Advanced Corporate Finance and Financial Management aims to endow students with a comprehensive coverage of key finance areas, including equity/bond valuation, investment appraisal methods, portfolio theory, asset pricing, debt financing, initial public offerings, dividend policy, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions. Delivered through block teaching over five weeks via a mix of lectures, seminars and in-class exercises, the module provides students with a thorough understanding of key aspects of financial decision making, allowing them to better appreciate the enhanced – and ongoing – complexity of contemporary capital markets in terms of their functions, the variety of financial instruments available, the globalisation process and how it affects them and the concomitant changes in their reigning institutional design.