Ted Rogers School of Business Management
FIN 810 Corporate Financial Analysis
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Winter 2013
Class Time: Fridays 11:00 – 14:00 | Room: TRS – 2-166 | Professor: Sergiy RakhmayilOffice hours: after classOffice: TRS 2-056 | Web: Blackboard http://my.ryerson.ca Email: srakhmay@ryerson.ca Phone: (416)-979-5000/ext 4968 | | | |
PREREQUISITE FIN 710 and ACC414
METHOD OF POSTING GRADES
Grades on assignments, tests and exams, including final exams, will be posted on the Blackboard site for the course . Students who wish not to have their grades posted must inform the instructor in writing
E-MAIL USAGE
Students are welcome to contact the instructor by email except for the questions related to the course content. Any questions related to assignment problems, chapter topics, or cases should be posted on the Blackboard on the designated discussion board so that other students who may have the same question can see the discussion.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course, financial theory will be used to resolve a number of practical corporate finance problems in the areas of capital structure, dividend policy, corporate valuation, securities valuation, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, and other applied financial issues. Practical solutions to real world financial challenges will be explored.
COURSE OVERVIEW
Students focus on the financial concepts, issues, methods, and industry practices relevant to public companies. Students will learn how to evaluate the financial position of a corporation through examination of accounting statements, how to analyse financing and investment problems using discounted cash flow framework, how to evaluate the impact of different financing and investment decisions on the shareholders’ wealth, how to assess flexibility in investment, and how to form dividend policy using current finance theory and practice. Students will