AFF5260 - Money market dealing

Leader: Mr Kevin Tant

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2007 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit 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.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• analyse dealing practices and conventions in the foreign exchange market and cash market.
• co-ordinate the front office and back office functions of a simulated bank's treasury dealing room
• account and settle transactions completed in the simulated treasury dealing room
• develop dealing strategies in the treasury dealing room
• analyse and manage positions taken in the treasury dealing room.

Assessment

Individual/group assessment: 70%
Semester test: 30%

Contact hours

4 hours per week

Prohibitions

AFF4251