1. What is the role of the corporate finance manager in business? How can finance influence areas of the business?

2. How can poor financial management negatively impact a company?

3. Describe the concept of fiduciary duty and the obligations it places on a finance manager.

4. What is an agency relationship? How do agency problems arise? Please list an example of an agency problem and its impact on stakeholders.

5. Why are pro-forma financial statements prepared? What are the benefits of using pro-forma or common sized financial statements? How can ethical considerations and the agency problem play into producing pro-forma statements?

6. Explain the relationship between investments and opportunity cost. How do the concepts of present and future value play into this?

7. What is the difference between a commercial bank and an investment bank? Why have these two banks merged into "megabanks" during the last 20 years? What risks do "megabanks" present?

8. Provide two examples of financial regulation implemented in the 1930's. Why were these laws put into effect? What are the pros and cons of regulation? As a finance manager, why should we care about financial regulation?

9. Describe a bond, including its key features. Why do companies issue bonds? How might a company's credit rating impact the 'cost' of issuing this instrument?