Finance

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	154-9520/01
Abbreviation	FINa
Course title	Finance
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

A. Principles of Financial Decision-Making (Financial decision-making criteria; Portfolio theory, CAPM and APT; Financial derivatives; Valuation of financial derivatives; Fixed income securities)
B. Corporate Finance (Capital budgeting; Financial planning in corporate finance; Dividend theory and policy; Valuation and acquisition of a company; Taxes, accounting and financial decision-making)
C. Financial Markets (Financial system; Instruments of financial markets; Analysis of financial securities; Collective investment; Current trends at financial markets)
D. Banking and Insurance (Banking system; Bank products; Asset and liability management; Bank management; Insurance sector)
E. International Finance (Microstructure of foreign exchange markets; Determination and forecasting of the exchange rates; Financial management of international holding companies; International investment; International financial markets)

Literature

ELTON, E. J. and M. J. GRUBER. Modern Portfolio Theory and Investments Analysis. 8th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
FABOZZI, F. J. The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2011.
HULL, John. Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives. 10th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2017.

Advised literature

JORION, Philippe. Value at Risk. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2009.
SHAPIRO, Alan C. Multinational Financial Management. 10th ed. New Jersey: Wiley, 2013.
SMIT, John and Lenos TRIGEROGIS. Strategic Investment: Real Options and Games. New York: Princeton University Press, 2012. 504 pp.

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