BUFN710

Prerequisite: BUFN610; or permission of BMGT-Robert H. Smith School of Business. Restriction: Permission of BMGT-Robert H. Smith School of Business; or must be in Business and Management (Master's) program. Credit only granted for: BUFN751 or BUFN710. Formerly: BUFN751. An advanced course in corporate finance, focusing on the issues that firms face when they plan to raise external capital from financial markets. The focus is on the financing problems faced by mid-market to large firms and on capital raised from public markets. The forms of external finance vary from simple debt or equity to more complex securities that bundle with an element of risk management.