Topics include basic institutional knowledge of the Australian finance sector and an introduction to the theory of pricing of risky assets, focusing on the Capital Asset Pricing Model; fundamentals of capital budgeting, including methods of allowing for inflation, and the treatment of risk; instruments of corporate funding; the theory and practice of capital structure and dividend policy decisions; and an introduction to complex financial instruments such as options and futures. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: Either: (1) FNCE10001 Finance 1 or (2) An approved quantitative subject and an approved accounting subject. Approved quantitative subjects are: ECON10005 Quantitative Methods 1, MAST10008 Accelerated Mathematics 1; MAST10009 Accelerated Mathematics 2; MAS