MBA - Class of: 2010

Investment Banking

Course Handout

Credit: 3 Sessions: 33
Course Code: SL BK 610

1. Course Objective, description: The course is designed to familiarize students with field of investment banking and to make students understand various functions of
investment banks. The contents of course include financial markets, raising finance from domestic and international markets, merchant banking, corporate restructuring,
valuation, financial engineering, and financial bubbles. The recent developments in the field will be given due preference while delivering the course. Students are
expected to have through knowledge of spreadsheets and all the fundamentals of finance.

2. Course dates : 03-06-2009 (Wednesday) to 23-09-2009 (Wednesday)

3. Session Timings: Wednesday & Thursday – 9.20 am to 10.35 am – CR:

4. Suggested Text/Reference Books

1. Liaw, Thomas K. The Business of Investment Banking: A comprehensive overview, 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ( Liaw)
2. Subramanyam, Pratap G. Investment Banking: Concepts, Analysis and Cases, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 2008. (PGS 1)
3. Subramanyam, Pratap G. Investment Banking: An odyssey in High Finance, New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill, 2006. (PGS 2)
4.

Sessio Date Topic Readings Case

n No.
1 3-June Introduction to Investment Banking : History of Investment Banking –HBSP – 9- RSSWorks Inc. - An Early Stage
Evolution of Investment Banking 902-168 Investment ( Ivey)
management of debt and equity, PGS 1 - Chapter 8
corporate advisory services, project PGS 2 - Chapter 2
Liaw - Chapters 1 & 2
advisory, loan syndication, venture
2 4-June
financing, private equity, M&A,
3 10- financial engineering, structural
June analysis of investment banking industry

4 11-
June

5 17- Financial Markets PGS 1 – Chapters 1& 4

June Government Securities Market PGS 2 – Chapter 1, 3 &4
Primary & Secondary market for G.sec,
6 18- Call money market: Money Market, Raghuram Rajan CFSR – Chapter 5
June Treasury Bill Market, Commercial NSE ISMR - 2008
NSE Factbook - 2008
Paper and Certificate of Deposits,
7 24-
June
Discount and Finance House of India,
Corporate Debt market , Recent
Developments
8 25- Merchant Banking
June

9 1-July Merchant Banking

10 2-July Merchant Banking

11 8-July Merchant Banking

12 9-July Merchant Banking

13 15-July Raising Finance from International Markets

14 16-July Raising Finance from International Markets

15 22-July Raising Finance from International Markets

16 23-July Corporate Restructuring

17 29-July Corporate Restructuring

18 30-July Corporate Restructuring

19 5-Aug Corporate Restructuring

20 6-Aug Corporate Restructuring

21 12- Corporate Valuation

Aug
22 13- Corporate Valuation
Aug

Session Date Topic Readings Case

No.
23 19-Aug Corporate Valuation

24 20-Aug Corporate Valuation

25 26-Aug Corporate Valuation

26 27-Aug Financial Engineering

27 2 - Sept Financial Engineering

28 3 - Sept Financial Engineering

29 9 - Sept Financial Engineering

30 10 - Financial Bubbles
Sept
31 16 - Financial Bubbles
Sept
32 17 - Current Developments
Sept
33 22 - Current Developments
Sept