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FIN503 - Finance, Investment and Sustainability

2023

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Business

Unit Description

Successful organisations monitor their internal and external environments in order to make accurate forecasts and optimise their finances and investments. To do this managers must appreciate the impact of key sustainability dimensions on financial and accounting decision making. This unit covers the critical accounting and corporate finance concepts required by managers. It provides an introduction to financial statements and ratio analysis before moving to key concepts of the time value of money, pricing of financial assets (bonds and equities), the risk-return trade-off, capital budgeting, optimal capital structure, international financial investments and the relation between corporate governance and sustainability.

2023 Intensive Dates - Intensive Period 2

Alice Springs: 25th and 26th March

Katherine: 18th and 19th March

Text Book

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Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Critically review the key financial statements of a company and evaluate its cash flow.
2.	Apply detail understanding of the time value of money to guide major fiscal decisions such as investments, finance and dividends.
3.	Apply in-depth knowledge of the concepts of risk and return, porfolio theory and security markets to formulate strategic plans.
4.	Critically analyse capital budgeting decisions, capital structure and dividend policy of a company to guide organisational decision making.
5.	Account for the complex relationship between corporate governance and sustainability to guide organisational decision making.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Online Quiz	10%	1,2
2.	Written Assessment (2,000-2,500 Words)	45%	1,2,3,4
3.	Written Assessment (2,000-2,500 Words)	45%	1,2,3,4,5

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2023	Semester 1	Internal	CDU Waterfront Darwin	OLR	View
2023	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View
2023	INT-2	Internal	Alice Springs Campus	ITV,OLR	View
2023	INT-2	Internal	Katherine (Town Centre)	ITV,OLR	View

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ITV: This unit will be delivered/part-delivered intensively in this teaching period rather than over the full semester.

OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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