Credit Points 10

Legacy Code 51163

Coordinator Vivienne Saverimuttu Opens in new window

Description This subject helps students to: understand the role and nature of financial markets and institutions; develop computational skills for transactions in financial markets; understand the factors that determine share price, interest rates and exchange rates; and understand major derivative products and their use in financial markets. This subject contains financial institutions and markets and the transactions that take place in them.

School Business

Discipline Business And Management

Student Contribution Band HECS Band 4 10cp

Level Postgraduate Coursework Level 7 subject

Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in 2705 Master of Finance, 2702 Master of Applied Finance, 2704 Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, 2745 Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance, 2708 Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance, 2703 Master of International Trade and Finance, 2759 Master of Finance, 2761 Master of Business Administration, 2782 Master of Business Administration/Master of Applied Finance, 2816 Master of Business Analytics.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

1. Understand the role and nature of financial markets and institutions;
2. Develop computational skills for transactions in financial markets;
3. Understand the factors that determine share price, interest rates and exchange rates;
4. Understand major derivative products and their use in financial markets.

Subject Content

Financial institutions
Equity market issuers
Equity market investors
Financial mathematics
Corporate debt markets
Government debt markets
Foreign exchange markets
Derivative markets