Finance Elective Courses: Academic year

2015-16

IFMR Business School

February 19, 2015

Finance Elective Courses: Academic year 2015-16

Term 4
Financial Statement Analysis & Portfolio
Management (4)

Modern Banking Management (4)

Derivatives and Risk Management (4)

Private Equity (& Hedge funds) Finance

(2)

Project Financing Management (4)

Basic Econometrics (4)

Global Financial Markets (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 financial
accounting (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 statements
appreciation of the role of financial statements in valuation
ability to integrate financial statement information with valuation
methodology.
Financial Statement Analysis
Investing & Valuation
Cost of capital - revisited
Portfolio analysis
Portfolio performance evaluation & active portfolio management
Portfolio risk management

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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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 market
Initiate option trade set-ups, choosing between futures and options
Apply Black - Scholes - Merton model in real-world options
markets
Explain option Greeks and their application in options trading
Understand credit derivatives

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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February 19, 2015

4 / 10

Project Financial Management (4)

Basic characteristics of project and infrastructure finance

Risk analysis and structuring of risk - Risks and mitigation
Project financing: components of the financial plan
Project contracts: project agreements, joint venture agreements
Project Investment Evaluation
Insurance and legal aspects of project financing

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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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, and
options.
It also covers the important topics of mutual funds, and brokerage
operations.
The issues of market structures and the intricacies of order-driven
markets are also covered in this course.
Financial institutions, instruments, and markets
Macroeconomics of financial markets
Type of orders and market structures
Equity markets, money markets, and bond markets
The brokerage industry
Mutual funds and pension funds
Fundamentals of foreign exchange
Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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February 19, 2015

6 / 10

Modern Banking Management (4)

This course is primarily designed to help students understand the

operational side of Banking
Payment system
Retail banking: Deposits, credit, services, and cards
Corporate Banking
Branch Banking
Branch banking - simulation!

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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February 19, 2015

7 / 10

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

Private Equity Finance (PEF) explores the financial issues related

to private equity industry.

Private equity fund raising and its structure (contrast with Hedge
funds)
Investment Origination, Valuation, Value Creation, and
Management
Realizing value (Investment exit): Initial Public Offerings, Strategic
Sales, and Leverage Recapitalization

Surender (Coordinator) (IFMR B-School)

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February 19, 2015

8 / 10

Basic Econometrics (4)

Objective: introduce students to the basic concepts in

econometrics, i.e. understanding regression techniques, how to
use it, and how not to misuse it.
Familiarity with certain basic statistical concepts is a prerequisite
for this course.
To opt for this course you need to have B and above letter grade in
quantitative methods course (QABD)
This course will be a mix of both theory and applications of certain
econometric techniques in data analysis.
We will use Stata and MS-Excel extensively in this course for
analyzing 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