Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor / Lecturer
Maxwell Morley
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
2
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
(Admission to MAppFin or MAppFin(Adv) or GradDipAppFin) and ECFS868
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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 focuses on credit risk from the perspectives of both a lender – taking credit risk – and a borrower – accessing debt capital and other financial services. This dual view allows us to discover how bankers assess default risk, make the decision to lend and structure loans to mitigate key risks, while also building an appreciation of how a business can shape and influence the terms on which debt capital is accessed from bank lenders to meet the borrower’s needs.
After a review of how various types of lending products can be matched to borrowers’ requirements, we examine the core concepts of probability of default, loss given default and exposure at default. These concepts inform our discussion of how banks manage credit risks through the structure of the loan balanced against providing workable access to funding for the borrower. The obligations of borrowers under typical corporate loan documentation are discussed, including the practical implications for managing the banker-borrower relationship (from both perspectives) in normal times and when loans are becoming distressed.
Finally the management of credit risk in financial institutions, including the interface with regulators, the governance framework and culture, is presented.
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To pass this unit the student needs to (1) Achieve an aggregate mark of 50 or more, and; (2) Pass the Final Exam.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Case Study | 40% | No | Refer to iLearn |
Final Exam | 60% | Yes | Refer to Timetable |
Due: Refer to iLearn
Weighting: 40%
Summary of Assessment Task
Individual / Group: Individual.
Due Date: Refer to the unit's iLearn site; generally one week before final exam.
Submission Method: Online via the unit's iLearn site.
Extension Requests:
Due: Refer to Timetable
Weighting: 60%
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.
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 20 hours.
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Text: Recommended: Ciby, Joseph, Advanced Credit Risk Analysis and Management, The Wiley Finance Series, 2013.
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Lecture Notes: Available on iLearn.
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