Financial Operations

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S (of 10-02-2014 to 06-06-2014)

Cycles of Study/Courses

Last updated on 2014-03-26.

Fields changed: Learning outcomes and competences, Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem, Componentes de Avaliação e Ocupação, Obtenção de frequência, Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

Teaching language

Objectives

The objective of this discipline is to offer students, once they have obtained their fundamental education in Corporate Finance, the contact with a variety of real world cases of structured financial operations, both domestic and international. The analysis will concentrate on operations with a content and complexity good enough to allow the illustration of the most recent advances in the practice of investment, financing and financial restructuring operations. Furthermore, it will be sought to illustrate the widest possible set of theoretical problems affecting the financial activity of a company.

Learning outcomes and competences

The aim of the discipline is to provide students with a capability to understand and critically analyze all sorts of structured and complex financial operations.

Working method

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Students are expected to possess previous solid education in Corporate Finance.

Program

1  .  Operation in the Market for Corporate Control

2  .  Financing Operations in the Capital Markets

3  .  Operations in the Monetary Markets

4  .  Operations in the Derivatives Masrkets

5  .  Structured Financing Operations

6  .  Privatization Operations

7  .  Financial Restructuring Operations

Mandatory literature

Teaching methods and learning activities

The method of the discipline is case study. All students are asked to make in class presentations of real world cases previously given to them. The class is orgnized into working teams of three. Each group is asked to study a specific real world operation, present it to the class and submit a writen report about it.

Evaluation Type

Assessment Components

Eligibility for exams

Students performance evaluation is made on a continuous basis and includes four components:  (1) presentation/discussion of a last year assignment previously assigned; (2) team work on a financial operation or project previously assigned; (3) oral presentation of the project; (4) individual analysis of one of the projects.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final mark will result from the weighted average of the following partial marks:

(1) presentation/discussion of a last year assignment previously assigned - 25%;

(2) team work on a financial operation or project previously assigned - 40%;

(3) oral presentation of the project - 15%;

(4) individual analysis of one of the projects - 20%.

This course does not the option of a final exam.