Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

The course will focus on the application of financial theory to the issues and problems of investment management. Topics will include portfolio optimization and asset allocation, the basics of bond pricing and debt portfolio management, the theory of asset pricing models and their implications for investment as well as techniques for evaluating investment management performance. The course will build upon the analytical skills developed in Financial Management.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course introduces students to modern theories and practice of investment. It will survey basic investment tools and concepts, securities analysis, and portfolio theory. Emphasis is on functional understanding of risk-reward relationships from an investment analyst's perspective. Special attention is given to derivative securities (options and futures).

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course is an advanced corporate finance course that will discuss major issues in asset valuation, capital budgeting, capital cost and structure, dividend policy, and corporate restructuring. The course will be taught by a combination of lectures, case studies, paper discussion, and computer application

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

This course provides comprehensive coverage of individual financial planning. This includes property liability coverage and special endorsements, risks of loss of income or premature death loss and strategies for insuring against these risks; risks and returns of various investment vehicles, including stocks, bonds, annuity and life insurance products; and laws, regulations and strategies to consider in pension and estate planning.

Faculty : Faculty of International Business and Humanities

School : School of International Business

Course Description :

The course reviews many of the recently created derivative products and how each can be used to transform the financial risks of the corporation. Emphasis will be placed on the role that financial engineering plays in the successful execution of corporate strategy. The principal focus of this course will be on how derivative financial instruments can be used to manage or mitigate the various price risks that arise as a consequence of the company’s pricing, sourcing, financing and on-going operational decisions. The course begins with a comprehensive theoretical development of futures, forwards, options and swaps. The course ends with an analysis of synthetic and hybrid products which have embedded derivative contracts