6 ECTS credits
153 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 4015151ENR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
Je hebt 'Inleiding tot boekhouden en financiën' gevolgd, alvorens 'Financieel management en investeringsanalyse' op te nemen.​ Deze inschrijvingsvereiste is enkel geldig voor studenten Bedrijfskunde.​
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business
Educational team
Lieven De Moor (course titular)
Alesia Gerassimenko
Ian Lenaers
Activities and contact hours
12 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
128 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

In this course the following topics will be covered: general valuation principle, valuation of bonds, stocks and investment projects with the calculation of net cashflows and equivalent annual cost; introduction to risk and return, portfolio theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model, risk and the cost of capital; introduction to international finance with exchange risk management. Possibly, also guest lectures will be organized about themes to be announced.

Course material
Handbook (Recommended) : Principles of Corporate Finance, Richard Brealey and Stewart Myers and Franklin Allen, 13de of eerdere versie, McGraw-Hill, 9781260565553, 2019
Digital course material (Required) : Slides, Beschikbaar via Canvas
Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The purpose of this course is to provide students a thorough understanding of the fundamental concepts and techniques in the areas of financial management and investment analysis.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: Written closed book exam. The use of a personal calculator is compulsory.

Additional info regarding evaluation

(!) In accordance with the supplementary faculty regulations to article 8§3 of the Teaching and Examination Regulations, the examination in the first examination session for all students only takes place in the additional examination block, organized in the two weeks following the spring break.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Management: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Mathematics: Financial and Applied Mathematics (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Physics and Astronomy: Minor Economy and Business