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Finance Electives on the MBA :

Hemant Chandran

18 Thursday Jul 2013

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Students on our MBA programme can choose 2 electives. Here, Hemant Chandran tells us about thetwo Finance electives he undertook:

As soon as I joined the MBA programme, I made up my mind to opt for Strategic FinancialManagement (SFM) & Security Analysis and Portfolio Management (SFS). Finance and Financialmanagement have been my passion ever since I came to know of them. Apart from this, I was alltoo eager to add unknown financial tools to my repertoire. My excitement of crossing new

thresholds and opening new doors to projects and problems in financial management hasntsubsided.

It was indeed quite an experience therefore to meet Professor Dick Davies who further spurred in meinterest and commitment. I discovered that we happily shared much the same views about thefinancial sector his more academic and professional, mine rather grounded in earlyexperienceand not quitprofessional or seasoned.

The SFM module basically dealt with the treatment of mergers and acquisitions, private equity andleveraged buyouts in addition to capital structure theory and EVA performance management. As apart of the assignment for this course, we analysed two very interesting case studies. In my opinion,case studies are the best way to apply the knowledge one has learnt. The real testing ground is ofcourse the floor of the business house and the bourse, but cases assume a challenging character inacademic analysis and discussion. Besides case studies, our team analysed the current financial issueof the leveraged buyout of Dell, and the power-struggle of the owner to keep his namesakecompany. Finally, we also looked into the corporate governance issues of Dell which had apparentlyleft its shareholders and Carl Icahn livid!

In the SFS module, the cohort learnt the valuation of bonds, the technicalities of determining interest

rates, reviewing the portfolio theory along with the asset pricing models. A very interesting andappealing part of the assignment was to analyse the current interest rates of a country and comment

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on the future outlook of them. Our team analysed the interest rates of the United States (a countrywhose economic fortunes I had been following very closely since most of my earlier professionalwork involved dealing with CDO trustees on the Wall Street).

I daresay that the knowledge and experience I garnered from the SFM and SFS courses aretremendous and I am eager to harness much of what is practically useful of these in my work life.My recommendation for these courses is therefore unreserved. They are the best bet for anyone

looking for demanding and rewarding electives, especially for those for whom Finance is greatpassion.

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