Introduction to Advanced Finance (WiSe 2021/22)


Course Number
046150

Field(s) of Study
Master

University Calendar

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Type
Lecture

Course Language
englisch


Course schedule

Day Time Frequency Date Room
Thursday 10:00- 12:00 weekly 14.10.2021- 03.02.2022 Hüfferstr. 1, HHü

Notice

This course provides an overview of the main concepts in finance. The class mainly focuses on investment topics, but also comprises fundamentals of corporate finance. The investment part contains, for example, foundations of the investment environment and process, the relation between risk and return, Markowitz portfolio optimization, the Capital Asset Pricing Model and its extensions (theoretical derivations and empirical tests). The corporate finance part focuses on optimal capital structure choices and a valuation case.

Lecturers

  • Prof. Dr. Nadja Guenster (responsible)