01 Technical risk management relevanT To acca QUalificaTion PaPer P4 The management of risk is a key area within a number of ACCA papers, and exam questions related to this area are common. It is vital that students are able to apply risk management techniques, such as using derivative instruments to hedge against risk, and offer advice and recommendations as required by the scenario in the question. It is also equally important that students understand why corporations manage risk in theory
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Case Seminar Advanced Corporate Finance Tuesday 10:00 – 13:00, Room 23 Instructor: Tim Adam This case seminar discusses real-world business cases, which relate to the materials covered in Corporate Finance and Advanced Corporate Finance. The main topics are company valuation, capital structure, bankruptcy, corporate governance, project finance and corporate risk management. The main objective of the seminar is to apply the theoretical concepts of corporate finance and corporate
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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
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WASHINGTON Graduate School of Business Administration Finance 553 CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLANNING Winter 2003 Professor Robert C. (Rocky) Higgins 306 Mackenzie Hall Tel: 543-4379 E-mail: rhiggins@u.washington.edu Homepage: http://us.badm.washington.edu/higgins/ (From here you’re one click from the class page) Office Hours: M, W: 10:30 – 12:00 COURSE OBJECTIVE Capital Investment Planning is a case course examining corporate investment decisions and related issues in financial strategy
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assess their importance. * How can you use operating leverage in your business? * · Assess the level of financial and operating risk for your business * · What factors are likely to influence your CFO's debt policy? You often hear corporate officers, professional investors, and analysts discuss a company's capital structure. You may not know what a capital structure is or why you should even concern yourself with it, but the concept is extremely important because it can influence not
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and responsibility of the senior financial executive 2. Evaluate potential investment decisions and strategic consequences 3. Acquisitions and mergers 4.Corporate re-organization strategies. 5.Advanced treasury and risk management techniques. 6.Financial management of multinationals. 7. Emerging issues in finance and financial management Lecture Format: Lecture/Discussion. Technical Requirements In addition to a confident level of computer and Internet literacy
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Website: http://didattica.unibocconi.eu/ts/tsn_anteprima2006.php?cod_ins=30 017&anno=2015&IdPag=5861 Course Objectives The course provides an introduction to the most important aspects of corporate finance. The objective is to acquire the essential skills necessary to actively deal with the corporate finance activities of an internationally operating firm. The course explores both investing and financing decisions, focusing on their role in the creation of shareholder value. The course covers
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DECISIONS? by John Graham and Campbell Harvey, Duke University* e recently conducted a comprehensive survey that analyzed the current practice of corporate finance, with particular focus on the areas of capital budgeting and capital structure. The survey results enabled us to identify aspects of corporate practice that are consistent with finance theory, as well as aspects that are hard to reconcile with what we teach in our business schools today. In presenting these results, we hope that some
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Advanced Corporate Finance: Guidelines for In-class Presentations and Term Papers 1. Grading The information in the handouts is not very clear and does not include the case, so here some more precision about the grading rules: Everybody should do a writeup for the Wrigley Capital Structure Case. If you only do the case the final exam will count for 70% and the case writeup for 30% of the final grade. In case you want to improve your grade you should think about handing in a term paper or making
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Case Study admin | April 3, 2013 Case Study Acting as the CEO of New Heritage Doll company and need to decide which investment projects can create values for shareholders’ wealth so that the company can receive funding in the next five years. Student’s task is to evaluate proposed projects using the financial and qualitative information provided and to select projects to be approved for a given year’s investment plan using any evaluation criteria deem appropriate. Students are to submit the simulation
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