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FNCE20005 - Corporate Financial Decision Making 
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University of Melbourne - FNCE20005: Corporate Financial Decision Making

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

University	University of Melbourne
Study Level	Undergraduate
Subject Code	FNCE20005
Subject Name	Corporate Financial Decision Making
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	36

Prepare for the exam with the most complete study material available for FNCE20005: Corporate Financial Decision Making at the University of Melbourne, which includes exam-style questions and advice on common examination pitfalls. This guide has been thoroughly updated to cover all the topics included in the latest edition of the exam. It contains sample exam questions, complete with a detailed answer guide, to help you understand the question style and identify priority topics to review as you prepare for your final. Presented in clear and concise language, this guide is perfect for students who are preparing for the final examination of the subject.

This subject, Corporate Financial Decision Making (FNCE20005) - examines capital budgeting techniques, the capital structure decision, the distribution decision and corporate risk management at a more advanced level to that covered in FNCE10002 Principles of Finance. Topics include: the Modigliani-Miller theorems, the impact of taxes under a classical tax system, the impact of taxes under an imputation tax system, corporate acquisitions and restructuring, hybrid securities as a source of finance, techniques in raising capital.

✔ On successful completion of this subject, you should be able to:

Explain the different techniques used by firms to raise equity and debt capital.
Apply alternative capital budgeting techniques in the presence of taxes and differing project lives.
Discuss the impact of market imperfections on a firm’s capital structure decision.
Discuss the impact of market imperfections on a firm’s distribution decision.
Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of hybrid securities as a source of finance.
Assess the economic consequences of corporate acquisition and restructuring activities.
Explain the option-theoretic interpretation of debt and equity.

SUBJECT CODE	SUBJECT NAME
ACCT10001	Accounting Reports and Analysis
ACCT10002	Introductory Financial Accounting
ACCT20001	Cost Management
BLAW10001	Principles of Business Law
BLAW30002	Taxation Law I
ECOM20001	Econometrics 1
ECOM30002	Econometrics 2
ECON10003	Introductory Macroeconomics
ECON10004	Introductory Microeconomics
ECON10005	Quantitative Methods 1
ECON20002	Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON20003	Quantitative Methods 2
FNCE10002	Principles of Finance
FNCE20005	Corporate Financial Decision Making
FNCE30001	Investments
FNCE30007	Derivative Securities
FNCE40001	Advanced Corporate Finance
MAST20005	Statistics
MGMT10002	Principles of Management
MKTG10001	Principles of Marketing

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