Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance - JEM230

• Title: Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance
• Form of teaching: lecture+seminar
• Guaranteed by: Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Duration in semesters: 1
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:3/3, C [HS]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Maximum number of enrolled students: unlimited
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Repeated enrollment: 2 / 2 / 1 / 2
• Note: enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Adam Geršl, Ph.D.; Claudia Curi, Ph.D., MBA

Annotation

Advanced Topics in Corporate Finance is a graduate course designed to provide the student with an advanced background of the responsibilities, concerns and methods of analysis employed by corporate financial managers in financing firms. The course introduces advanced topics related to private (e.g., banks) and public (e.g. corporate bonds) markets to raise debt, credit risk analysis and credit derivatives. Basics of corporate finance would be helpful, but not mandatory.

Last update: Geršl Adam, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2021)

Descriptors

The course combines the latest academic thinking with hands‐on business practice and its main goal is that students should develop an expanded ability to analyse and think about advanced and complex financial management decisions, and to defend these decisions with analytical reasoning.

Last update: Geršl Adam, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (27.08.2021)

Literature

J. Berk, P. DeMarzo, J. Harford, Fundamental of Corporate Finance, Pearson publisher (BDMH)

J. Berk, P. DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Pearson publisher, 3rd (2014) or 4th Global Edition (2017) (BDM)

J.C. Hull, Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Pearson publisher, 10th Edition (H)

(Scans of the required chapters will be provided to the students)

A business case will be discussed on the last day of the course
Chackpo, G., Strick, E.P. (2002), First American Bank: Credit Default Swaps, Harvard Business School (HBS 9‐203‐033)

(an electronic copy will be provided to the students)

Last update: Geršl Adam, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2022)

Teaching methods

Classes will be held in person at IES, Room 109 (Prof. Michal Mejstrik Hall) as follows:

Monday, Sep 26, 9:00 - 10:30 and 11:00 - 12:30

Tuesday, Sep 27, 9:00 - 10:30 and 11:00 - 12:30

Thursday, Sep 29, 9:00 - 10:30 and 11:00 - 12:30

For the detail syllabus and ther agenda for each teaching day see the attached pdf file.

 

Last update: Geršl Adam, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2022)

Course assessment methods and requirements for successful completion, grading scheme

compact course for 3 ECTS credits

final online test on Friday, Sep 30, at 10 am (link will be shared during the course)

to get the credits, the test needs to be passed (test score at least 50% or higher)

Last update: Geršl Adam, doc. PhDr., Ph.D. (30.08.2022)