Finance Elective Courses: Academic year2015-16

IFMR Business School

February 19, 2015

Finance Elective Courses: Academic year 2015-16

Term 4

Financial Statement Analysis & PortfolioManagement (4)

Derivatives and Risk Management (4)

Project Financing Management (4)

Global Financial Markets (4)

Modern Banking Management (4)

Private Equity (& Hedge funds) Finance(2)

Basic Econometrics (4)

Microfinance (4)

Term 5

Risk Management in Banks (4)

Valuation, Mergers & Acquisitions (2 Or 4)

Advanced Financial Modeling (4)

Financial Time Series Analysis (4)

Financial Markets and Practice (4)

Fixed income securities (4)

Corporate credit analysis (4)

Term 6

Corporate Financial Strategy (2)

Behavioral finance (4)

Corporate law and governance (4)

Contemporary issues in financialaccounting (2)

Strategic cost management (4)

Infrastructure Finance (4)

Case studies in Investment Banking (2)

Workshop on Securitization (2)

Financial Statement Analysis & Portfolio Management (4)

Objective: Primary objective is to enhance the students’understanding of the financial statementsappreciation of the role of financial statements in valuationability to integrate financial statement information with valuationmethodology.

Financial Statement AnalysisInvesting & ValuationCost of capital - revisitedPortfolio analysisPortfolio performance evaluation & active portfolio managementPortfolio risk management

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 3 / 10

Derivatives and Risk Management (4)

After the course work, students will be able to do the following:Explain the characteristics of the Indian derivatives marketInitiate option trade set-ups, choosing between futures and optionsApply Black - Scholes - Merton model in real-world optionsmarketsExplain option Greeks and their application in options tradingUnderstand credit derivatives

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 4 / 10

Project Financial Management (4)

Basic characteristics of project and infrastructure financeRisk analysis and structuring of risk - Risks and mitigationProject financing: components of the financial planProject contracts: project agreements, joint venture agreementsProject Investment EvaluationInsurance and legal aspects of project financing

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 5 / 10

Global Securities Market (4)

The course covers the entire gamut of financial products, namely,equities, debt, money markets, foreign exchange, futures, andoptions.It also covers the important topics of mutual funds, and brokerageoperations.The issues of market structures and the intricacies of order-drivenmarkets are also covered in this course.

Financial institutions, instruments, and marketsMacroeconomics of financial marketsType of orders and market structuresEquity markets, money markets, and bond marketsThe brokerage industryMutual funds and pension fundsFundamentals of foreign exchange

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 6 / 10

Modern Banking Management (4)

This course is primarily designed to help students understand theoperational side of Banking

Payment systemRetail banking: Deposits, credit, services, and cardsCorporate BankingBranch BankingBranch banking - simulation!

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 7 / 10

Private Equity (& Hedge funds) Finance (2) - 15 classroom hours

Private Equity Finance (PEF) explores the financial issues relatedto private equity industry.

Private equity fund raising and its structure (contrast with Hedgefunds)Investment Origination, Valuation, Value Creation, andManagementRealizing value (Investment exit): Initial Public Offerings, StrategicSales, and Leverage Recapitalization

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 8 / 10

Basic Econometrics (4)

Objective: introduce students to the basic concepts ineconometrics, i.e. understanding regression techniques, how touse it, and how not to misuse it.Familiarity with certain basic statistical concepts is a prerequisitefor this course.To opt for this course you need to have B and above letter grade inquantitative methods course (QABD)This course will be a mix of both theory and applications of certaineconometric techniques in data analysis.We will use Stata and MS-Excel extensively in this course foranalyzing data.

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 9 / 10

Microfinance (4)

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School) Finance Area: Courses February 19, 2015 10 / 10