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Corporate Restructuring and Valuation (FNCE90012)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Dual-Delivery Semester 2 - Dual-Delivery |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject examines mergers, acquisitions and other corporate restructuring techniques and the valuation issues which arise in this context. Topics include: mergers and acquisitions (motives, corporate voting and control, economic issues, strategic issues, legal issues); divestments (carve-outs, spin-offs, leveraged buy-outs); valuation techniques (cashflow-based approaches, multiples-based approaches); and investor activism.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Identify and describe the various corporate restructuring techniques.
- Identify and analyse the key economic, strategic and legal issues involved in corporate restructuring transactions.
- Identify and describe the various corporate valuation techniques.
- Apply and interpret cashflow-based valuation methods and multiples-based valuation methods in a corporate restructuring setting.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Collaborative learning
- Problem solving
- Team work
- Statistical reasoning
- Application of theory to practice
- Interpretation and analysis
- Critical thinking
- Synthesis of data and other information
- Evaluation of data and other information
- Using computer software
- Accessing data and other information from a range of sources
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ECON90033 | Quantitative Analysis of Finance I |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ECON90034 | Economics of Finance |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
FNCE90047 | Financial Markets and Instruments |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
AND
One of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ACCT90002 | Financial Statement Analysis |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
ACCT90004 | Accounting for Decision Making |
Summer Term (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Exam mid-semester
| Mid semester | 20% |
Group assignment (normally in groups of 3 students)
| End of semester | 25% |
Group presentation (normally in groups of 3 students)
| End of semester | 10% |
Exam end-of-semester
| During the examination period | 45% |
Additional details
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Ekaterina Volkova Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours per week of lectures Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 - Semester 2
Principal coordinator Garry Twite Mode of delivery Dual-Delivery (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours per week of lectures Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 25 July 2022 to 23 October 2022 Last self-enrol date 5 August 2022 Census date 31 August 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 23 September 2022 Assessment period ends 18 November 2022
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
You will be advised of prescribed texts by your lecturer.
- Related Handbook entries
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Type Name Course Master of Finance - Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024