Special Forms of Financing (German)

Brief description

  • Capital structure management (Modigliani-Miller theorem, leverage effect etc.)
  • The principal-agent problem
  • The stock exchange and initial public offerings, dividends policies, investor relations
  • Portfolio management
  • Bank loans, corporate bonds
  • Mezzanine capital
  • Private equity, venture capital, business angels and crowd funding
  • Interest and currency management, hedging
  • Derivative financial instruments: options, futures and swaps
  • Project financing
  • Netting and group consolidated cash-pooling
  • Financing acquisitions

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Hehn/Hehn (2019): Unternehmensfinanzierung, Praxisorientierte Einführung in die Corporate Finance

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Face-to-face learning (input, assignments, individual and group presentations), blended learning

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: 30 points can be obtained through participation in class (mini tests, homework, online quizzes) and 70 points through a written final exam.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Financial Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Financial Management and Investment Decisions, Cost Accounting and Budgeting

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

2.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2023

Semester

5 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of this course, students can:

  • explain the characteristics of different financing alternatives
  • compare the advantages and disadvantages for a specific financial need
  • support the decision with suitable calculation models
  • participate actively in the preparation and evaluation of financing and investment projects.

Course code

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-58a