This course focuses on tools and techniques used in modern financial management. Material in the course has an applied focus and is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required for understanding, exploring and analysing financial management issues. The course draws upon topical material in order to contextualise theoretical discussion, and present students with examples in practice.

Detailed syllabus topics: Financial maths applications, Risk, Capital budgeting, Cost of capital, Asset pricing, Valuation, Leverage, Capital raising, Financing tools and Contingent Claims Theory.

By the end of this course students will have:

• attained basic knowledge of some of the key issues facing financial managers;
• developed proficiency in the areas of asset valuation and project evaluation and;
• deepened their understanding of the finance theory underlying financial management.

Marks are allocated for assessment as follows:

• One article critique (articles for critique are indicated by ** in reference list) 10%
• Major Project 30%
• Mid-semester examination 20%
• End-of-semester examination 40%

To achieve an automatic pass grade in this course you must obtain 50% or more as anaggregate mark on the assessment.

At least an average of 65% (or equivalent) in the final two years of an Australian undergraduate degree with at least one year of university level study in quantitative analysis, including basic mathematics and data analysis techniques.

The tutorial worksheet assignments will involve the use of a PC or Mac computer. You will need to  be familiar with word processors (for example Word) and with spreadsheets (in particular Excel).

See Course Outline:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/outline/FINM7007.pdf

See Course Outline:  http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/outline/FINM7007.pdf

For further information please refer to http://ecocomm.anu.edu.au/courses/course.asp?code=FINM7007