The main goal of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of major topical areas in financial management, including an overview of the most recent developments and the ways they are integrated into corporate practice. Students will learn how to evaluate major strategic corporate and investment decisions and to understand capital markets and institutions from a financial perspective.

Topic coverage includes: asset valuation, real options, capital structure, cost of capital, Hybrid Financing, corporate liabilities, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As), and Sustainable Finance. Throughout the course, practical applications of financial concepts and techniques will be carried out with the use of cases. Building on earlier, more fundamental courses in corporate finance and investments, the scope of the Sustainable Financial Management and Policy course drifts away from the simple technical analysis of corporate financial decisions to a high-level discussion of their strategic implications for the profitability and sustainability of the company.

E. F. Brigham and P. R. Daves, Intermediate Financial Management (13th edition), Cengage Learning, 2019.

This course is in transition for the bachelor Fiscal Economics.
See the Bachelor Education and Examination Regulations for more information.

The following rule applies to bachelor Fiscal Economics students.
TRANSITIONAL REGULATION (EBC2055):
The bachelor Fiscal Economics has been discontinued.

There will be repeat education for year 1 and year 2 courses up to and including academic year 2025-2026 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2026-2027. For year 3 courses there will be repeat education up to and including 2026-2027 and exam-only up to and including academic year 2027-2028.

Whether a course is in transition, cancelled, or replaced may depend on the cohort you are in. Sometimes there are additional criteria. It is therefore very important to carefully read the EER and any addendum so you can apply the rules to your individual situation.


PREREQUISITES:
Second year course in finance ; Knowledge and understanding of finance (at least one introductory finance course); Exchange students need to have taken at least one introductory finance course; An advanced level of English; The course is open to students who have followed a first-year undergraduate corporate finance course, including exchange students, provided that they have taken at least one introductory finance course. Students who have not taken any basic finance course are not advised to register; experience shows that the amount of work necessary to catch up with the basic knowledge in finance is highly time- and resource-consuming.