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The theoretical principles of investments and their applications to investment policy.
Upon successful completion, students should be able to:Develop and discuss a detailed investment policy statement that recommends a particular asset allocation strategy for a client.Understand major investment media and quantify and evaluate their risks and returns.Build and manage a portfolio of securities.Quantify financial risk.Devise strategies to effectively transfer risk through diversification, insurance or hedging.Understand the theoretical basis for and practical implementation of widely-used asset pricing theories.Discuss what the efficient market theory and behavioural finance about investor rationality and asset pricing is.
FINC201, FINC203, MATH101, MATH102 or MATH108
FINC364, AFIS314
Huong Dang
Bodie, Zvi. , Kane, Alex., Marcus, Alan J; Investments ; 9th ed; McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2011.
Domestic fee $630.00
International fee $2,775.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
Maximum enrolment is 100
For further information see Department of Economics and Finance .