Corporate and Int Finance (N1563)
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Corporate and International Finance
Module N1563
Module details for 2025/26.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 5
Module Outline
This module has two aims:
- to foster critical understanding of the important ideas and analytical tools used in corporate financial decision making;
- to develop an appreciation of the challenges to implementing these ideas and tools via debate in the corporate finance literature and events reported in the financial press.
Lecture topics include: The corporation, The nature of financial decision making, Interest rates, Valuing bonds, Investment decision rules, Capital budgeting, Valuing stocks, Capital markets and the pricing of risk, Portfolio choice and the capital asset pricing model, The cost of capital, Investor behaviour and capital market efficiency, Capital structure in a perfect market, Debt and taxes, Financial distress, managerial incentives and information, Payout policy, Mergers and acquisitions
Module learning outcomes
Demonstrate understanding of the essential principles and analytical tools of corporate finance
Critically discuss and evaluate these principles and analytical tools
Relate the principles and tools, and the debates surrounding them, to today's events, appreciating the difficulties of applying the theory to the real world.
Demonstrate the ability to form judgments and take decisions in the face of uncertainty while armed with inadequate ideas and tools.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Unseen Examination | Semester 2 Assessment | 60.00% |
| Coursework | 40.00% | |
| Coursework components. Weighted as shown below. | ||
| Test | T2 Week 7 (45 minutes) | 62.50% |
| Observation | T2 Week 11 | 37.50% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Semester | Lecture | 2 hours | 11111111111 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 1 hour | 11111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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