Investment Project Management

2024/2025

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

HSE Banking Institute

Course type:

Elective course

When:

2 year, 2 module

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course might be useful for finance professionals involved in complex investment projects at all stages of projects’ lifecycle: from generation and preliminary analysis of business ideas to deal closure and investment monitoring. The course includes business-planning procedures, financial modelling, risk analysis, documentation and consideration of various sources of financing to arrive at an optimal timing and structure of funding.

Learning Objectives

• The purpose of the course is to develop a set of skills relevant for those managing investment projects. The course is based on real-life cases derived from the teacher’s extensive hands-on experience in project finance. It includes international “best practices” applied locally by multinational financial organizations.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• The course will pursue a number of learning outcomes. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to: • understand basic approaches to and principles of investment project management;
• • assess a project’s economic and financial efficiency;
• • be aware of the types of documentation involved at various stages of project implementation.
• • identify, assess and manage key investment project risks;
• • learn a common investment project life cycle;

Course Contents

• Introduction
• Selection of projects.
• Due diligence and risk analysis.
• Negotiations of terms and conditions.
• Financial Close
• Monitoring of investments.

Assessment Elements

• Final Exam
• Homework
• Class attendance and participation

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 2nd module
  0.1 * Class attendance and participation + 0.6 * Final Exam + 0.3 * Homework

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Benninga, S. (2014). Financial Modeling (Vol. Fourth edition). Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1089520
• Corporate finance, Berk, J., 2011
• Steven Keays. (2017). Investment-Centric Project Management : Advanced Strategies for Developing and Executing Successful Capital Projects. J. Ross Publishing.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Damodaran, A. (2015). Applied Corporate Finance (Vol. Fourth edition). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1639191
• Paul Barshop. (2016). Capital Projects : What Every Executive Needs to Know to Avoid Costly Mistakes and Make Major Investments Pay Off. Wiley.
• Principles of corporate finance, Brealey, R. A., 2008

Authors

• GORSHENIN ALEKSANDR VIKTOROVICH
• ELIZAROVA IRINA NIKOLAEVNA
• Кузюкова Юлия Игоревна