FIN704: Advanced Corporate Finance Official Materials

For FIN704 students, relying on scattered notes or incomplete slides is risky. This official, complete PDF handout provides structured, university-approved material that thoroughly explains advanced financial concepts, ensuring you have everything needed to excel in assignments, GDBs, and exams.

Core Syllabus Topics Covered

This comprehensive digital resource spans the entirety of the advanced 45-lecture curriculum.

• Advanced Capital Budgeting: Evaluating multi-stage projects under uncertainty, utilizing real options, and applying rigorous risk analysis to corporate investments.

• Capital Structure Theories: An in-depth exploration of Modigliani-Miller propositions, the trade-off theory, and the pecking order framework.

• Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A): The financial mechanics of corporate restructuring, calculating synergy valuation, and analyzing various takeover defenses.

• Strategic Dividend Policy: Examining how corporate payout decisions, share repurchases, and signaling theories impact overall shareholder wealth.

• Corporate Governance: Understanding agency problems between management and shareholders, structuring executive compensation, and the mechanisms of corporate control.

Academic Value of This PDF

• Complete Coverage: Includes all mandatory readings, formulas, and proofs for MS and MBA coursework.

• Searchable & Efficient: Quickly find financial models or citations with Ctrl+F for GDBs and term papers.

• Cross-Device Friendly: Optimized for desktops, tablets, and smartphones for study anytime, anywhere.

Focused Exam Preparation Strategy

FIN704 moves far beyond simple plug-and-chug calculations; the university tests your executive decision-making skills. Focus on the rationale behind the numbers. You must be prepared to write analytical arguments defending why a specific capital structure or acquisition strategy is the optimal choice for a given corporate case study.

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