Topic 1 Introduction to corporate finance: the goals of companies.

Poor communications puts Sport’s Direct off track
Article 1 Sports Direct warning stumps investors
Lucy Killgren and David Blackwell
Financial Times, 27 April 2007
Activist shareholders demand change at Logica
Article 2 Logica’s chief quits in wake of warning
Roger Blitz
Financial Times, 28 May 2007
Article 3 Investors expecting change at LogicaCMG
Maija Palmer
Financial Times, 30 May 2007
Not so easy for Sir Stelios!
Article 4 Sir Stelios spells out fears for EasyJet
Kevin Done
Financial Times, 24 November 2008

Topic 2 Financial institutions featuring investment banks
Financial markets watch the new Fed Chairman
Article 5 Bernanke to give a taste of more transparent Fed
Andrew Balls
Financial Times, 14 February 2006
The roller coaster life of an investment banker
Article 6 How long can the good times last? Bankers cautious despite bids and bumper bonuses
Peter Thal Larsen
Financial Times, 27 November 2006
Article 7 JPMorgan to cut prop trading desk
Francesco Guerrera, Justin Baer and Jeremy Grant
Financial Times, 4 November 2008
More transparency needed at the Bank of England
Article 8 Bank to give better guidance over rates
Chris Giles and Scheherazade Daneshkhu
Financial Times, 3 May 2007

Topic 3 Financial markets
At 1.30 p.m. in London all eyes are on the screens
Article 9 Surprising US job creation data rally stock markets and dollar
FT Reporters
Financial Times, 2 June 2007
Financial markets standing at a crossroads
Article 10 Bond yields spark credit concerns
Michael Mackenzie, Richard Beales and Joanna Chung
Financial Times, 8 June 2007
Article 11 Bond market sell-off
Lex Column
Financial Times, 8 June 2007

Topic 4 Debt finance
Greek government launches new bond issue
Article 12 Athens prepares 50-year bond issue worth €500–€1bn
Kerin Hope
Financial Times, 18 January 2007
Japanese convertibles back in fashion
Article 13 Convertibles stage a return to fashion
David Turner
Financial Times, 8 February 2007.
Bulldog, Yankee and Samurai bonds . . .
Article 14 Record samurai deal by Citigroup
Mariko Sanchanta
Financial Times, 6 September 2005
European bond markets start to diverge.
Article 15 Flight to liquidity pushes eurozone bond yields apart
Joanna Chung
Financial Times, 27 February 2008

Topic 5 Capital structure

MyTravel on the brink
Article 16 MyTravel Shareholders offered 4% in £800m debt-to-equity restructuring
Matthew Garrahan
Financial Times, 14 October 2004.
Blacks Leisure hit by global warming
Article 17 Blacks Leisure falls into the red
Tom Braithwaite and Maggie Urry
Financial Times, 4 May 2007
Looking for the ‘right’ way forward
Article 18 UK investors dig in over pre-emption rights
Kate Burgess
Financial Times, 22 October 2007

Topic 6 Equity finance

Hargreaves’ founders float all the way to the bank
Article 19 IPO values Hargreaves at £750m
Sarah Spikes and Lina Saigol
Financial Times, 12 May 2007
Article 20 Hargreaves Lansdown soars on debut
Sarah Spikes
Financial Times, 16 May 2007
Good value at Sainsbury’s?
Article 21 Valuing Sainsbury’s
Lex column
Financial Times, 17 May 2007
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