Description: This course is an introduction to derivative assets such as futures, forwards, swaps, and options, financial engineering, risk management, and mortgage and credit derivatives. We will cover the pricing of these derivative assets as well as securities that contain embedded options. We will consider risk management strategies such as static and dynamic hedging. Applications will be considered from equity, commodity, bond, and mortgage-backed markets.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 130 Tu 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 42 / Total Seats: 38
Description: This course examines how corporate financial managers create value for stakeholders through a broad range of financial transactions. We will first take an in depth look at corporate valuation methodologies from both a theoretical and applied perspective. Then, using a combination of case studies, class presentations, and assigned readings, we will focus on applications of these methods in the context of various types of corporate restructurings. Specific applications will include capital structure and financing decisions, M&A and other asset restructuring decisions, and more complex financial transactions including buyouts and distressed restructurings. (Prerequisites – MFIN1127; MFIN1151 no less than a co-requisite).
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 453 W 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 16 / Total Seats: 10
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Location and Time: Stokes Hall 401N TuTh 09:00AM-10:15AM
Time Category: Morning
Used Seats: 31 / Total Seats: 25
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Location and Time: Stokes Hall 401N TuTh 10:30AM-11:45AM
Time Category: Morning
Used Seats: 32 / Total Seats: 20
Description: This course focuses on how capital is applied to debt and equity financing of income-producing real estate. The course content covers private debt and equity and public securities markets for real estate finance. The course format includes lectures, case study discussions, financial modeling exercises, guest speakers, REIT stock analysis, discussion of selected readings and simulation of negotiations. The course covers real estate finance from the perspective of the users of capital (developers and property owners) and the sources of capital (lenders and equity investors). The primary student outcomes are the ability to value commercial property; understand risks; how to structure a financing of commercial real estate; know the diverse sources of capital in the real estate industry and analyze, discuss and present a professional financing for debt and equity.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 145 TuTh 03:00PM-04:15PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 44 / Total Seats: 35
Description: This course looks at the financial aspects of hyper-growth companies, including fundraising, managing growth, revenue creation, and more. Course includes building a long-term financial projection as part of a simulation, in which you work with the Venture Capital course to analyze early-stage deal terms and negotiate an investment round.This course includes Excel Modeling assignments.This course is for people who are not taking nor plan to take MFIN6602 Venture Capital.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 511 (Auditorium) TuTh 12:00 Noon-01:15PM
Time Category: Afternoon
Used Seats: 44 / Total Seats: 38
Description: The focus of this course is on the fundamental drivers, functioning and inter-connectedness of global financial markets. Products covered will be interest rate markets (government bonds, money markets, swaps, interest rate derivatives, credit markets), equity indices, and foreign exchange markets.Tickers flash across TV screens detailing every move ininterest rates, currencies and equity markets. Why do some events move marketssometimes and not at other times? What just happened in UK markets? We willexplore the role of economic data, flow of funds analysis, central bank policy,and fiscal and other government policies from a macro perspective in assessingthese questions. We will learn from historical episodes that still shapemarket structures and behavior today.We will approach these topics from a practitioner's perspective and two or three active portfolio managers will be guest lecturers over the course of the semester. Learning will be via a combination of classroom, reading research papers, and observing markets in real time. There will be weekly homework assignments related to required reading that include current events. A team based project and a mid-term project will tie together subjects covered to that point in the course. Discussions of the current market environment will take place over the period of the course, with the final project requiring each student to formulate and present an investment outlook that ties together the various disciplines learned over the semester. A curious and open mind are helpful attributes for students wishing to take this course.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 220 M 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 19 / Total Seats: 20
Description: This course is the study of investment banking beginning with strategic planning and financial management; moving to the analysis, financing and valuation of investment opportunities; and finishing with the study of corporate governance and ethical issues faced by investment bankers. This course examines the primary functions of investment banking such as syndication, mergers & acquisitions (M&A), leveraged buyouts (LBO) and corporate restructuring.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 TuTh 10:30AM-11:45AM
Time Category: Morning
Used Seats: 47 / Total Seats: 38
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 TuTh 01:30PM-02:45PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 41 / Total Seats: 38
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 TuTh 09:00AM-10:15AM
Time Category: Morning
Used Seats: 44 / Total Seats: 38
Description: This course presents the fundamental theoretical concepts of financial economics. Topics include measuring and managing interest rate risk, the theory of portfolio choice, and introduction to asset such as capital assets pricing models, arbitrage pricing theory, option pricing models and state-preference theory.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 Tu 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 47 / Total Seats: 38
Description: The course provides an introduction to portfolio management with focus on quantitative investment process and methods. The course balances theoretical foundations with practical applications. Primary topics include asset allocation, portfolio construction including optimization, risk modeling, and risk measurement and management. Instruction will combine lectures, case discussions, and workshops, providing opportunities for students to apply quantitative methods to real world problems in several of the explored areas. The course combines investment ideas with analytics, so prior study in any or all of the following areas will make the course more enjoyable: probability/statistics (e.g., normal distributions, regression analysis), linear algebra (e.g., matrix algebra), and introductory calculus (e.g., derivatives). In addition, workshops will include use of both Microsoft Excel and Python (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks). Basic competency in each is a minimum requirement, and of course, the greater your skills, the better.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 453 M 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 19 / Total Seats: 10
Description: Corporations, investment banks, and asset management firms increasingly base their operational and investment decisions on the statistical analysis of "big data." In this course, you will be introduced to Python, a popular open-source modern programming language, and learn how to use it to extract data from online sources, estimate univariate and multivariate regressions on real-world financial data, and perform Monte Carlo simulations.
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 TuTh 03:00PM-04:15PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 40 / Total Seats: 38
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 Th 04:30PM-06:50PM
Time Category: Evening
Used Seats: 18 / Total Seats: 15
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Location and Time: Fulton Hall 115 TuTh 12:00 Noon-01:15PM
Time Category: Afternoon
Used Seats: 42 / Total Seats: 38
Description: This is an opportunity for students interested in independent study to engage in a one-to-one relationship with a faculty member of the Finance Department. This course is only available to students who have demonstrated (1) an extremely strong interest in a particular area of finance, and (2) a strong self-motivation and self-discipline in previous studies. Students are required to present their research results to a departmental faculty group towards the end of the semester. The permission of the department chairperson is to be obtained when the individual faculty member has agreed to direct the student's research project.
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Location and Time: BY ARRANGEMENT
Time Category: Unspecified
Used Seats: 0 / Total Seats: 5