FIN360 Treasury Risk Management (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Economics and Finance (ECFIN)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject examines financial risk management within the context of a corporate treasury. The subject focuses on the rationale for risk management, the dimensions of corporate financial risk (interest rate, currency and commodity risk), and techniques for managing risk with emphasis on derivative financial instruments.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | HELP University College | Session 2 |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: FIN360
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate the conceptual understanding and technical skill necessary to identify, evaluate and manage corporate financial risk within the contemporary business environment;
- be able to apply the techniques of corporate finance, investment analysis, and their knowledge of the workers of financial markets (gained in prerequisite subjects) to the management of corporate treasury operations.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Risks in fixed interest securities
Forward and futures markets
Options
Swaps
Exposure identification.
Interest rate risk and security design
Alternative approaches to interest rate risk management
Risk management applications
Risk management strategy
Value at risk
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.