Investment banking and security ranking

Investment banking and security ranking

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)

Unit 4: Long-Term Financing

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of investment banking and security ranking.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• The investment banks and investment banking process
• Ranking of different types of securities

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Investment banking

   1. Roles in issue preparation and placement.
   2. Stages of the prescribed banking process.
   3. Issuer, intermediary and investor relationships.

2. Security comparison

   1. Rank securities using the criterion specified.
   2. Priority, risk and claim characteristics.
   3. Avoid treating one ranking as universal.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 80–82.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.