Principles of Finance - Syllabus


Principles of Finance - Syllabus


Paper Code: 212503
Marks : 100
Credits : 4
Class Hours : 60
Paper Title:
PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE

1.   Introduction: Conceptual framework, Financial Decision making, Role of Finance in a firm. Goal of financial management of a firm, Finance as a discipline.

2.      Short Term Financing: Characteristics and sources, spontaneous sources, unsecured and secured short term loan, Assignment and factoring of accounts receivables and inventory financing.

3.      Intermediate Term Financing: Characteristics and sources, different methods, repayment method and effective interest calculation.

4.   Time value of Money: Basic concepts, computing present value and future value: Single amounts-Annuities-Mixed streams.

5.   Long Term Financing: Characteristics and uses, Common stock capital, Preferred Stock Capital and Bond, Valuation of Stock and Bond.

6.   Risk and Return: Risk and Return fundamentals, Measuring risk; Probability distribution, Expected value, Standard deviation and co-efficient of variation. Risk premium, Risk and required rate of return, CAPM. Leverage and Risk-Financial Risk, Business Risk.

7.   Capital Budgeting Cash Flows: The Capital Budgeting Decision Process-The relevant cash flows, finding initial investment, finding the operating cash inflows, finding the terminal cash flow, summarizing the relevant cash flows.

8.   Capital Budgeting Techniques: Overview of capital budgeting techniques-Pay Back Period, Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Comparing NPV and IRR.

9.   Capital Structure Decision: The firm’s capital structure-The EBIT-EPS approach to capital structure, choosing the Optimal Capital Structure.


Book Recommended:

1.   Gitman Lawrence J                       :  Principles of Managerial Finance, 10th edition


Reference Book:

1.   Brigham eugene F, Ehrhardt         :  Financial Management Theory and Practice,
      Michael C,                                        11th edition, South-Western
2.   Lawrence D, Schall & Charls       :  Introduction to Financial Management
      W. Haley

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