Monash University Handbook 2010 Undergraduate - Unit

Synopsis

Major issues involved in the financial management of banks and other deposit-taking financial institutions. Topics include the role and activities of depository financial institutions, performance measurement and evaluation; asset/liability management for liquidity risk, credit risk, interest rate risk; and regulation of depository institutions.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• distinguish the various sources of commercial and retail debt financing, and analyse how the current Australian banking system provides access to such funds
• identify, in the financial statements of financial institutions, the indicators of financial institutions' performance
• describe the regulatory constraints under which Australian authorised deposit-taking institutions operate
• describe appropriate procedures for appraising the credit risks inherent in bank loans, and for measuring and managing other key risks in banking such as interest rate risk
• apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with the management of financial intermediaries.

Assessment

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

Chief examiner(s)

Kym Brown

Contact hours

Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week

Prerequisites

AFC2140

Prohibitions

AFF2401, AFW2401