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Unit description
Introduces students to financial risk management including foreign exchange and interest rates, derivative securities and markets, derivative pricing, and financial risk mitigation strategies. Students will engage in teacher-directed activities and experiences relevant to contemporary financial risk management in the multinational enterprise context.
Unit content
Topic 1: Financial Derivatives: An Introduction
Topic 2: Mechanics of Forwards and Futures
Topic 3: Pricing Forwards and Futures
Topic 4: Strategies using Forwards and Futures
Topic 5: Mechanics of Options
Topic 6: Binomial Option Pricing Model
Topic 7: Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Model
Topic 8: Strategies using Options I
Topic 9: Strategies using Options II
Topic 10: Financial Risk Management: Techniques and Applications
Topic 11: Managing Financial Risk in an Organisation I
Topic 12: Managing Financial Risk in an Organisation II
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | identify and explain the characteristics of financial derivatives |
| 2 | price financial derivatives using appropriate models |
| 3 | execute risk management and trading strategies using financial derivatives |
| 4 | apply an understanding of financial risk management in the international economic environment. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- identify and explain the characteristics of financial derivatives
- price financial derivatives using appropriate models
- execute risk management and trading strategies using financial derivatives
- apply an understanding of financial risk management in the international economic environment.
Teaching and assessment
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