1)a) Discuss what corporate finance is, its objectives and its various branches

1)a) Discuss what corporate finance is, its objectives and its various branches.

use a manufacturing firm's balance sheet to illustrate your answer.

b) Compare and contrast NPV and IRR methods of capital investment evaluation.

c) show diagrammatically on the same axis, and libeling clearly, the payoff on expiration for buyer and seller of European put option. Ignore interest.

d) Distinguish between financial objectives of a rights issue and bonus issue.

e) Discuss some possible impacts on corporate performance of agency conflict between shareholders and management.