Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Lecturer
Slava Platkov
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(Admission to MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv) or GradDipAppFin) and (AFCP810 and AFCP811 and AFCP812 and AFCP813)
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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 equips students to apply an advanced body of finance knowledge to a range of contexts. The unit commences with an individual investor's perspective and then progresses to the viewpoint of a professional funds manager. This enables the student to develop the ideas of portfolio theory, asset pricing and behavioural finance. The unit continues with a security analysts’ perspective to address the broad question of how to value enterprises and then drills down to security valuation, financial statement and cash flow analysis. Lastly we shift the focus to that of a derivatives trader to explore the pricing of forwards and options and employing these derivatives to achieve desired asset allocation exposures.
The unit emphasises an applied orientation for the major techniques and themes to be further extended and developed across the Masters program. It represents the essential pre-requisite knowledge for all other core units and elective streams.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
To pass this unit the student needs to (1) Achieve an aggregate mark of 50 or more, and; (2) Pass the Mid-term and Final Exam.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 5% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Mid Term Exam | 20% | Yes | Refer to Timetable |
Assignment | 35% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Final Exam | 40% | Yes | Refer to Timetable |
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 5%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual.
Due Date: Refer to the unit's iLearn site.
Submission Method: In iLearn.
Duration: Refer to online quiz instructions.
Extension Requests:
Due: Refer to Timetable
Weighting: 20%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual.
Due Date: Refer to Timetable at https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/business/study-with-us/macquarie-applied-finance-centre/timetables.
Different Class Groups have different deadlines. Students should find the timetable and dates relevant to their group at https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/business/study-with-us/macquarie-applied-finance-centre/timetables.
Submission Method: As per MAFC Program Rules at https://mafcstudents.mq.edu.au/.
Duration: 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time.
Examination Conditions:
Extension Requests:
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 35%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: A combination of individual and group work (refer to Assignment coversheet).
Due Date: Refer to the unit's iLearn site.
Submission Method: Via Turnitin on iLearn.
Duration: Refer to Assignment coversheet.
Extension Requests:
Due: Refer to Timetable
Weighting: 40%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual.
Due Date: Refer to Timetable at https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/business/study-with-us/macquarie-applied-finance-centre/timetables.
Different Class Groups have different deadlines. Students should find the timetable and dates relevant to their group at https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/business/study-with-us/macquarie-applied-finance-centre/timetables.
Submission Method: As per MAFC Program Rules at https://mafcstudents.mq.edu.au/.
Duration: 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time.
Examination Conditions:
Extension Requests:
Face-to-Face Teaching: Generally 36 hours.
Timetable: Detailed timetable for classes are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/about/about-the-university/faculties-and-departments/business/study-with-us/macquarie-applied-finance-centre/timetables.
Consultation Times:
Students who wish to contact any of the teaching staff may do so through:
Text: Bodie, Kane and Marcus, Investments, McGraw Hill, 11TH edition, 2014, ISBN 978-1-259-27717-7 (BKM).
Additional Readings:
Lecture Notes: Available electronically via iLearn.
Study Problems:
Pre-course Knowledge: The Gateway units of the Graduate Certificate in Finance represent the pre-course knowledge required to successfully study the advanced applied finance units of the Masters of Applied Finance and the Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance. Please refer to the following page for instructions on reviewing the unit guides for the gateway units: http://mafcstudents.mq.edu.au/new-to-mafc/pre-course-materials/
Useful References:
Calculators:
Assumed Access:
Unit iLearn Site:
Important:
1. Asset Allocation (2 sessions)
2. Asset Pricing Model (2 sessions)
3. Portfolio Optimization (1 session)
4. Behavioural Finance Overview, Market Efficiency and Anomalies (1 session)
5. Fundamental Stock Analysis (3 sessions)
6. Derivatives (3 sessions)
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