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INVESTMENT BANKING AND CAPITAL MARKETS

FINANCE 420
Course Description

Broad overview of investment banking. Topics covered include valuation, cash flow, initial public offerings, leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, and related corporate governance issues.

Prerequisites

(FINANCE 305 , FINANCE 325 , FINANCE 330 , and ECON/FINANCE 320 ) or declared in undergraduate Business Exchange program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.42

-1.59% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.43% from Historical

A Rate
33.96%

-12.03% from Historical

Class Size
53

18.49% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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