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[Term 3] Equity Investments (S. Abe) (2009/Term 3&4 (Spring&Summer))
The equity investor perspective will be the focus of this elective finance course. The emphasis will be applications-oriented with limited exposure to quantitative investment theory. Different investment styles for different risk profiles will be explored with an emphasis on publicly traded stocks. This course will be of interest to students who want to learn more about (1) the equity capital provider side of corporate finance; (2) valuing and investing in publicly traded companies; and, (3) the business of investment management. This course will appeal to students who want to build and preserve their own wealth over time.
Course Structure
Lectured discussions, case studies, and expert speakers.
Topics will include individual company valuation analysis, convertible securities, growth vs. value stocks, fundamental vs. technical analysis, active vs. indexed investing, mutual funds, hedge funds, and behavioral finance. Four outside speakers from the investment management community will bring the real world into the classroom and will give students an opportunity to learn firsthand contrasting investment styles and investment analytics. Their careers are built on successful investing, and they will share with you the excitement, gratification, pressures, and anxieties found at the intersection of risk and return. (All first and second year students will be invited to attend the speaker sessions whether or not you are enrolled in the course.)
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FINA2802B.C.D. Investments and portfolio analysis
Semester : 1
For Student of Year : 2
Lecturer : Xia, Chun General Information
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of investments and to major issues currently of concern to all investors. The concepts and skills developed from this course enable students to conduct a sophisticated assessment of current issues and debates covered by both the popular media as well as more-specialized finance journals. We emphasize on equity part and the main topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets, equity valuation, portfolio performance evaluation, and relevant institutional details. This course is essential to those planning
FINA2802F.G. Investments and portfolio analysis
Semester : 2
For Student of Year : 2
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of investments and to major issues currently of concern to all investors. The concepts and skills developed from this course enable students to conduct a sophisticated assessment of current issues and debates covered by both the popular media as well as more-specialized finance journals. We emphasize on equity part and the main topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets, equity valuation, portfolio performance evaluation, and relevant institutional details. This course is essential to those planning to become an investment professional
FINA2802H.I. Investments and portfolio analysis
Semester : 2
For Student of Year : 2
Lecturer : Chan, Alex W. H.
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of investments and to major issues currently of concern to all investors. The concepts and skills developed from this course enable students to conduct a sophisticated assessment of current issues and debates covered by both the popular media as well as more-specialized finance journals. We emphasize on equity part and the main topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets, equity valuation, portfolio performance evaluation, and relevant institutional details. This course is essential to those
FINA2802A Investments and Portfolio analysis
Semester : 1
For Student of Year : 2
Lecturer : Wong, C. General Information
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles of investments and to major issues currently of concern to all investors. The concepts and skills developed from this course enable students to conduct a sophisticated assessment of current issues and debates covered by both the popular media as well as more-specialized finance journals. We emphasize on equity part and the main topics include: portfolio theory, equilibrium in capital markets, equity valuation, portfolio performance evaluation, and relevant institutional details. This course is essential to those planning
ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strateg
The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS) offers students the opportunity to earn an MBA degree in International Business Strategy at Hitotsubashi University. In order to meet the requirements of an MBA degree, students must take a minimum of 66 credits during the First Year. This requirement applies to students in both the One-Year Program and the Two-Year Program at Hitotsubashi ICS.
Course work in the MBA program consists of two-credit or four-credit courses. Individual classes are 120 minutes in duration. Therefore, typically, a two-credit course is a four-month-long course that meets once
Faculty of Economic at The University of Tokyo
4094: Equity Portfolio Management
Winter Takehara
The course covers financial theory and its application to the problems of equity portfolio management. What follows to be lectured in this order.
1. Capital Asset Pricing Model
2. Structured Risk Model
3. Fundamental Law of Active Portfolio Management
4. Equity Valuation
5. Portfolio Construction
6. Market Impact Model
7. Performance Analysis.
The DBA Program
The Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy (ICS), Hitotsubashi University, began offering a doctoral degree program for business executives in October 2002. The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program, which is conducted in English and designed to provide business executives with doctoral-level education, is available at the university's campus in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Hitotsubashi ICS offers a DBA degree rather than a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) degree, because a DBA program places more emphasis on business problem-solving and its practical implications, while a PhD degree is intended to provide the necessary theoretical and scientific foundation for an academic career.
