ACTL4002 (v.1) Actuarial lnvestments and Asset Modelling
Area: | Department of Mathematics and Statistics |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Equivalent(s): |
313830 (v.1)
Actuarial lnvestments and Asset Modelling 402
or any previous version
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Prerequisite(s): |
STAT3006 (v.1)
Investment Science 1
or any previous version
OR 311628 (v.2) Investment Science 301 or any previous version OR STAT5003 (v.1) Investment Science 1 or any previous version OR 311632 (v.1) Investment Science 501 or any previous version |
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
Syllabus: | Methods used for valuation of the common forms of debt, equity, property and derivative securities including the valuation methods and principles; data requirements and sources; and the implicit assumptions and limitations of these models. The application and limitations of the major economic and financial theories relevant to investment including efficient market hypothesis; capital asset pricing models; multi-factor pricing models; and theories from behavioural finance. Investment objectives and investment constraints based on the liability profile of a fund; characteristics of different types of asset models and their appropriateness for a given context. The relationship between risk and return and recognising risk factors which include issuer default, counterparty failure, systemic liquidity, the collapse of speculative bubbles, shocks to the economic system and cyclical/structural changes. Asset assumptions for asset models, taking into account historical date, prevailing industry expectations, contemporary investment literature, and other practical considerations such as tax. |
Field of Education: | 081103 Insurance and Actuarial Studies |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
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2016 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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