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ACST851: Mathematics of Finance

Topics include types of interest rate; amortising loans; effect of income and capital gains taxes; discounted cash flow techniques; annuities; bond pricing; simple stochastic interest rate models; unit-pricing systems; yield curves; matching and immunisation; forward rate agreements; replicating portfolios and hedge portfolios. It is assumed that students are able to use spreadsheets.

Credit Points:4
Contact Hours:--
When Offered: D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year
Staff Contact: Mr Jim Farmer
Prerequisites:

(ACST601 and ACST603 and ACST604) or admission to MCom or MIB or MEc or MActPrac prior to 2011

Corequisites:

NCCWs:

Unit Designations: Commerce
Assessed As: Graded
Offered By:

Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies


Faculty of Business and Economics

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