Corporate Finance Report
1. TASK OVERVIEW
Lecture 1 introduces the traditional and evolving roles of CFOs in public limited companies – highlighting firms‘ goals and the agency issues in corporate management. Lectures 2 and 3 present the governance and management aspects of capital investment decisions by incorporating risks and real options to ensure positive NPV. Lecture 4–7 introduces the scope of financing opportunities and how to reach a capital structure decision that optimizes firm value, while lecture 10 introduces the dividend decision. Building on the concepts drawn from these lectures, this Corporate Finance Report aims to expand your conceptual understanding, ability to apply and take essential job market transferable knowledge by examining several financial management decisions of a chosen company from the Australian market. The report
should –
Identifying CFO‘s tasks in the selected organization in the context of the traditional and changing role of CFOs (highlighted in Lecture week 1, Global CFO Research, and 2017 global corporate treasury survey1).
Conduct temporal analysis of the identified CFO functions listed in the task details section in this document for your selected company.
Present a ‘short and sweet’ discussion of the current practices of how CFOs conduct these functions to contribute to the firm goal.
Provide comments and suggestions in each section drawn from your analysis.
1. TASK OVERVIEW
Lecture 1 introduces the traditional and evolving roles of CFOs in public limited companies – highlighting firms‘ goals and the agency issues in corporate management. Lectures 2 and 3 present the governance and management aspects of capital investment decisions by incorporating risks and real options to ensure positive NPV. Lecture 4–7 introduces the scope of financing opportunities and how to reach a capital structure decision that optimizes firm value, while lecture 10 introduces the dividend decision. Building on the concepts drawn from these lectures, this Corporate Finance Report aims to expand your conceptual understanding, ability to apply and take essential job market transferable knowledge by examining several financial management decisions of a chosen company from the Australian market. The report
should –
Identifying CFO‘s tasks in the selected organization in the context of the traditional and changing role of CFOs (highlighted in Lecture week 1, Global CFO Research, and 2017 global corporate treasury survey1).
Conduct temporal analysis of the identified CFO functions listed in the task details section in this document for your selected company.
Present a ‘short and sweet’ discussion of the current practices of how CFOs conduct these functions to contribute to the firm goal.
Provide comments and suggestions in each section drawn from your analysis.
