The main goal of this course is to develop a foundation of financial management concepts. This will enable to the student to understand how corporations make important investment and financing decisions, and how they establish working capital policies. The course also lays a foundation for more complex financial topics that arise in additional elective courses in finance. This course in financial management describes the corporation and its operating environment; it will help any future manager to understand how the finances of a company work, and how they will be interfacing with finance
This course applies concepts of efficient capital markets, modern portfolio theory, and asset pricing models to practical problems of security analysis, portfolio construction, optimization, and performance measurement. The analysis considers return and risk characteristics of various financial investment instruments and derivatives, including common stocks, bonds, futures, options, and forward contracts.
This course is concerned with derivative securities and markets. Topics include options, option markets, option strategies, option pricing models, futures, futures markets, futures’ strategies, futures’ pricing models, and swaps and financial risk management using derivatives.
This course deals with corporate financial decisions. Topics include capital structure, cost of capital, dividend and stock repurchase policy.
This course is concerned with the analysis, evaluation, and trading of financial securities. It also covers bond and stock portfolio management, which includes the topics of: risk and return, diversification, efficient portfolios, market efficiency, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Students will gain hands-on experience by managing a portfolio of securities during the term.
This course deals with various investment instruments existing in the financial markets, security selection and wealth allocation. It discusses the concepts of risk, return, diversification, and optimal portfolio selection. The course also discusses different investment strategies and performance evaluation models.
This course explores the global financial environment in which a multinational firm operates. The course covers foreign exchange markets, international financial markets, international capital flows, international investing, and international trade and risk management issues. In addition, the course will discuss financial tools used by managers of firms operating in a global market.
Prerequisites: FIN301 Managerial Finance and FIN302 Financial Institutions and Markets
This course is concerned with the management of commercial bank operations. It provides students with a description and analysis of those operations. It also covers the techniques and tools commercial bank managers apply to perform their job. Topics include the structure and internal organization of banks, lending policies, asset and liability management, risk management, and capital adequacy.
The course provides an integrated overview of both theoretical and practical issues related to the modern banking business. It covers four central topics. The introductory lecture outlines the role and functions of the financial system and the nature of financial intermediation with a particular emphasis on current issues in banking. The second section covers the main activities and types of banks (e.g., retail, commercial, Islamic, global banking), it explores how to assess bank performance using the information reported in banks financial statements and it illustrates theories and practice of central banking. The third topic regards the structure of the banking systems in different countries and the corporate governance and organizational arrangements in banking. Finally, the course provides an insight on ethics in banking and professional and effective management.
