Money market operations
Mr Kevin Tant
6 points * 3 hours per week * First, second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisite: FIN3651
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the following concepts dealing practices and conventions in the foreign exchange market, cash market and discount securities market; co-ordination of the front office functions of a bank's treasury dealing room; accounting and settlement of transactions completed in the treasury dealing room; dealing strategies in the treasury dealing room; management and qualitative and quantitative analysis of positions taken in the treasury dealing room; the operation of various money markets including analysis of factors that affect them; management of practices required to operate a treasury dealing room of a bank within a financial system both internally and externally.
Synopsis This subject will combine classroom teaching and direct observance experience of the money markets covering background to the money markets, participants, interest rate and exchange rate determination, instruments traded in the money and currency markets, strategies and money and currency market trading operations. The simulated treasury dealing room will be used extensively in this course.
Assessment Individual assessment of performance during trading session: 20% * Bank profitability: 10% * Syndicate: presentation and report: 10% * Syndicate trading reports: 10% * Individual reports: 5% * Syndicate formal report: 20% * Semester test: 25%