COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE

FIN3CLF

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Computational Finance aims to provide practical relevance and real-world application to finance concepts. Adopting a problem-solving approach, it focuses on computational issues in corporate finance, asset portfolios and stock options. The areas covered by the subject include capital cost estimation, asset and option pricing and risk analysis, portfolio optimisation, and simulation of financial outcomes.

Faculty: Faculty of Business, Economics and Law

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Angela Lou

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: FIN2FIN or FIN1FOF

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource TypeTitleResource RequirementAuthor and YearPublisher
ReadingsFinancial modellingPrescribedBenninga, S.3RD ED. MIT PRESS, 2008

Melbourne, 2014, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: 230

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Angela Lou

Class requirements

Computer LaboratoryWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours computer laboratory other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
one 3-hour final examination70
one 90 minute midterm examination20
tutorial exercisesequivalent to 1000-words10