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Corporate Finance

Postgraduate | RMI-MFIN1059 | 2019

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Question the processes that go into making investment and financing decisions. Look at the numbers behind corporate restructuring and capital budgeting. Adopt a financial manager’s perspective as you weigh up taxes and strategic corporate concerns.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
Subject may require attendance
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
14 weeks

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Corporate Finance

About this subject

  • On successful completion of this subject you will be able to:

    • CLO1: Apply the financial concepts and tools of corporate finance to the firm’s investment decisions, its opportunity cost of capital, factors affecting the valuation of bonds and stocks, as well as the firm’s capital budgeting and leasing decisions
    • CLO2: Apply knowledge of corporate strategic decision making in the context of complex environments and competitive dynamics
    • CLO3: Understand the nature of leverage and the constraints borrowers face in its use
    • CLO4: Determine the natures of dividend policy and assess various dividend models
    • CLO5: Understand the motivation and procedures for mergers and acquisitions
    • CLO6: Apply financial knowledge to real problems in business and recognise the practical difficulties in applying the theory.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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