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Postgraduate Course: Financial Markets and Investment (CMSE11170)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits15 ECTS Credits7.5
SummaryThe course is aimed at students wishing to become financial executives in companies and other organisations. In that role they will need to know about the main theories and practice of financial markets, including the equity, bond, money and foreign exchange markets. The programme considers finance and accounting primarily from the company's point of view, but company treasurers need to know something about financial markets from the perspective of institutional investors and financial intermediaries such as brokers and investment banks.

The course will provide the necessary background for students wishing to take the option in Investment Management in the second semester.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 150 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 117 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% Exam
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Financial Markets and Investment2:00
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- understand the reasons for the existence of financial markets and institutions;
- be familiar with the main functions of financial markets and institutions;
- understand the roles of bank and non-bank financial institutions;
- be familiar with the workings of equity, debt and money markets;
- understand the nature of financial regulation and the reasons for it;
- understand the measurement of return and risk of financial assets and portfolios;
- the principles of portfolio theory;
- the concept of market efficiency;
- the capital asset pricing model.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Keywordsfin-FMI
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ronan Gallagher
Tel: (0131 6)50 8075
Email: Ronan.Gallagher@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Rachel Allan
Tel: (0131 6)51 3757
Email: Rachel.Allan@ed.ac.uk
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