Universiteit van Amsterdam (UVA) • Finance

6314M0277Y Summary of all lectures for the course Advanced Corporate Finance

Summary of all lectures

Summarizes all the mandatory articles for the Corporate Governance course from the Finance master at the University of Amsterdam.

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

Important: this summary follows the order of the lectures in this specific course, not the chapters of the book. If you want to know what the lecturer discussed during these lectures, this is your perfect summary!

This introductory Finance course focuses on Governance and M&A-related concepts. Beginning with Equity and Asset Valuation, the main part focuses on theories about Principal-Agent conflicts as well as corporate structures to prevent such adverse effects. The last two chapters focus on M&A activity and all forms of takeovers.

Full Course Summary of advanced Finance course in a later stage of the Bachelor. Mostly material on equity valuation, debt vs. equity financing and asset pricing such as CAPM as well as derivatives and real options.

(1) Fixed Income Portfolio and Rebalancing Methods. (2) Equity and Assets Pricing Methods (CAPM, APT etc.). (3) Efficient Market Hypothesis vs. Behavioral Finance.

This summary spans the chapters 4, 20 - 26 as well as Carhart (1997). Many colorful graphs and equations to illustrate the theories better with emphasis on real world examples. Main topics span Asset valuation, Derivatives and Portfolio Management