Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Coordinator
Keith Woodward
See ilearn
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(ACST603 or AFIN858) or (admission to MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides an overview of the operation of the capital markets in Australia. The financial institutions are described and the securities offered by these institutions are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the financial instruments available to companies and investors from the equity, debt and derivative markets.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Self-assessment online test | 0% | No | Sunday 14.1.2018 |
Class test | 35% | No | 9am Monday 22.1.2018 |
Group assignment | 15% | No | Midnight Monday 5.2.18 |
Final examination | 50% | No | 19.2.2018 |
Due: Sunday 14.1.2018
Weighting: 0%
Due: 9am Monday 22.1.2018
Weighting: 35%
Due: Midnight Monday 5.2.18
Weighting: 15%
Due: 19.2.2018
Weighting: 50%
Required Text: | C. Viney, Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets, McGraw-Hill, Seventh edition, 2013. The textbook may be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop, and students are advised to use the book to improve their understanding of the lectures. Older versions will do just fine. |
Unit Web Page: | The course material is available in http://ilearn.mq.edu.au. Students are advised to check the unit website regularly, and ensure that all material posted on the website can be accessed without difficulties. If you are unable to access any of the material on the website, check with your classmates first before notifying your lecturer of the problem. |
Technology Used and Required: | Non-programmable calculators will be allowed in the mid-term test and the final exam. Students are advised to bring their calculators to class. You are expected to show all workings for your calculations. All calculations should be to two decimal places, and rounding should be left till the end. Excessive and premature rounding will be penalised. |
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Recommended Readings: | |
Other Course Materials: |
Unit Schedule
Topic No. |
Topic |
Textbook chapters |
1 |
Mon, 7 Jan, 9am - 12 noon, A modern financial system. |
1 |
2 |
Mon, 7 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Commercial banks. |
2 |
3, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Tue, 8 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Non-bank financial institutions. Self-assessment online quiz (0%) |
3 |
4, Room: 06EaR 316 |
Mon, 14 Jan, 9am - 12 noon, The share market and corporations. |
4 |
5, Room: 06EaR 316 |
Mon, 14 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Issuing new equity & investing in the share market. |
5, and Ch.6 sections1-3 |
6, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Tue, 15 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Performance measurement, share pricing & forecasting in equity market. |
6 sections 4-6, and Ch.7 |
7, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Mon, 21 Jan, 9am - 12 noon, In-class test (35%) covering topics up to this week, plus questions related to the assignment. |
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8, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Mon, 21 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Short-term debt. |
9 |
9, Room: 06EaR 314 |
Tue , 29 Jan, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Medium-to-long term debt. |
10 |
10, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Mon, 4 Feb, 9am - 12 noon, Futures contracts and forward rate agreements. |
19 |
11, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Mon, 4 Feb, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Options. |
20 |
12, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Tue, 5 Feb, 1.30 - 4.30pm, Government debt, monetary policy, and payments system. Assignment due (15%). |
12 |
13, Room: 12SW 430 ALS |
Mon, 11 Feb, 1.30 - 4.30pm, An introduction to interest rate determination and forecasting. |
13 |
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The assessment weights were changed to reflect the AACSB policies.
This unit gives you practice in applying research findings in your essay.
Date | Description |
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08/01/2019 | Added class rooms and amended 'Monday 22nd January' to 'Monday 21st January' in unit schedule. |