Recommended Study Sequence

This unit is essential to prepare students for applied financial analysis and modelling applications used extensively in other units of the Master of Applied Finance program. It familiarises participants with the strengths and limitations of contemporary quantitative modelling techniques using multivariate statistical procedures and optimization approaches. The use of appropriate modelling software including Excel, SPSS, QM for Windows and MPT models is emphasised.

This unit ensures that students have knowledge of the basic institutional framework of the Australian banking industry and financial system. The unit briefly examines international financial markets and the interaction with their Australian counterparts.

This unit covers the basic principles of portfolio selection and funds management and examines share investments. The unit focuses on the factors that affect asset prices; calculations based on the Markowitz Model of portfolio selection; the Single Index Model and the beta of a share; performance measures for a managed fund; style differences in funds management; management of fixed-interest portfolios; and the use of share derivatives to manage share portfolios.

This unit describes the major derivative products and explains how they are used for hedging, speculation, and creating synthetic investments. In doing so, it analyses the effect of the growth of derivatives markets and their relationship to the market for the securities underlying them. Hedging applications are considered from the point of view of corporate treasurers and funds managers.

This unit looks at the models developed to guide investment choice including those beyond the dominant paradigm of the EMH/CAPM view. It provides an opportunity for students to develop advanced skills in the analysis of financial statements, to understand the investment significance of such analyses, and to use such analyses in portfolio applications.

Corporate Finance is concerned with fulfilling those managerial tasks directed to the decision-making process, including asset and project valuation, leasing, capital structure and dividend distribution and working capital management. Students wishing to take this unit as an elective will need to seek approval from either the Head of Programs or Course advisor.

This unit covers the tactics of financial institution management – the factors which determine short-term managerial decisions in financial institutions. A major part of the unit is the discussion of asset/liability management.

This unit teaches techniques necessary for running a successful lending book. It outlines the steps which must be taken in performing credit evaluation, and provides the analytical techniques necessary to carry out such evaluation. This unit does not cover the legal aspects of financial institution lending.

This unit covers the aspects of the law which are relevant to financial institutions and financing decisions. It describes the legal environment within which the finance industry operates and places special emphasis on the laws regulating the day-to-day conduct of financial business. It provides candidates with the knowledge of legal fundamentals necessary for finance professionals to function in a business and financial environment that is becoming increasingly sensitive to legal pitfalls.

This unit outlines the basic principles of marketing and discusses their application to the marketing of financial services. The unit will provide an understanding of how markets function and of customer behaviour, giving students the ability to formulate a marketing strategy for financial services.

Australian companies are increasingly competing on world markets for sources of finance and are looking for investment opportunities in foreign markets. This unit looks at the determination of exchange rates, the foreign exchange markets, effective management of exchange exposure on overseas investments, and sources of finance.

This unit concentrates on both Microeconomic and Macroeconomic theories. Microeconomics is concerned with the study of individual units within the economy - the individual consumer, the individual firm, the type of market structure facing the firm and price and output determination. Macroeconomics is concerned with analysis of the factors determining the way in which the economic resources of an economy are utilised or under-utilised. Students wishing to take this unit as an elective will need to seek approval from either the Head of Programs or Course advisor.

This unit is concerned with microeconomic policy development in an open economy setting. It applies and extends microeconomic theory to provide an understanding of the principles governing the formulation of international trade and industry policies. The unit reviews traditional and recent models of the behaviour of firms in international economics. It also overviews the traditional and strategic theories of trade performance and the design, formulation and implementation of trade policy. Unit available for masters only.

This unit covers the tactics of financial institution management – the factors which determine short-term managerial decisions in financial institutions. A major part of the unit is the discussion of asset/liability management.

This unit teaches techniques necessary for running a successful lending book. It outlines the steps which must be taken in performing credit evaluation, and provides the analytical techniques necessary to carry out such evaluation. This unit does not cover the legal aspects of financial institution lending.

This unit covers the aspects of the law which are relevant to financial institutions and financing decisions. It describes the legal environment within which the finance industry operates and places special emphasis on the laws regulating the day-to-day conduct of financial business. It provides candidates with the knowledge of legal fundamentals necessary for finance professionals to function in a business and financial environment that is becoming increasingly sensitive to legal pitfalls.

This unit outlines the basic principles of marketing and discusses their application to the marketing of financial services. The unit will provide an understanding of how markets function and of customer behaviour, giving students the ability to formulate a marketing strategy for financial services.

This unit is replacing VA802Z - Income Property Appraisal. Develop understanding of theory and practice of valuation of retail, office and industrial property. Critically evaluate the various risk factors in retail, office and industrial property investments. This unit concentrates upon income producing properties. It forms an essential resource for property investment analysis and property development.

This unit is replacing unit CO811A. This unit introduces the concepts of investment analysis in the context of a study of the performance of individual created property investments.

This unit examines the role of property in an investment portfolio, with particular attention given to property portfolio performance analysis and property investment strategy. The performance analysis of both direct and indirect property is also examined to assess the strategic contribution of property to an investment portfolio.

This unit is focussed to develop the student's knowledge of finance and taxation with particular reference to the property industry.

This unit covers the tactics of financial institution management – the factors which determine short-term managerial decisions in financial institutions. A major part of the unit is the discussion of asset/liability management.

This unit teaches techniques necessary for running a successful lending book. It outlines the steps which must be taken in performing credit evaluation, and provides the analytical techniques necessary to carry out such evaluation. This unit does not cover the legal aspects of financial institution lending.

This unit describes the major derivative products and explains how they are used for hedging, speculation, and creating synthetic investments. In doing so, it analyses the effect of the growth of derivatives markets and their relationship to the market for the securities underlying them. Hedging applications are considered from the point of view of corporate treasurers and funds managers.

This unit looks at the models developed to guide investment choice including those beyond the dominant paradigm of the EMH/CAPM view. It provides an opportunity for students to develop advanced skills in the analysis of financial statements, to understand the investment significance of such analyses, and to use such analyses in portfolio applications.