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FIN 520 - Advanced Corporate Finance:
Financial management as it relates to assets and liabilities of
a firm. Typical coverage includes financial planning, control and
forecasting, receivables management, cash management, inventory
policy, leasing decisions, mergers and acquisitions, capital structure,
dividend policy, debt refunding and cost of capital. Emphasis is
on cases and integration of concepts from MGMT 505. Prerequisite:
MGMT 505.
FIN 530 - Financial Institutions and Capital Markets:
Theories of financial intermediation and debt management. Role,
structure and operation of financial institutions and markets. Develops
an understanding of basic problems of financial intermediation,
the use of various financial instruments and the role of regulation.
Prerequisite: MGMT 505..
FIN 540 - Security and Portfolio Analysis:
Integrates traditional security analysis with more recently developed
theories on market efficiency, risk, capital asset pricing. Analytical
securities valuation models and techniques; macroeconomic influences
in securities price behavior. Analytical framework applied to pragmatic
investment decisions in stock market. Theories underlying portfolio
analysis, its applications for securities portfolio management.
Utility maximization, portfolio building models, portfolio revisions.
Capital asset pricing theories, implications for investment decisions.
Prerequisite:MGMT 505.
FIN 550– Derivative Securities:
Theoretical foundations of the pricing and use of options, futures
and derivative instruments. Describes the institutional details
of derivative markets in the U.S. Topics include underlying economic
rationale for these markets, trading strategies and valuation considerations.
Prerequisite: MGMT 505.
FIN 560 - International Corporate Finance:
The course adopts the perspective of a corporate finance manager
in an international setting and explores the special issues and
challenges that arise as a consequence. Pursuant to this objective,
the focus will be on practical applications of the theory and knowledge
that will be learnt in the class. Typical topics include: Exchange
rate systems and exchange rate determination, Parity relationships,
Global trade, investment and financing transactions, Measuring and
managing exchange rate risk and interest rate risk, Using Forwards,
futures, options and swaps in risk management, Cross hedging, Estimating
and using Value-at-risk (VAR) models in risk management, Cost of
capital and capital budgeting for foreign projects and investments,
International asset pricing.
FIN 570 – Theory in Finance:
Provides basic derivation of models and theories in finance. Concepts
include individual and firm decisions under certainty and uncertainty,
capital market equilibrium and valuation of risky assets, efficient
capital markets, capital structure and dividend policy, option pricing
and agency theory. Prerequisites: MGMT 505, FIN 520 and 540.
FIN 581-9. Special Topics in Finance (2,4 cr.)
Selected Topics in finance theory, empirical studies and financial
policy. Emphasis is on current topics and recent developments.
FIN 597 - Independent Study (var. cr.)
In-depth study in particular area of interest, under direction
of appropriate faculty.
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