AFF3651 - Treasury management

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2009 (Day)
Caulfield First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Caulfield Second semester 2009 (Evening)

Synopsis

The role of treasury, coordination and management of the treasury operation, quantitative and qualitative risk analysis, risk management process and hedging techniques, role and mechanics of derivative products, performance measurement and evaluation.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• explain the role of treasury operations in an international or a local bank
• describe how risk management processes work
• demonstrate the application of hedging techniques used in banks' treasury operations
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with treasury management.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

AFF2401 or AFW2401

Prohibitions

AFW3651