Corporate Finance

Brief description

  • Types of financing and financing instruments (shares, bonds, credit, mezzanine capital, private equity, venture capital)
  • Long-term financing decisions: Capital structure and dividend policy, long-term financial planning
  • Short-term liquidity and financial planning
  • Cash and liquidity management
  • Risk management of financial risks: Interest rates and currencies

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Richard A. Brealey/ Stewart Myers/Franklin Allen (2019): Principles of Corporate Finance, Mc Graw Hill, Boston, 13th edition

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, exercises, discussion

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment (student contributions in class) and written exam

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Financial mathematics, descriptive and conclusive statistics

Infos

Degree programme

Banking and Finance (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

3 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, the students can

  • describe the main financing instruments
  • explain financing decisions
  • draw up long-term and short-term financial plans
  • describe and apply basic liquidity and cash management techniques
  • describe the problems of risk management in companies and the associated instruments, in particular with regard to financial risks

Course code

0229-19-01-BB-DE-39