Financial Management

Overview of the unit

Unit code: FIN20014
Duration: 1 Teaching Period
Contact hours: Recommended 8–10 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit enables students to focus on the goals and functions of corporate financial management. It is designed to enable students to acquire an understanding of the scope and nature of the finance functions and its role within corporate management. It is intended to develop appropriate practical skills to utilise the disciplines of finance and quantitative analysis in making investment and financing decisions towards value creation. In effect, it will enhance the ability in applying informed judgements and help taking effective, ethical and timely actions as to current and future acquisition and allocation of resources in a complex corporate environment.

Content

An introduction to corporate financial management
Dividend Policy
The time value of money
Valuing shares and bonds
Corporate Governance
Capital budgeting, NPV, making capital investment decisions
Risk and return, capital asset pricing model
Weighted average cost of capital
Financial leverage and capital structure policy
Descriptive statistics
Raising Capital

This unit is found in Bachelor of Business with a Major in Accounting.

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