THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 
BMAN30111: Advanced Corporate Finance 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 
 
Part 01. About This Guide 
Part 02. Sample Final Examination Paper 
Part 03. Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
Part 04. Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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University of Manchester - BMAN30111: Advanced Corporate Finance

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

University	University of Manchester
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	BMAN30111
Unit Name	Advanced Corporate Finance
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	36

Prepare for the BMAN30111: Advanced Corporate Finance, University of Manchester - Final Examination 2024 with the most complete exam guide available for this module, including exam-style questions and advice on common examination pitfalls. Students will get with a clear picture of how the final exam will be assessed, and how it is structured, as well as the likely style and range of questions that you could see in the actual exam. This self-study set has been thoroughly updated to cover all the topics included in the latest edition of the exam.

The course unit aims to present students with an intermediate/advanced analytical treatment of corporate finance, building on first and second-year finance courses, in particular the second part of BMAN23000 on corporate finance.

✔ Main topics covered:

Theories and evidence of initial public offering (IPO) & seasoned equity offering (SEO) anomalies
Valuation of IPO companies
Agency costs of Equity
Corporate Governance mechanisms (applied also to IPO cases)
The Modigliani-Miller (MM) irrelevance theorem
Capital structure with taxes and financial distress costs
Valuation of debt tax shields
The trade-off theory
Adverse selection and signalling models
Pecking order theory
Agency theories (agency costs of debt and equity)
Issuance and valuation of debt, including both straight and convertible debt

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BMAN10101	Marketing Foundations
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BMAN10522	Financial Decision Making
BMAN20072	Investment Analysis
BMAN21011	Financial Markets and Institutions
BMAN21020	Financial Reporting and Accountability
BMAN23000	Foundations of Finance A
BMAN30091	Financial Derivatives
BMAN30111	Advanced Corporate Finance
ECON10072	Advanced Statistics
ECON10171	Microeconomic Analysis 1
ECON10181	Macroeconomic Analysis 1
ECON10221	Microeconomics 1
ECON10241	Macroeconomics 1
ECON20110	Econometrics
ECON20501	Microeconomic Analysis 3
ECON31031	Advanced Econometrics
SOST10062	Introductory Statistics for Economists

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