BUSN9026 Business Finance

Professor Adrian Cheung

2020

4.5

1 x 3-hour seminar weekly

1 Admission into MBUSWS-Master of Business
1a Admission into MBUSFN-Master of Business (Finance)
1b Admission into MBUSHR-Master of Business (Human Resource Management)
1c Admission into MBUSIB-Master of Business (International Business)
1d Admission into MBUSMK-Master of Business (Marketing)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d))

1 of BUSN2006, BUSN2016, BUSN3026, COMP3200, ECON2014, ECON2015, ECON3038 has been successfully completed

Master of Business and specialisations

This topic assumes no prior work experience in Finance. Building on the Business Accounting topic it introduces student to the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management. The topic will cover the role and objectives of financial management, business financial planning and ratio analysis, working capital management, risk and return, capital budgeting, the capital market, sources of finance, the cost of capital, operating and financial leverage, the financial structure decision and the dividend decision.

This topic aims to:

Demonstrate the application of Business Finance principles in the workplace
identify the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management
examine the role and objectives of sound financial planning and management in business organisations.

On successful completion of this topic, students will be able to:

Perform financial statement analysis
Describe the procedures for assessing and measuring the risk of investment assets
Value long-term debt (bonds/debentures), preference shares and ordinary shares
Apply capital budgeting techniques in capital investment decisions
Determine the cost of capital of a firm
Define and calculate operating, financial and total leverage, and understand their implications for the target capital structure of a firm
Discuss the importance of managing working capital
Work collaboratively to conduct research and present the findings in report format.

Key dates and timetable

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