Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor and Lecturer
Charles Koh
Contact via Via Dialogue in iLearn
4ER Level 2
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Senior Departmental Administrator
Angela Chow
Angela Chow
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ACST603 or AFIN858
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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 is an advanced-level unit concentrating on various techniques in investment and financial risk management. Topics include the analysis of risk and return, financial derivatives, international bond markets, dependence modelling, banking regulations, managing market, credit, operational risk and economic capital. A strong emphasis is placed upon developing a rigorous analytical skill-base which can then be applied to real-world issues in the financial industry.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
To provide early feedback, you are to complete a self-assessment online quiz to be released in late Week 3. Use this quiz as an indicator of whether you are progressing satisfactorily in the unit. If you are having difficulties, please see the Unit Convenor and consider withdrawing before the census date. Your score on the quiz will count towards 5% of your grade.
It is the responsibility of students to view their marks for each within session assessment on iLearn within 10 working days of posting. If there are any discrepancies, students must contact the unit convenor immediately. Failure to do so will mean that queries received after the release of final results regarding assessment marks (not including the final exam mark) will not be addressed.
Assessment criteria for all assessment tasks will be provided on the unit iLearn site.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quiz | 5% | No | 22 August 2018 |
Class Test | 20% | No | 14 September 2018 |
Case Study | 20% | No | 26 October 2018 14:59 AEST |
Final Exam | 55% | No | University examination period |
Due: 22 August 2018
Weighting: 5%
Due: 14 September 2018
Weighting: 20%
The length of the invigilated, in-class test is one hour, with no separate reading time. Further details will be provided on the unit iLearn website
No extensions will be granted. Students who do not sit the test will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task, except for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved.
Due: 26 October 2018 14:59 AEST
Weighting: 20%
Students will be required to carry out research in a group of 4-5 students. Students complete a major assignment on a topical issue in International Investment and Risk chosen by the convenor. Further details will be provided via iLearn.
In addition to this 20% unit weighting, a further direct assessment on the assignment topics will be made as a part of the Final Examination. This assignment component in the Final Examination constitutes an overall 20% unit weighting.
The project must be submitted via the unit iLearn website.
No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission - 20% penalty). This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. No submission will be accepted after solutions have been posted.
Due: University examination period
Weighting: 55%
The length of the final exam is 2 hours plus 10 minutes reading time. The exam will cover all topics taught across the entire unit. Further details will be provided on the unit iLearn website.
You are permitted ONE A4 page of paper containing reference material printed on both sides. The material may be handwritten or typed. The page will not be returned to you at the end of the final examination.
Non-programmable calculators are allowed, provided that they are not capable of storing text.
Classes
The weekly three hour class time for this unit consists of a two hour seminar and a one hour workshop.
Timetables
All students are required to attend their timetabled classes. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/
Recommended Text
Technology Used and Required
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Topic |
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International investment |
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Currency risk and hedging |
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Practical issues in international investing |
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Performance evaluation of global portfolios |
5 |
Modelling volatility |
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Modelling correlation and copulas |
7 |
Class test and Group assignment briefing |
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Recess |
8 |
Value-at-Risk, Expected Shortfall and Historic Simulation |
9 |
Model-building approach to Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall |
10 |
Credit risk |
11 |
Operational Risk and Economic Capital |
12 |
Case study: presentations |
13 |
Revision |
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Supplementary Examination
Further information regarding supplementary exams, including dates, is available here
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