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AFF3231

Finance and technology ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Undergraduate
(BUS)

Leader: To be advised

Offered:
Not offered in 2005.

Synopsis: This unit will consider the roles and impact of technology in financial markets and institutions; how information may be captured and used in financial markets and institutions to maximise shareholders' value; electronic processes in consumer, corporate and investment banking; cash alternatives, telephony, e-commerce, electronic share trading and electronic financial markets; security and prudential regulations in the financial sector; and the future of technology in finance.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 60% + Assignment (3000 words): 30% + Group presentation: 10%

Contact Hours: 3 hours per week

Prerequisites: AFF1300 and AFF2051