Prof Pedro Saffi

This course is compulsory on the MSc in Law and Finance. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course uses controlled access as part of the course selection process. For information on controlled access courses, including eligibility, application processes, deadlines, and departmental contact details, please refer to the Controlled Access Courses webpage.

All students on a programme listed above will be given a place. This course is closed to outside students and does not permit auditing students.

Please contact finance.teachingmanager@lse.ac.uk with any queries.

This course is available on the MSc in Law and Finance only. Students on any other programme are not permitted to take this course.

Co-requisites:

Students must complete FM483 and LL4FA either before taking this course or in the same year as this course.

This course is a self-contained introduction to finance. The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive overview of firms' financial decision making. The course is designed to provide an applied and practical approach to finance, enabling the students to address topical issues that modern corporations face. In particular, the course builds on theoretical concepts such as valuation and capital structure theories, and applies those tools in a systematic and rigorous way to real-life financial management problems. After a brief introduction to financial markets, the course focuses on corporate finance and business valuation. Topics such as mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings will also be covered.

30 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.

This course is taught in an interactive format. There is no distinction between lectures and classes/seminars; there are simply “sessions” where the pedagogical approach is always interactive.

There will be some formative assignments distributed during the term.

Berk and DeMarzo, Corporate Finance, Pearson International Edition.

Continuous assessment (100%).