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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);

Mr B Jacobsen (Cairns 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%); three on-course tests (each 10%); final examination (60%).