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25742 Financial Management
6cp; prerequisite(s): at least two years' work experience
Postgraduate

This subject provides the analytical framework for corporate financial decisions. It introduces students to financial theory and to the tools of financial decision making and is concerned primarily with investment project evaluation and determining the financing mix necessary to achieve the firm's financial objectives. Topics include the conceptual basis of financial decisions, accounting statements and cash flow, net present value, the valuation of debt and equity, capital budget issues, risk and return, the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), and capital structure – determinants of the optional balance of debt and equity, dividend policy, and leasing.