MFIN 6616 Introduction to the Investment Banking Industry
This course provides an overview of investment banking. We will study the investment banking industry with a specific focus on the role of investment bankers in capital markets and recent regulatory changes. Provide both an institutional perspective on the investment banking industry and an opportunity to apply financial theories and models. Some of the specific topics that we will cover are stock underwriting and valuation, fixed-income securities underwriting, including junk bonds, asset securitization, merchant banking and private equity firms, money management and mutual funds, structuring deals, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, global financial markets, securities regulations, and ethics.
Course overview
- Department
- Finance
- School
- CSOM
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Both
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Catalog details
Requirements fulfilled
- Finance: Additional MFIN elective options (Current University Catalog)
- Accounting for Finance & Consulting: Approved concentration elective options (Current University Catalog)
- Accounting for Finance and Consulting: Electives (6 credit hours from the following list) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.46 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.58 / 5 · Excellent
- Terms evaluated
- 9
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Robert Cramer | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 47 of 48 |
| Summer 2025 | Robert Cramer | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 33 of 42 |
| Spring 2025 | Robert Cramer | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 40 of 42 |
| Summer 2024 | Robert Cramer | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4–6 hrs/week | 30 of 38 |
| Spring 2024 | Robert Cramer | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 42 of 44 |
| Summer 2023 | Robert Cramer | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 of 38 |
| Spring 2023 | Robert Cramer | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 37 of 40 |
| Summer 2022 | Robert Cramer | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 31 |
| Spring 2022 | Robert Cramer | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1–3 hrs/week | 23 of 39 |