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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: | AFC Jan CBD - Applied Finance Centre, City Campus, November 2012 to June 2013 AFC Jul CBD - Applied Finance Centre, City Campus, May to November |
| Staff Contact(s): | Ms Susan Edwards |
| Prerequisites: |
4cp in ECFS units and 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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