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Financial Markets and Instruments (FNCE90047)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Overview
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The structure of the financial system; terminology, trading and pricing of money and capital market instruments; duration, value at risk, financial market volatility; term structure of interest rates; inflation, interest rates and indexed securities; regulation of securities markets and financial institutions; market; tax treatment of financial institutions; tax and company finance; futures markets; options markets; forward rate agreements; swaps; developments in retail financial markets.
Intended learning outcomes
On successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
- Analyse the nature of financial markets and explain the principles by which financial markets operate;
- Describe the major institutional participants and markets;
- Explain the risk return spectrum and the characteristics of financial instruments;
- Describe derivatives and explain how they are used in the management of financial risk;
- Apply the theory of regulation to current markets and critically assess the current regulatory structures.
Generic skills
On successful completion of this subject, students should have improved the following generic skills:
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Collaborative learning
- Problem solving
- Team work
- Statistical reasoning
- Application of theory to practice
- Interpretation & analysis
- Critical thinking
- Synthesis of data and other information
- Evaluation of data and other information
- Using computer software
- Accessing data and other information from a range of sources
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into one of the following:
- MC-FIN Master of Finance
- GD-FIN Graduate Diploma in Finance
- MC-FINANCE Master of Finance
- MC-FINENH Master of Finance (Enhanced)
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Group assignment (normally groups of 5-6 students).
| From Week 7 to Week 9 | 30% |
End-of-semester examination
| During the examination period | 70% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Carole Comerton-Forde Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours of lectures and seminars per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 28 May 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 March 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 May 2023 Assessment period ends 23 June 2023 - Semester 2
Principal coordinator Andrea Lu Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three hours of lectures and seminars per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2023 Census date 31 August 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023
Time commitment details
Estimated total time commitment of 170 hours per semester
What do these dates mean
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- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Kidwell D., M. Brimble, L. Lenten, P. Docherty, P. Mazzola and A. Basu,
Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 3rd Edition, Wiley. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Finance - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024