9753 (v.6) Finance (Portfolio Management) 301

Area:	School of Economics and Finance
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	3.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	2807 (v.5) Finance (Managerial) 212 or any previous version OR 12607 (v.3) Finance (Principles) 215 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit covers the essential theories and their application to the practice of security analysis and portfolio management. Concepts discussed include mean-variance analysis, portfolio optimisation, asset pricing theory, market efficiency, security analysis, fixed income portfolio management, portfolio risk management using derivatives and portfolio performance evaluation techniques. Students will also be provided with an awareness of the on-going developments, and controversies in this area of Finance.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	081105 Investment and Securities
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Essential *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2010	Bentley Campus	Summer School	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y
2010	Sydney Campus	Semester 1S	Y
2010	Charles Telfair Inst Mauritius	Study Period 1	Y
2010	INTI Intern'l College Penang	Semester 2	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Study Period 1	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 1	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	UKRIDA Penabur International	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External