units

BFC2240

Faculty of Business and Economics

18 September 2017 07 October 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Business and Economics
Organisational UnitDepartment of Banking and Finance
OfferedClayton First semester 2015 (Day)
Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

Topics include asset classes and returns, the Australian managed funds industry, superannuation, portfolio theory, asset pricing models and market efficiency, behavioural finance, security valuation techniques, portfolio performance evaluations and the CFA Institute code of ethics and standards of professional conduct.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

  1. analyse and select investments from various asset classes with particular emphasis on equities
  2. examine the nature of different asset classes, the ways in which professional managers incorporate and manage asset classes into balanced or specialist funds
  3. describe skills and techniques used by professionals who are involved in investments, funds management, financial planning, superannuation, and wealth creation
  4. understand the importance of professional investment in wealth creation
  5. understand the importance of ethical practices by investment professionals and the CFA Institute code of ethics and standards of professional conduct
  6. apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with equities and investment analysis and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFC2240.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 20%
Examination: 80%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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Chief examiner(s)

Dr Manapon Limkriangkrai (First semester)
Dr Viet Nga Cao (Second semester)

Prerequisites

Students must have passed one of the following: AFC2140, BFC2140, AFC1100 (pre 2009) and AFC2100 (pre 2009) before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFC2240