The
ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
[Term 4] Venture Capital (M. Korver) (2009/Term 3&4 (Spring&Summer))
The objective of this course is to provide an overview of entrepreneurial finance from the differing perspectives of institutional investors, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs. By “entrepreneurial finance” (or venture capital), we mean the provision of growth capital in the form of an investment in the equity (stock) of privately-held companies at various stages of development. The term “entrepreneurial finance” is used in the course title to distinguish this course from “corporate finance.” Corporate finance is commonly taught with reference to the markets for publicly traded
ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
[Term 1] Corporate Finance (S. Abe) (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter))
This course is designed to provide both a practical and theoretical introduction to corporate finance. Students will learn how financial theory applies to business decision-making in order to maximize firm value long-term for shareholders. No previous knowledge of finance is required. However, a foundation in financial accounting (balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement) is highly desired. At the end of this course, students will be comfortable with a broad range of corporate finance topics.
Fundamentally, finance involves the allocation of capital, i.e., the flows
MFIN7015
Behaviour Finance
Lin, Tao
General Information
Traditional finance theories encounter increasing difficulties in explaining intertemporal and cross sectional securities returns. Half of the course will focus on behavioral finance which introduces cognitive biases, limited information processing, and costly arbitrage to examine the micro dynamics of price discovery and the implications on corporate financing. It offers an introduction to the emerging behavioral finance studies. Topics covered include the efficient market hypothesis (EMH), financial anomalies, non-fundamental risk, limited arbitrage, cognitive biases, non-expected utilities, and behavioral corporate finance. Emphasis is given on how emerging rational behavioral theories can and cannot explain documented evidence.
Investments
This course will introduce you to major issues currently of concern to all investors in global financial markets. First, you will understand the basic mechanism of financial markets overviewing major players, assets, and conventions. Second, you will understand basic theories of investment analysis. Finally, you will obtain basic skills necessary to implement theories in real financial markets. Throughout this course, students will be equipped with knowledge and skills essential to start investments as an investment professional or a
sophisticated individual investor. In addition, if you plan to take elective finance courses at IUJ such as Portfolio Management, Derivatives Markets, and Debt
Portfolio Management & Investment Analysis (EKM 3203)
The course discusses portfolio management, especially materials that coincide with financial assets investments. Among topics covered are the background of investments, investment alternatives, the mechanism of securities market, the concepts of investment, the methods of analysis, valuation, and management of common stocks, the analysis of security analysis, the analysis of derivatives, modern Investment theories, and investment management. The objective of this course is to derive an understanding of the investment motives and the way people make their investment decisions. This course will also help students to understand the valuation concepts and technical investment analysis
MFIN7005A
Fundamentals of Asset Valuation I
Chan, Alex W. H.
General Information
Asset valuation is the core skills of financial analysts and asset managers. This course covers fundamental asset valuation concepts and techniques in three major areas: equity valuation, fixed income securities and corporate finance. Equity valuaiton covers basic skills of risk and return analysis, the fundamental equity valuation concepts and different equity valution models. Fixed income securities examine the concepts of term structure, yield measures, duration, convexity, credit ratings and immunisation investment strategies. Corporate finance covers various corporate finance theories related to decision making of corporate managers.
MFIN7005B
Fundamentals of Asset Valuation I
Chan, Alex W. H.
General Information
Asset valuation is the core skills of financial analysts and asset managers. This course covers fundamental asset valuation concepts and techniques in three major areas: equity valuation, fixed income securities and corporate finance. Equity valuaiton covers basic skills of risk and return analysis, the fundamental equity valuation concepts and different equity valution models. Fixed income securities examine the concepts of term structure, yield measures, duration, convexity, credit ratings and immunisation investment strategies. Corporate finance covers various corporate finance theories related to decision making of corporate managers.
ICS , Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy
[Term 2] Accounting & Business Valuation (K. Koga) (2008/Term 1&2 (Fall&Winter))
This course is aimed at MBA candidates who expect at some point in their careers to use financial statements to evaluate the performance of a company and the value of a business. The objective of the course is to provide hands-on experience in financial statement analysis. By the end of the course, you will be able to read firms’ financial statements and also understand how a financial statement can be used to do “fundamental analysis” and equity valuation.
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