CO2601:03
Business Finance 1
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 12 hours workshops. Semester 2.
Staff: Assoc. Professor S Alison (Townsville campus).
The study of the theory and practice of corporate finance at an intermediate level including: portfolio theory, capital project appraisal in the presence of risk, capital structure theory, dividend policy and capital market efficiency.
Learning Objectives:
- evaluate alternative asset pricing models;
- solve advanced capital budgeting problems;
- discuss the relevance of dividend policy and share buybacks;
- explain the competing theories of capital structure;
- describe the various forms of capital market efficiency and assess their significances for corporate financial decision-making.
Assessment by a written assignment (10%); tutorial participation (10%); two on-course tests (each 10%); final examination (60%).