Finance II MIBA-463   3 Credit Hours

This course focuses on the following:

• How to evaluate complex investments.

• How to set and execute financial policies within a firm.

• How to integrate the vast financial decisions faced by firms.

• Tools of financial analysis (credit market analysis, option pricing, valuation of interest tax shields, weighted average cost of capital)

• Financial policy choices of firms (whether to finance with debt or equity, distributing cash to shareholders)

• Financial market imperfections (costs of financial distress, transaction costs, information asymmetries, taxes, agency conflicts)

• Deals and transactions (mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, hostile takeovers, initial public offerings)