Money and Capital

Business and Economics

AFF1300

Money and capital markets

SYNOPSIS: On completion of this unit students should demonstrate an understanding of a financial system, its operation and component parts; yield curve analysis, the term structure of interest rates, and exchange rate interaction; sources and types of business finance, short, medium and long term, domestic and overseas, and associate pricing formulae; the structure and operation of Australian financial institutions and markets; the major types of risk and the derivative products available to manage financial risk; the structure, functions and role of prudential supervision in the financial markets. Mode of delivery: Workload: ON-CAMPUS This is a six credit point unit with three hours class contact per week over 12 teaching weeks. It is expected that you will spend, on average, nine hours in self-directed study each week, in addition to the three hours of class contact. Self-directed study for a particular unit may exceed nine hours during weeks preceding an in-semester test, submission of a major assignment or final examination. AFC2000, AFC1100 (pre 2009), AFC2100 (pre 2009), AFG1300, AFW1300 Dr Huu Duong (chief examiner and lecturer) Caulfield huu.duong@monash.edu Dr J. Wickramanayake Caulfield j.wickramanayake@monash.edu 9903 2403 9903 2032

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SEMESTER 2 2012

HANDBOOK ENTRY: http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/AFF1300.html

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ACADEMIC OVERVIEW Learning objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to: 1. describe the structure and operation of financial institutions and markets in Australia; 2. evaluate short and medium to longer term financial instruments 3. explain government monetary policy and the term structure of interest rates 4. describe the derivative products available to manage...