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Legal Risk in Finance - ECFS874
This unit introduces you to the concept of legal risk, examining common sources of legal risk in financing transactions in Australia, together with possible methods of managing that risk. It also exposes you to skills of legal analysis and reasoning. It considers general principles of company, contract, property and insolvency law and focuses on the legal basis on which financial intermediaries enter into transactions with their clients, including the various forms of security available to secure those obligations. It examines methods of structuring transactions, as well as potential sources of legal liability in conducting such transactions.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde D2 - Day; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde E1 - Evening; Offered in Session 1, North Ryde E2 - Evening; Offered in Session 2, North Ryde |
| Staff Contact(s): | Ms Susan Edwards |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MAppFin or PGCertAppFin |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Applied Finance and Actuarial Studies Faculty of Business and Economics |
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