Teacher(s)

D'Hondt Catherine; Platten Isabelle;

Language

French

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

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	- 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”.

Content

• The law of one price
  
• Time value of money
  
• Annuities
  
• Interest rates
  
• Loans
  
• Selection criteria for investment
  
• How to choose among several projects
  
• Cash-flow determination for a project
  
• Capital budgeting
  
• Bonds
  
• Stocks
  
• Risk
  
• The cost of capital
  
• Capital budgeting - conclusion
  

Teaching methods

• MOOC
• Flipped classroom
• Exercises

Evaluation methods

• Written examination (80%)
  
• Ongoing assessment (20%) : MOOC MCQ 
  
• Ongoing assessment score is definitively acquired
  

Online resources

https://www.edx.org/course/les-principes-de-la-finance-0 

Bibliography

• Finance d’entreprise, 3ème édition, Berk &  DeMarzo, Pearson France 2014.
• Principles of Corporate Finance: Global Edition,  11ème édition, Brealey, Myers & Allen, McGraw-Hill 2014

Faculty or entity

CLSM