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Not currently available in 2021
Unit description
Introduces students to investments and portfolio management including the investment framework, portfolio theory, asset pricing, valuation, investment analyses/strategies, professional money management, alternative assets, industry ethics, and performance evaluation. Students will engage in teacher-directed activities and experiences relevant to investments analyses and the construction and management of responsible portfolios.
Unit content
Topic 1a: The Investment Setting
Topic 1b: The Asset Allocation Decision
Topic 2a: Financial Instruments and Markets
Topic 2b: Portfolio Management
Topic 3a: Market Efficiency and Risky Asset Pricing Models
Topic 3b: Valuation Principles and Practices
Topic 4a: Macro- and Industry Analysis of the Share Market
Topic 4b: Company Analysis and Share Valuation
Topic 5a: Technical Analysis
Topic 5b: Equity Portfolio Management Strategies
Topic 6a: Professional Money Management, Alternative Assets and Industry Ethics
Topic 6b: Performance Evaluation
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: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Explain the role of the financial system and its regulatory bodies, its function, and the key participants within the finance system. | Lifelong learning | ||||||
| 2 | Identify the various financial markets, characteristics and instruments traded on these markets. | Lifelong learning | ||||||
| 3 | Evaluate funding methods for investing. | Lifelong learning | ||||||
| 4 | Assess the potential risks affecting the financial system, their impact on financial service products, providers, clients and economic performance. | Creativity | Ethical practice | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 5 | Critique the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and asset pricing models in light of empirical evidence and comment on their usefulness and applications. | Creativity | Ethical practice | Lifelong learning | ||||
| 6 | Construct and defend a multi-asset portfolio. | Creativity | Ethical practice | Lifelong learning | ||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Explain the role of the financial system and its regulatory bodies, its function, and the key participants within the finance system.
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Identify the various financial markets, characteristics and instruments traded on these markets.
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Evaluate funding methods for investing.
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Assess the potential risks affecting the financial system, their impact on financial service products, providers, clients and economic performance.
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Critique the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) and asset pricing models in light of empirical evidence and comment on their usefulness and applications.
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA5: Lifelong learning
- Construct and defend a multi-asset portfolio.
- GA2: Creativity
- GA3: Ethical practice
- GA5: Lifelong learning
Teaching and assessment
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