FINANCE STRATEGY AND COMPANY OBSERVATION

Année du cours : 1 année(s)

Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management

Langue : English

Période : S2

Financial ratio analysis, investment decision rules, financing and investment decisions in a financial and non-financial corporation, payout policy, analysis of stock returns.

ASSET & RISK MANAGEMENT SUBTRACK:
Understand and get hands-on experience of the front and back office operations of a bank, their interaction in a competitive environment
Develop analytical skills related to asset and liability management in a banking operating environment. (Predict how business and economic cycles could affect organizational strategy and Make effectual organizational decisions)

CORPORATE FINANCE SUBTRACK:
Manage the finances and the production of a company by planning, formulating strategies, and making sets of sound decisions sequentially through time. (Predict how business and economic cycles could affect organizational strategy and Make effectual organizational decisions)

This course teaches decision-making skills required of managers with varying financial responsibilities in a company (industrial company, or financial company). The course is divided in two sections.
Section 1 is based on a business game implemented in both subtracks, i.e. Asset and Risk Management (ARM) and Corporate Finance (CF). In the ARM subtrack, students are managers of a bank and should take investment decisions to well anticipate and manage the risks associated to a financial institution and end up with the most profitable business for shareholders. FinGame 5.0 is used in the CF subtrack and is a comprehensive multiple-period finance case/simulation. Students play a decision-making role in a hypothetical company over numerous periods of operation by controlling major financial and operating decisions in the company. Students support each decision with a sound finance theory and thereby develop and enhance skills in financial management, financial accounting statement analysis, and general decision making.
Section 2 consists in presentations by professionals in the finance industry. Through these presentations, students acquire a broader knowledge of jobs in the finance industry, sove case studies, and make practical financial decisions.