CO5109 - Corporate Finance
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | School of Business |
This subject develops skills and knowledge in areas of financial management. Emphasis will be on: consumption and investment decision under certainty; valuation of corporate securities; capital budgeting under certainty and uncertainty; concept of risk; portfolio theory; capital asset pricing theory; cost of capital; corporate capital structure decision; dividend decision and policy and options and coporate finance.
Learning Outcomes
- To understand pro-forma statements, ratio analysis, discounted cash flow valuation and risk analysis;
- To understand the notion of market efficiency, the valuation of options and other derivatives;
- To understand fixed-income and stocks valuation, the capital budgeting process and how to select investment projects;
- To determine the optimal capital structure of the firm and how it is affected by taxes.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to calculate, produce, interpret and communicate numerical information;
- The ability to select and use appropriate IT tools.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | LB5211 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2009 | |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ian Burnett. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| Cairns, Block, Study Period 8 | |
| Census Date 21-Aug-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 14-Aug-2009 to 20-Sep-2009 (Face to face dates are Fri 14/8 & 18/9 (6-9pm); Sat 15/8 & 19/9 & Sun 16/8 & 20/9 (9-5). Exam date is yet to be determined.) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Chris Hunt |
| Lecturer: | Mr Ben Jacobsen. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 52 | |
| Census Date 24-Jul-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 20-Nov-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| Guangzhou, Block, Study Period 81 | |
| Census Date 09-Jan-2009 | |
| Non-standard start/end 20-Dec-2008 to 13-Feb-2009 | |
| Face to face teaching 20-Dec-2008 to 23-Jan-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | jc173550 |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 21 | |
| Census Date 17-Apr-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 14-Aug-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 23 | |
| Census Date 11-Dec-2009 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Ian Burnett |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (45%); other exams (45%); as per the subject study guide (10%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.