FIN42300 Corporate Finance

Academic Year 2024/2025

Corporate Finance is concerned with how corporations raise, manage and spend money. This is an introductory finance module designed to give students a foundation in financial decision making within the corporation. On completing this module students will have an understanding of the role of the financial manager in a company in appraising investments, quantifying the risk/return relationship, evaluating sources of company funding, setting dividend policy and producing value from mergers.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should:
1. Understand why shareholder wealth maximisation is considered to be the primary
objective of a business.
2. Achieve a good practical understanding of the 3 principal financial decisions that flow
from shareholder wealth maximisation; (1) the financing decision, (2) the investment
decision and, (3) the dividend decision.
3. Appreciate the theoretical principles associated with the 3 principal financial decisions.
4. Develop an understanding of functional financial decisions, such as mergers and asset
valuation.
5. Appreciate the linkages between finance and other key business disciplines.

Indicative Module Content:

Topic 1 - The Time Value of Money
Topic 2 - Corporate Finance - Setting the Scene
Topic 3 - Bond and Stock Valuation
Topic 4 - Risk and Return
Topic 5 - The Cost of Capital
Topic 6 - Capital Budgeting
Topic 7 - Debt Policy/Capital Structure
Topic 8 - Payout Policy
Topic 9 - Mergers and Acquisitions
Topic 10 - Case study about Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Specified Learning Activities

70
Autonomous Student Learning

100
Total

182
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
This module is being delivered 100% online via asynchronous recordings, supplementary learning assignments, assessments, interactive discussions, group activities, independent reading/research, a guest lecture and live webinars conducted online. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade

Not yet recorded.

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

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