Valuation concepts, risk-return analysis, project valuation, capital structure, and corporate financing. FINA 8100 - Corporate Financial Management Tools and concepts in corporate finance. Students are required to analyze situations, make value maximizing decisions, and communicate the basis of those decisions. Financial analysis and planning, capital budgeting, evaluation of financing alternatives, company valuation, dividend policy, mergers, and capital structure decisions. A framework is developed for understanding a broad range of important corporate financial decisions.
Substantial emphasis is placed on the determinants of corporate financing and payout policies.
The dynamics of control within corporations and the role of the market for corporate control in leading to economic restructuring and shifts in resource allocation by corporations. Mergers and acquisitions, asset sales, restructuring, leverage buyouts, and bankruptcy. FINA 8160 - Venture Capital Financing Venture capital in financing entrepreneurial growth companies. How venture capital israised, invested, and then harvested for reinvestment. How professional venture capitalists analyze and structure potential investments.