COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE
FIN3CLF
Not currently offered
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 application of net present valuation approach, capital cost estimation and regression analysis, asset and option pricing and risk management, portfolio optimisation, and simulation of financial outcomes. The subject intends to provide you with theories and modelling skills required for financial decision making in business and management and also enable you to master the quantitative skills and computation techniques required to solve practical problems.
SchoolLa Trobe Business School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorAngela Lou
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Available as ElectiveNo
Learning ActivitiesRole plays and student presentations to develop interview and presentation techniques
Capstone subjectNo
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesFIN1FOF OR FIN2FIN
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Quota Management StrategyN/A
Quota-conditions or rulesN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Minimum credit point requirementN/A
Assumed knowledgeN/A
Readings
Financial modelling
Resource TypePrescribed
Resource RequirementN/A
AuthorBenninga, S.
Year2014
Edition/Volume4th ed
PublisherMIT PRESS
ISBN978-0262027281
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Chapter/issueN/A
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Other descriptionN/A
Source locationN/A
Career Ready
Career-focusedNo
Work-based learningNo
Self sourced or Uni sourcedN/A
Entire subject or partial subjectN/A
Total hours/days requiredN/A
Location of WBL activity (region)N/A
WBL addtional requirementsN/A
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