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AFC4240

Mathematical finance ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Undergraduate, Postgraduate
(BUS)

Leader: Professor Francis In

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Topics covered will be selected from: Markowitz portfolio theory, CAPM, asset pricing methodologies, accumulation under stochastic rates of interest, hedging in interest rate and share markets, risk-neutral valuation, binomial option pricing model, Black-Scholes option price, equivalent martingale measures, stochastic integration and the interpretation of a stochastic integral, need for Ito's integral in option pricing, stochastic exponential models of the share price, consequences for portfolio theory and the CAPM, the inter-temporal CAPM, Ito's formula, Ito processes, Ito calculus, integration by parts and applications to financial modelling.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 50% + Assignment: 50%

Contact Hours: Two 1.5 hour classes per week

Prerequisites: AFC3140, AFC3144, AFC3340, AFC3344, AFC4334