Undergraduate - UnitBFF2701 - Equity markets

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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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Banking and Finance
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2015 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2015 (Day)

Synopsis

An overview of the role of equity markets. Topics cover types of equity instruments; the role of broker and market maker; trading conventions and listing requirements of the ASX; the structure and operation of major overseas stock exchanges; an introduction to market micro structure theory; the enterprise market; other markets of the ASX; current issues related to Australia's equity markets.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

explain the importance of the equity market for the economy and for a corporation
apply different techniques to evaluate trading costs
appraise equity trading principles and strategies
undertake a trading simulation exercise and complete a stock report
apply critical thinking, problem solving and presentation skills to individual and/or group activities dealing with equity markets and demonstrate in an individual summative assessment task the acquisition of a comprehensive understanding of the topics covered by BFF2701.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 30%
Examination: 70%

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.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Imon Palit (First semester)
Dr Huu Duong (Second semester)

Prerequisites

Students must have passed AFF1300 or BFF1300 and ETX1100 before undertaking this unit.

Prohibitions

AFF2701