Postgraduate - UnitBFF5260 - Money market dealing

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2014 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2014 (Day)

Synopsis

This unit will combine classroom teaching and direct observance experience of the money markets covering background to the money markets, participants, interest rate and exchange rate determination, instruments traded in the money and currency markets, strategies and money and currency market trading operations. The simulated treasury dealing room (STARLab) will be used extensively in this course. This is a specialist, practically oriented unit where attendance is compulsory as assessment is based on classroom activities. An understanding of commercial banking and treasury management is required.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

analyse dealing practices and conventions in the foreign exchange market and cash market
develop and organise the front office and back office functions of a simulated bank's treasury dealing room
plan, verify and settle transactions completed in the simulated treasury dealing room
create and modify dealing strategies in the treasury dealing room
plan, organise, analyse, justify and report on positions taken in the treasury dealing room.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Kevin Tant

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFF5230, BFF5230, or BFF5926 before undertaking this unit.

Co-requisites

Students must be enrolled in course , 0504, 2619, 3189, 3818, 3850 or 4412 to undertake this unit.

Prohibitions

AFF5260