Skip to content | Change text size

AFW1300

Money and capital markets ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Undergraduate
(BUS)

Leader: Chief Examiner: Dr Piyadasa Edirisuriya, Malaysia: Dr Alan Chew

Offered:
Malaysia First semester 2005 (Day)
Peninsula First semester 2005 (Day)
Malaysia SA-02 2005 (Day)
Berwick Second semester 2005 (Day)
Malaysia Second semester 2005 (Day)
Malaysia Summer 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: On completion of this unit students should demonstrate an understanding of a financial system, its operation and component parts; yield curve analysis, the term structure of interest rates, and exchange rate interaction; sources and types of business finance, short, medium and long term, domestic and overseas, and associate pricing formulae; the structure and operation of Australian financial institutions and markets; the major types of risk and the derivative products available to manage financial risk; the structure, functions and role of prudential supervision in the financial markets.

Assessment: Tutorial participation: 5% + Assignment (2000 words): 25% + Examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact Hours: 3 hours per week