Welcome to Capital Finance Club

A student-led corporate finance organization at Knox Grammar School, focused on valuation, judgment, and defensible reasoning.

Flagship Caplet Challenge
Foundation NYU Stern MBA Curriculum
Focus Valuation, Capital Structure, Judgment
Method Standards-led, Bounded AI

About the Club

Capital Finance Club is a formally registered co-curricular organization at Knox Grammar School focused on teaching students how to think clearly about corporate finance decisions. We emphasize structured reasoning, explicit assumptions, and professional standards over rote memorization.

Our curriculum is adapted from Professor Aswath Damodaran's NYU Stern MBA Corporate Finance course (Spring 2025), providing a rigorous academic foundation reframed for secondary students with no prior exposure to finance. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding over technical mechanics.

What We Offer

Weekly

Educational Sessions

Concept sessions on valuation, risk, and capital structure. Case walkthroughs covering M&A deals and restructuring. Guest speakers from institutions like PIMCO.

Competition

Caplet Challenge

Our flagship applied competition where students analyze real ASX-listed companies and produce investment recommendations. Judged on reasoning quality, not predetermined outcomes.

Publication

Knox Business Review

The club's flagship publication featuring student research, analysis, and commentary—bridging finance theory and real-world practice.

Our Standards

We operate with a "standards-first" philosophy. This isn't tutoring, exam prep, or stock-picking discussion. We treat students as analysts and thinkers, not content consumers.

Participation is selective. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Apply for participation →

Think with Clarity.