Monash University Handbook 2010 Postgraduate - Unit

GSB9601 - General principles of retirement funds

Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	South Africa First semester 2010 (On-campus split block of classes) South Africa Second semester 2010 (Day)

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

develop and understanding of the South African retirement funds industry
develop the capacity to analyse reasons why employers would want to set up retirement funds
describe the determination of death benefits
explain the function and features of investments of retirement funds.

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

3 hours per week