Prof Daniel Ferreira

This course is compulsory on the BSc in Finance. This course is not available as an outside option nor to General Course students.

This course will provide a non-technical introduction to Finance and an overview of the Finance discipline. The aim of the course is to explain the importance of finance to individuals, firms, and society in general. Topics will include discounting and present value, risk and return, financial markets and trading, mutual and hedge funds, banks and other financial intermediaries, financial securities, capital structure, venture capital and private equity, initial public offerings, and valuation of firms and projects.

30 hours of seminars in the LT.

This course will be taught in an interactive teaching format.

Feedback will be given on homework assignments.

Detailed course programmes and reading lists are distributed at the start of the course. Illustrative texts include: Brealey, Myers and Allen, Corporate Finance (McGraw-Hill).

Exam (60%, duration: 2 hours) in the main exam period.
Coursework (40%) in the LT.