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

Get exam-ready for FNCE20005: Corporate Financial Decision Making at the University of Melbourne with a concise, exam-focused study guide. It distills the most testable concepts into clear explanations and practical, step-by-step examples. You’ll practise with exam-style questions, sample papers, and complete answer keys, then use targeted guidance and recent updates to avoid common pitfalls. Designed for quick revision and deep understanding, this resource helps you check your progress, close knowledge gaps, and walk into the exam confident, prepared, and ready to perform at your best on exam day.

This subject 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, students 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	Accounting for Management Decisions
ECOM20001	Econometrics 1
ECOM30001	Basic Econometrics
ECOM30002	Econometrics 2
ECON10003	Introductory Macroeconomics
ECON10004	Introductory Microeconomics
ECON10005	Quantitative Methods 1
ECON20002	Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON20003	Quantitative Methods 2
FNCE20005	Corporate Financial Decision Making
FNCE30001	Investments
FNCE30007	Derivative Securities
FNCE40001	Advanced Corporate Finance
MAST10010	Data Analysis
MAST20005	Statistics

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University of Melbourne - FNCE20005: Corporate Financial Decision Making

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