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12960 (v.3) Finance (Instruments and Markets) 211
Area: | School of Economics and Finance |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Tutorial: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | An overview of the financial system including financial institutions and markets, the banking sector, non-bank financial institutions. It covers equity markets, including the sharemarket and the corporation, the corporate and government debt market, the foreign exchange and derivative markets and risk management, including futures, forwards, options, interest rate and currency swaps. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - A thorough knowledge of the operations and functions of financial institutions and financial markets. Dealt with corporate and government debt instruments, equity instruments and their macroeconomic, microeconomic and institutional environments. Have a Knowledge of the types of market risks (including portfolio, interest rate and exchange rate risks) faced by financial institutions and how these risks are managed and controlled especially through the prudent use of financial derivatives. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Evans, J.S., Dryden, (1992), International Finance - A Markets Approach. Hempel and Simonson, (1999), Bank Management, Wiley. Johannes D.J., (1995), International Finance and Global Investments, Melbourne, Longman. McMenamin, (1999), Financial Management, McMenamin - An Introduction, Routledge. The Australian Banker, The Banker (U K). R B A Bulletin, Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. |
Unit Texts: | C. Viney, (2001), McGrath's Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets, 3rd ed, McGraw Hill. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments and Participation 30%. Final Examination 70%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 81101 Banking and Finance | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Summer Period | Y | | | | 2004 | Joondalup Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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