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306-203 Business Finance | |
Prerequisites | 306-102 Accounting Concepts or 306-104 Accounting 1B; 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics; 316-206 Quantitative Methods 2 or 316-205 Introductory Econometrics (or equivalent subjects as approved by the Head of Department). |
Semester | 1 or 2 |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week |
Subject Description | Basic institutional knowledge of the Australian finance sector and an introduction to the theory of pricing of risky assets, focusing on the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Fundamentals of capital budgeting, including methods of allowing for inflation, the term structure of interest rates, and the treatment of risk. Instruments of corporate funding; the theory and practice of capital structure and dividend policy decisions. An introduction to complex financial instruments such as options and futures. |
Assessment | A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (80%); a mid-semester test (20%); weekly tutorial assignments of up to 80 pages in total. |
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