Finance

MGEHD1312  2016-2017  Mons

Finance
6.0 credits
30.0 h + 10.0 h
2q

Teacher(s)
D'Hondt Catherine ; Platten Isabelle ;
Language
Français
Prerequisites

MGEHD1321 ' Accounting and financial analysis
MQAHD1325 ' Management Mathematics

Main themes

- The law of one price
- The time value of money
- Interest rates
- Debt and loans
- Financial statement analysis
- Investment decision rules
- Fundamentals of capital budgeting
- Bond valuation
- Stock valuation
- Risk-return relationship
- Diversification
- Portfolio theory & CAPM
- The cost of capital
- Valuation and financial modeling for investment projects

Aims

- Understand and master the basics of financial
management
- Apply valuation technics to standard financial operations
- Understand the fundamentals of capital budgeting
- Implement the various investment rules and selection
criteria to projects

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Evaluation methods

- written examination
- continuous assessment (case studies)

Teaching methods

- Lectures
- Case studies
- Course-related exercises

Content

- Introduction to Finance and to the financial system
- Financial mathematics
- Valuation of financial assets
- Capital budgeting and investment decision rules
- Risk-return relationship
- The cost of capital and investment project valuation

Bibliography
  • Berk & DeMarzo, Finance d'entreprise (adaptation française), 2e édition (Pearson, 2011)
  • Vernimmen, Quiry & Le Fur, Finance d'entreprise, 12e édition (Dalloz, 2013)
Faculty or entity<


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Program title
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Management (shift schedule)
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