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Level 7 Diploma in Accounting and Finance

International Sources of Finance and Capital Structure

AF703 · Global Finance and Strategy — Week 7 of 16

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This week’s topics

International Sources of Finance and Capital Structure

  1. Eurobonds and syndicated international bank loans
  2. Global equity issues and ADRs
  3. Green financing and Islamic finance instruments
  4. Capital structure risk and cost of capital trade-offs
  5. Law of International Finance: Syndicated Loans Introduction
  6. Session 17: Optimal Financing Mix I - The Trade Off
  7. Sources of finance – Islamic Finance - ACCA (AFM) lectures

What you will be able to do

  • 5.1 Explain sources of finance available to business organisations.
  • 5.2 Assess the risk involved in a range of sources of finance.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain sources of finance available to business organisations.

Study materials

Videos

  • Law of International Finance: Syndicated Loans Introduction · YouTube · University of London Postgraduate Laws · 6 min · for registered students
  • Session 17: Optimal Financing Mix I - The Trade Off · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 19 min · for registered students
  • Sources of finance – Islamic Finance - ACCA (AFM) lectures · YouTube · OpenTuition · 10 min · for registered students
  • Session 18: Optimum Capital Structure - The Cost of Capital Approach · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 62 min · for registered students
  • Session 19 (MBA): APV and Relative Assessment - Optimal Financing Mix · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 87 min · for registered students
  • Session 16: The Debt Equity Trade off · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 90 min · for registered students
  • Session 17: The Financing Mix Trade off · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 86 min · for registered students
  • Session 19: Optimal Financing Mix - Other Approaches · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 85 min · for registered students
  • Session 19: Optimal Financing Mix - Determinants and Drivers · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 80 min · for registered students
  • Session 18: The Cost of Capital Approach to Optimizing Financing Mix · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 85 min · for registered students
  • Session 18: Cost of Capital as Financing Mix Optimizer · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 87 min · for registered students
  • Session 9: The Right Financing Mix · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 94 min · for registered students
  • Session 19: Enhanced Cost of Capital Approach and Determinants of Optimal · YouTube · Aswath Damodaran · 84 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Financing Decisions (2) · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
  • How Do CFOs Make Capital Budgeting and Capital Structure Decisions? · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students
  • MIT 15.414 Financial Management, lecture notes: Raising Capital · PDF · Other, slides · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Globalisation Dynamics and International Investment
  • Week 2: The Global Business Environment
  • Week 3: Corporate Value Statements and Organisational Philosophy
  • Week 4: Strategic Value Enhancement Frameworks
  • Week 5: Strategic Decision-Making in Global Markets
  • Week 6: Financial Evaluation of Strategic Choices
  • Week 7: International Sources of Finance and Capital Structure
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Global Financial Risk Profiling and Management Costs
  • Week 10: Financial Risk Mitigation and Execution
  • Week 11: Global Investment Strategy and Environmental Alignment
  • Week 12: Applying Global Finance and Strategy in practice: case stud…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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