pro forma statements for planning and decision-making purposes, (6) appreciate the complexities international business, and (7) demonstrate team skills by actively participating in group written cases. Course Materials Text: Background readings and problem sets are from Ross, Westerfield and Jordan (RWJ), Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 9th Alternate Edition, Richard D. Irwin, Inc., 2010 (ISBN 978-0-07-724612-9). You will sometimes find that the readings are not necessarily highly correlated with the cases. This is because the cases tend to bring together many aspects of finance at once. Be patient, the concepts will gradually all fall into place as you move through the semester. Computers and Calculators: You will need...
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...LAW 531 WEEK 6 PRESENTATION To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/law-531-week-6-presentation/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM LAW 531 WEEK 6 PRESENTATION Prepare a Powerpoint presentation of no more than 15 minutes. In week 5, I will assign teams a set or multiple sets (depending on the number of teams) the Question #(s) to answer. Your presentation should explain to the class the answers to the following questions: Question 1: Explain the term of office for board of directors. Give an account of the director’s and corporate officer’s duty of care towards the corporation. Explain Self-dealing. And finally, What is the CEO and CFO provision laid out by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002? Question 2: Distinguish between general government regulation and specific government regulation. Explain in brief the types of federal administrative agencies with examples. Distinguish between substantive rules and interpretive rules. What is a statement of policy? When are searches by administrative agencies considered reasonable? And finally, How is the general public protected from harassment by administrative agencies? Question 3: What is the United Nation’s Biosafety Protocol for genetically altered food? Give an account of the regulation of medicinal devices in the United States? What are the powers of the Consumer Product Safety Commission? Name some consumer products excluded from the purview of CPSC. Question 4: Describe the purpose and...
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...The Chinese University of Hong Kong CUHK Business School FINA3020 International Finance First Term 2015 – 2016 A. Staff Information Instructor: Office: Phone: Email: Office Hours: Dr. Anson C. K. AU YEUNG Room 1245, Department of Finance, CYT 3943 3780 ansonauyeung@baf.cuhk.edu.hk By Appointment TA: Office: Phone: Email: Office Hours: Miss. Karen LEE Room 1155, Department of Finance, CYT 3943 7840 karenlee@baf.cuhk.edu.hk By Appointment B. Class Schedule Session FINA3020A FINA3020B Day Thursday Monday Time 14:30 – 17:15 14:30 – 17:15 Venue CKB UG04 WMY 406 C. Course Overview Businesses are operating in an increasingly competitive environment. Managing businesses either directly or indirectly exposed to international competition requires an understanding of currency markets, foreign exchange derivatives, exchange risk, exposure and risk management. This course assumes the viewpoint of the financial manager of a multinational corporation (MNC) with investment or financial operations in more than one country. Managers encounter new opportunities as they extend their operations into international markets, as well as new costs and risks. The challenge facing the multinational financial manager is to successfully develop and execute business and financial strategies in more than one national business environment. The aim of this course is to provide you a framework for analyzing financial decisions relating to risk management...
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