Corporate Finance

This course is aimed to establish a bridge between modern corporate finance theories and practical investment decisions in financial markets. We will cover the basics of agency theory, modern portfolio choice theory, assets-pricing models and their practical applications. After the course, students will be able to acquire and process the financial market data, to analyze the investment qualities of individual stocks and portfolios and to make rational investment decisions

The goal of mastering the discipline

This course is aimed to establish a bridge between modern corporate finance theories and practical investment decisions in financial markets

The skills you get

  • Students will learn how to build stock portfolios based on modern portfolio theory
  • Students will learn how to collect and prepare data on stock returns
  • Students will learn how to analyze internal corporate events and their relation to stock performance

Topics covered

  • Topic 1: Corporate governance
  • Topic 2: Stock valuation
  • Topic 3: Portfolio selection
  • Topic 4: Capital assets pricing model
  • Topic 5: Corporate investment decisions
  • Topic 6: Corporate dividend policy

When instructed

  • 2nd year, 2nd semester

List of references and sourses

Brealey, R. A., Myers, S. C., & Allen, F. (2011). Principles of corporate finance. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.