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Financial Instruments - ECFL867

This unit covers the structure, pricing and usage of various financial instruments, including spot, forward, swaps and option contracts for equity, debt, foreign exchange and commodity markets. This unit is concerned with understanding how these financial instruments work, how they are used by end users for speculation and risk management, how they are priced and valued, and how market makers manage their risks when they trade these financial instruments.

Credit Points: 4
When Offered:

AFC April Beijing - Offshore students only

Staff Contact(s): Dr Casey Lim, Associate Professor Rob Trevor
Prerequisites:

AFCL801 or AFCP801 or ECFS865  Prerequisite Information

Corequisites:

NCCW(s): ECFS867
Unit Designation(s):
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies

Faculty of Business and Economics

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