Investment and Securities Markets (BS0098)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-BS0098

This option is designed as a general introduction to investment and securities markets, especially equity and bond markets. It includes: an introduction to global stock markets; the principles of investment; valuation of equities and bonds; practical aspects of fund management; alternative investments; performance measurement and risk analysis; the process of issuing shares and eurobonds; and an introduction to academic research on financial markets. The intention is to offer information and analysis that is applicable to capital markets anywhere rather than to provide a detailed description of any particular market. The course is primarily from the point of view of investors and the analysts who serve them, rather than from a company perspective.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Business Studies, (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 9 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, students should have an understanding of: the operations of a stock market;principles of portfolio theory; bond analysis;bond portfolio management; the capital asset pricing model;arbitrage pricing theory; the valuation of shares;the efficient markets hypothesis; behavioural finance; the asset allocation process; global portfolio management; methods of measuring the performance of managed funds;risk analysis;