BFF2631: Financial Management

Tutorial participation (5%), Trading simulation (5%), Mid-semester test (20%), Exam - 3 hours (70%).

This unit is really quite interesting in my view. It builds on from previous finance units and you learn about topics such as financial mathematics, capital budgeting, portfolio theory and CAPM. The trading simulation is the most enjoyable aspect of the unit as you work in teams with other students, and you essentially trade stock on the market (this is done in one of the labs in week 10). You're assessed on the basis of your team's performance. Tutorials in this unit are crucial, because it really does help to solidify your understanding of the topics (you should get the full 5% just by attending all of the tutorials). Definitely try to keep up to date with the work because it gets progressively harder as the semester goes on. The mid-semester test is not that difficult as previous years' tests are provided for revision; practicing tutorial questions and the papers are a good idea.

Dr Manapon Limkriangkrai and Nigel Morkel-Kingsbury.

Yes, two past exam papers with solutions are provided.

5 out of 5.

Yes.

Corporate Finance Custom Book + Access card + Myfinancelab, 2nd edition PEARSON EDUCATION AUSTRALIA. Didn't buy it personally, but might help for extra reading.

One two-hour lecture and one one-hour tutorial per week.

Semester 2, 2013.

TBC.