Core modules 9

Financial Markets and Instruments

Provides a basis for investment and financing analysis and decisions, and a foundation for a more in-depth study of the subject if you who wish to go on and specialise in finance for your Executive MBA.  The module comprises three complementary parts - first focusing on capital budgeting and investment decisions; the second focusing on financing instruments and markets; and the third deriving the weighted average cost of capital used for discounting and valuation purposes.

Learning outcomes:

• Role of finance in the firm
• Investment appraisal
• Valuation of income streams
• Pricing of bonds
• Valuation of equities
• Risk and return
• Deriving and using WACC in valuation.