L7 CORPORATE FINANCE
REFER/DEFER ASSISGNMENT
You will be allocated a company listed on the London Stock Exchange for this refer/ defer assignment. You mustcontact the module leader for the Corporate Finance module in order to be advised of your allocated company.
REQUIRED
(1) Calculate your allocated company's cost of equity capital using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), explaining and justifying, in detail, your choice of data to use in the calculation.
[20 marks]
(2) Calculate your allocated company's asset beta, and calculate and discuss how much the risk-free rate, business risk and financial risk contribute to your company's overall cost of equity finance.
[30 marks]
(3) Critically evaluate and discuss whether the capital structure of your allocated company can be described as optimal.
[50 marks]
[Total: 100 marks]
GUIDANCE
(1) You must obtain a copy of your allocated company's most recent Annual Report. This can be done through internet sources such as ft.com on, by accessing your allocated company's own web page, or by other methods covered on the module
(2) Your assignment must be word-processedand no more than 2,500 words long.
(3) All information used in your assignment mustbe sourced and referenced. Photocopy and include in an appendix any relevant financial data you have used. All books, journals or electronic data systems (including web addresses) used in the preparation of your report must be clearly and appropriately referenced in footnotes using academic referencing. All quotations made directly from books, journals or other information media must be clearly acknowledged by the use of footnotes and quotation marks.
Notes:
1. Academic Integrity
If your work is not properly referenced it may appear that you are trying to present someone else's ideas as your own. This is plagiarismand it is considered to be a form of cheating. It is your responsibility to ensure that your work conforms to the University's standards of academic integrity. The University Assessment guidelines for Cheating procedures for Undergraduate coursescan be found here:
2. Referencing
Accurate and consistent referencing is essential in all academic work. Whenever you refer to either the work or ideas of someone, or are influenced by another's work, you must acknowledge this. Similarly if you make a direct quotation from someone's work this should be referred to accurately. You are strongly advised to keep detailed records of the sources you use in your research, and to do this at the time that you use them. The Referencing Help page on the Library Gateway web page is a useful tool to help you do this. See link below:
STUDENT FEEDBACK
Mark:
Below 35/40%
40 - 49%
50 - 59%
60 - 69%
70% and above
ELO 1: Show a clear understanding of terminology and concepts used in corporate finance
Little or no understanding of key terminology and concepts used in corporate finance
Some understanding of key terminology and concepts used in corporate finance
Good understanding of terminology and concepts used in corporate finance
Good understanding of terminology and a wide range of concepts used in corporate finance
Extensive understanding of terminology and concepts used in corporate finance and the ability to apply them imaginatively
ELO 2: Critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
Little or no ability to critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
Some ability to critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
Good ability to critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
Very good ability to critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
Excellent ability to critically discuss, evaluate and synthesise key concepts and theories in corporate finance
ELO 3: Select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
Little or no ability to select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
Some ability to select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
Good ability to select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
Very good ability to select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
Excellent ability to select, retrieve and present corporate finance data and information in a way that is useful to users
ELO 4: Apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
Little or no ability to apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
Some ability to apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
Good ability to apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
Very good ability to apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
Excellent ability to apply corporate finance theories and concepts to practical financial situations and critically analyse and discuss the results of this application
ELO 5: Formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
Little or no ability to formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
Some ability to formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
Good ability to formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
Very good ability to formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
Excellent ability to formulate, evaluate and present solutions to a range of quantitative corporate finance strategy problems
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