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401-8916-00L 3 Credits MSC D-MATH

Advanced Corporate Finance II (University of Zurich)

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Abstract

To provide the students with good understanding of the problems and issues in corporate finance.

Objective

To study problems and issues in Corporate Finance in the context of real cases.

Content

The course studies the relation between firms and financial and foreign exchange markets. Topics considered are bond issuance, fixed income arbitrage, asset-liability management, a run on an insurance company, collateralized debt obligations (CDO) and credit default swaps (CDS), the securitisation of industrial and commercial loans, the hedging of foreign exchange risk, risk arbitrage in takeovers and venture capital. These are studied in the context of real cases.

Resources

Lecture Notes

See:http://www.isb.uzh.ch/institut/staff/habib.michel/teaching/

Literature

Course material and cases to be obtained from the OLAT website.

General Information

Language
English
Levels
MSC
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance
Registration modalities, date and venue of this performance assessment are specified solely by the UZH.

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Advanced Corporate Finance II (University of Zurich)
**Course at University of Zurich**
No time listed 2 h weekly

Offered In

  • Mathematics Master
    • Application Area (Only necessary and eligible for the Master degree in Applied Mathematics. One of the application areas specified must be selected for the category Application Area for the Master degree in Applied Mathematics. At least 8 credits are required in the chosen application area. Credits from other application areas cannot be recognised for further application areas.)