SUS 6175 - Capital Markets

(4 units)

Building upon the fundamentals of finance introduced during the first year, this course explores sustainable finance at national and international levels. Topics include financing enterprises through venture capital and private equity funding, initial public offerings (IPOs), fixed income securities offerings, commercial paper, and angel investing. Financial instruments in a global market will be examined through a review of spot exchange, currency forwards, hedging, options, swaps as well as international bonds and equities. Fundraising in the non-profit sector will likewise be considered. The course also surveys the legal aspects of organizing, financing and operating a business enterprise, with emphasis on torts, contracts, agency, government regulation, intellectual property rights, competition policy, employee rights, business fraud, corporate governance and shareholder rights, environmental law, product liability, as well as the national and international finance and investment systems, including a sustainability critique and reorientation.