Offered

Caulfield First semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2008 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Day)
Caulfield Second semester 2008 (Evening)

Synopsis

Topics include development of money and financial markets and financial flows analysis; intermediation; economic role of the different financial institutions; determination of interest rates and yield curve analysis in financial markets; exchange rates and money supply; sources of short-term, medium-term and long-term finance; sources of overseas borrowing; an introduction to interest rate and exchange rate management; performance of the financial system.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• acquire relevant knowledge of specific types of financial institutions, instruments and markets in order to explain the distinctions between their operations, usage and regulation.
• critically evaluate the assumptions and conventional wisdom relating to the term structure of interest rates
• develop academic skills by accessing electronic data sources and hard copy references to evaluate a case study assignment
• develop an ability to work in a team by requiring syndicates to submit written solutions to assigned case studies.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination (3 hours): 70%

Contact hours

3 hours per week