Offered
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (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.
Objectives
The learning objectives of this unit are to:
- describe the structure and operation of financial institutions and markets in Australia;
- evaluate short and medium to longer term financial instruments;
- explain government monetary policy and the term structure of interest rates;
- describe the derivative products available to manage financial risk;
- apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with money and capital markets.
Assessment
Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%
Contact hours
3 hours per week
Prohibitions
AFC1100, AFC2100, AFW1300
