Preferred stock

Unit 5: Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants and ConvertiblesTopic 1 of 3

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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

10 units

1 Introduction to Corporate Finance
- Financial management and shareholder wealth
- Agency, ethics and governance
2 Short-Term Financing
3 Term Loans and Lease Financing
- Term loans
- Lease financing and Nepal
4 Long-Term Financing
5 Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants and Convertibles
6 Financial Planning and Forecasting
7 Capital Structure Decision
- Structure and optimal financing
- Stock prices, cost of capital and firm value
8 International Corporate Finance
9 Merger and Acquisition
10 Project Work
- Project requirement
- Assignment and preparation

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What the syllabus expects

Preferred stock: Features and advantages and disadvantages

Preferred stock

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FIN 250)

Unit 5: Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants and Convertibles

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

Explain the scope and key elements of preferred stock.
Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

Preferred stock: Features and advantages and disadvantages

Detailed Microsyllabus

Preferred stock
1. Dividend and claim features.
2. Contractual or class-specific conditions.
3. Comparison with common stock and debt.
Financing assessment
1. Benefits and disadvantages.
2. Fixed commitments and flexibility.
3. Use the security terms supplied.

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.