Undergraduate - UnitAFW2401 - Commercial banking and finance

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Sunway First semester 2012 (Day) Sunway Second semester 2012 (Day)

Synopsis

An overview of commercial banking and an introduction to the concepts and issues involved in the decision-making processes of bank management. Topics include the commercial banking environment; banking risks and capital adequacy; liquidity management; lending principles and policies; investment management.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

identify the main risks faced by banks and assess alternative approaches to measurement and management of these risks
assess different aspects of bank performance
explain the prudential framework under which banks operate
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with commercial banking and finance an demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by AFW2401.

Assessment

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

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Tan Swee Ho

Contact hours

3 hours per week

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFG1300 or AFW1300 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFC3170, AFF2401