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Applied International Finance

  • Course Number: 3.40608
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 4
  • Semester: 2

This course is basically an application of the theoretical underpinnings covered in 3.40601.

The course covers selected cases in international finance such as the fundamental concepts and parity conditions, the impact of taxes and other government intervention in different country that affect both investment and financing decisions, and the various financing, leasing and hedging strategies at an international level.

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Financial Risk Management

  • Course Number: 3.40606
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 4
  • Semester: 2

This course introduces the student to the various strategies that could be devised to either eliminate risk, or minimise / manage it. It starts with an exposition of the various types of risk that investment analysts, fund managers, credit analysts, governments, business, exporters, importers and various households are often faced with Risk Management Issues and processes relating to risk identification, risk calculation, risk documentation, risk implementation and review processes as

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Bank Failures & Financial Crisis

  • Course Number: 3.40605
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 4
  • Semester: 2

This is an extension to the courses 3.20603 and 3.40602. It looks at the causes and consequences of bank panics, the subsequent collapse of banks and their consequent impact on the financial sector and the rest of the economy.

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Banking & Community Obligations

  • Course Number: 3.30605
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 2

This course looks at the role of banks in the development of the overall economy with specific focus on social responsibility and community obligations in the provision of financial services, including transacting in financial securities.

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Import - Export Banking

  • Course Number: 3.30604
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 3
  • Semester: 2

This course incoporates the principles of banking covered in 3.20603 and focusing on the particulars of banking involving the import and export of tradeables, the nature of exchange rate risk, and strategies such as forward cover used by importers

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Introduction to Banking

  • Course Number: 3.20603
  • Credit Points: 3
  • Year of Study: 2
  • Semester: 2

This course is an eye opener to the whole area of banking as a profession, and as a discipline. It covers the features that distinguish it from the other financial intermediaries, the range of services they offer, and the types of banks.

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  1. Financial Modelling
  2. International Banking
  3. International Finance
  4. Micro-Finance & Banking

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