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Corporate Finance and Valuation (COM445) is a more advanced finance course with 18 videos on corporate finance and valuation of debt and equity securities. This course examines the key decisions and issues faced by senior financial officers in corporations, capital providers (both investors and lenders), and financial intermediaries such as investment banks. The course provides students with the analytical tools, frameworks and methods used by the CFO or Treasurer of a larger company to develop and implement the financial strategy of a business. It also provides students with the tools used by equity and credit analysts and investors to evaluate the financial performance of companies and value their securities (both equity and debt).

The course has three major objectives:

• To describe financial markets and the sources of capital for mature firms.

• To introduce financial policies set by senior managers and show how these policies affect a company’s ability to pursue its business strategy and achieve its operational objectives.

• To demonstrate the analytical tools used to value a company and to show how specific activities undertaken by a company create or destroy shareholder value.

Beginners wishing for an introduction to finance may prefer to watch Management Finance (COM371).​