This course offers students both theories and practices of investment banking. The topics include: the functions of investment banks and its major business scope, which consists of securities issuance and underwriting, securities brokerage and trading, public equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, consulting services, asset and wealth management, convertible securities and Wall Street innovations, hedge funds and its investment strategies, leverage buyout, and private equity. Most of topics require students to case analyses which give them glimpses of real world scenarios.
The course contents could be divided into five parts: introduction to financial system, time money value, pricing model, risk management and portfolio management, and no-arbitrage pricing. They are expected to provide students with basic ideas about how the financial system works, basic skills in financial practice, and a solid foundation for further study in this field.
Note: Students' self-enrollment key is not required for this course of SEM202 Principles of Finance. The students who have registered the course successfully with Office of Academic Affairs will be manually enrolled by tutors into Moodle with course name "SEM202 Principles of Finance 2026/09 Khar Mang Tan" starting 27/09/2026 (Sunday of Week 0) 5pm. Please stay tuned in Moodle or emails.
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Good day, FIN309* students.
Welcome to the FIN309* International Finance Management.
Good day, SEM117 students.
Welcome to the SEM117 Principles of Finance.
A major core course for Finance undergraduates.