Course Description

To introduce students to a variety of topics under the main head of financial management, topics include:

• Cash flow in business decisions
• Estimation of cost of capital and capital structure
• Dividends and dividend policy
• Financial ratios analysis and firm performance
• Mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring

BOOK TO BE USED

Raymond M. Brooks, Financial Management: Core Concepts, 3d edition, Pearson
ISBN-10: 0133866696 ISBN-13: 9780133866698 

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOM

  • Define risk and return relationship, portfolio theory and capital structure
  •  Outline the use of cash flow in business decisions making
  •  Describe the concepts of mergers, acquisitions and corporate restructuring
  • Compute financial ratios and analyse firm performance-
  • Estimate the cost of capital and capital
  • structure
  • Calculate dividend and discuss dividend policy

Course ID: FIN 306

Credit hours Theory Practical Laboratory Lecture Studio Contact hours Pre-requisite
4.50 4 4 FIN 110
Published on: 14 May 2014
Last update on: 22 August 2022
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