Advanced Problems In Finance –

fin545

(3 credits)

This course extends the competencies developed in FIN/544 by introducing additional techniques of financial analysis.

This graduate-level course is weeks. To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Corporate Governance
- Evaluate how financial goals and growth are achieved in a competitive business environment.
- Assess the degree to which agency theory applies to shareholders and management.
- Distinguish among various executive compensation plans and their strengths and limitations.
- Critique corporate stock option plans as a tool to maximize shareholder wealth.
Cross-Border Investment Decisions
- Analyze unique risks associated with international investment decisions.
- Differentiate among various international investment and financing options.
- Demonstrate the integrated use of financial tools and techniques covered in the course.
- Summarize and synthesize the course content.
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Corporate Financing
- Assess efficient capital markets and their role in corporate financing decisions.
- Evaluate long-term financing strategies and alternatives.
- Outline the IPO market, process, and players.
- Critique IPO pricing in the context of dynamic financial markets.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring
- Appraise the financial rationale for mergers and acquisitions.
- Choose among various merger and acquisition strategies.
- Determine the financial outcomes of mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring on the firm.
- Assess the effects of corporate reorganization and bankruptcy strategies.
Risk Management and Securities Analysis
- Identify various elements of corporate risk affecting financial decisions.
- Analyze the financial impacts of risk elements.
- Demonstrate the use of derivatives as an appropriate hedging mechanism.
- Assess the impacts of international risks on a firm's financial decisions.
- Analyze foreign currency risk.
Strategies in Capital Budgeting and Structure
- Measure the present value of cash flows.
- Evaluate capital budgeting tools and decisions.
- Determine how firms establish an optimal capital structure strategy.

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While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Advanced Problems In Finance –

fin545

Corporate Governance

Cross-Border Investment Decisions

Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and Corporate Financing

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring

Risk Management and Securities Analysis

Strategies in Capital Budgeting and Structure

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