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AFM 275: Corporate Finance 
Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes 2025 
 
Part 01: About This Guide 
Part 02: Sample Examination 
Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Exam Paper 
Part 04: Study Tips for Students 
 
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University of Waterloo - AFM 275: Corporate Finance

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	University of Waterloo
School	Accounting and Finance
Course Code	AFM 275
Course Name	Corporate Finance
Notes Title	Comprehensive Revision Guide and Notes
Format	PDF
Page Length	35

Get ready for the AFM 275: Corporate Finance final exam at the University of Waterloo with the most complete guide for this course. Inside, you’ll find clear topic notes, exam-style questions with worked answers, and practical advice to avoid common pitfalls. You’ll understand how the final is structured, what markers look for, and the typical styles and ranges of questions you may face. You’ll also pick up quick tips for reading questions carefully and staying calm under time pressure, so you can practice with purpose and walk into the exam with confidence.

AFM 275: Corporate Finance is the first of a two-course sequence focused on corporate financial decision-making, building on the foundations developed in AFM 272. The course aims to equip students with the skills to assess corporate investment decisions, estimate a firm’s cost of equity and debt capital, and analyze how a firm's value is impacted by its capital structure and payout policy. Main topics to be covered include capital budgeting, working capital management, and short-term financial planning. Students will also explore raising funds for both early-stage and mature firms.

Prerequisites include AFM 272 or ACTSC 291.

Antirequisites include AFM 274, ECON 371, AFM 372, and ACTSC 372.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
AFM 101	Introduction to Financial Accounting
AFM 102	Introduction to Managerial Accounting
AFM 231	Business Law
AFM 272	Global Capital Markets and Financial Analytics
AFM 273	Financial Instruments and Capital Markets
AFM 274	Introduction to Corporate Finance
AFM 275	Corporate Finance
AFM 280	Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
AFM 291	Intermediate Financial Accounting 1
AFM 322	Derivative Securities
AFM 391	Intermediate Financial Accounting 2
ECON 101	Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 102	Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 201	Microeconomic Theory for Business and Policy
ECON 221	Statistics for Economists
ECON 290	Models of Choice in Competitive Markets
ECON 322	Econometric Analysis 1
ECON 323	Econometric Analysis 2
ECON 371	Business Finance 1
ECON 372	Business Finance 2
ECON 423	Time Series Econometrics
MGMT 244	Principles of Marketing
PSYCH 292	Basic Data Analysis
STAT 202	Introductory Statistics for Scientists
STAT 443	Forecasting

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