• Offered by Rsch Sch of Finance, Actuarial Studies & App Stats
  • ANU College ANU College of Business and Economics
  • Classification Advanced
    Specialist
  • Course subject Financial Management
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person

This course focuses on key issues associated with valuing Mergers AND Acquisitions (M&A) transactions for a firm. The focus of the course is the interaction of strategy, finance and valuation. The course looks at why companies pursue M&A and the impact it has on a firm. The course applies various valuation approaches to understand how M&A deals are structured and implemented in practice.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of the requirements for this course, students will be able to:

  • Analyse and assess corporate strategy
  • Assess strategic positioning of the firm with reference to the economic environment
  • Analyse and communicate the implications of valuation to overall corporate strategy
  • Analyse and communicate details of forecasted cash flows
  • Analyse and communicate details of cost of capital estimates
  • Analyse and communicate the structure of takeover deals
  • Work in teams and present results to investment professionals.

Other Information

 See the course outline on the College courses page. Outlines are uploaded as they become available. 

Indicative Assessment

  • Final exam 55%
  • Group project 45%

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Workload

10 hrs per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed FINM7007

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $3414
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2015 $4350
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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