FINS2624 Course Overview Term 2 2019 PDF

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FINS2624 Course Overview Term 2 2019 UNSW Business School...

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UNSW Business School/ Banking & Finance

FINS2624 Term 2 2019 Course Overview

Teaching Staff

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Lecturer in Charge ➢ Dr. Shikha Jaiswal ➢ Room 368 Level 3, UNSW Business School ➢ Extension: +61 (2) 938 55984 ➢ [email protected]

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Lecturer (Lecturer all streams weeks 1-4) ➢ Mr. Robert Bishop ➢ Room 351 Level 3, UNSW Business School ➢ Extension: +61 (2) 938 54450 ➢ [email protected] ➢ Consultation Hours: Mondays 2pm-3pm (Weeks 1 to 4). Venue: Room 351 Level 3 UNSW Business School

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Lecturer (Lecturer all streams weeks 5-10) ➢ Mr. Jonghyeon Park (Raphael) ➢ [email protected] ➢ Consultation Hours: Mondays 2pm-3pm (Weeks 5 to 10). Venue: Room 302 Level 3 UNSW Business School

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Tutors ➢ Contact information and other details will be placed on Moodle

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Discussion Forum ➢ All course related questions MUST be posted on the Moodle discussion forum ➢ There will be forums for each week’s lecture/tutorial under each weekly sub-section (10 in total) plus a Course Administration forum at the top of the Moodle page ➢ All discussion forums will be intensely monitored and you will receive an answer within no later than 2 working days. If you want a prompt answer, ensure you place the question in the correct forum ➢ Tutors and lecturers have been instructed to direct all student emails on course related material to the discussion forum ➢ Questions regarding private matters can still be emailed (however special consideration etc should all go through formal channels)

Textbook ❑

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There are two alternative textbooks for the course. Student may choose either of the following: ➢ Investments, by Z. Bodie, A. Kane, and A. Marcus, 11th Ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2018 ➢ The custom version of Bodie et al (2018) called FINS2624 - Portfolio Management 2e, prepared by Robert Bishop

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The custom book is an exact print of the full hardback version but only includes the chapters we will be using in this course.

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You may use earlier versions of the text - up to the 9th edition. However some of the references in the lecture notes and the content/examples will not always be the same. It is not advised to buy any version earlier than the 9th edition

Lectures ❑

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Please see the lecture timetable online

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Lectures will be 2 hours and will occur on all 10 weeks (including iLab and interim exam weeks) ➢ Lectures will start promptly so we can comfortably get through all the material

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Please do the assigned readings before attending the lecture to make the session more productive

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Lecture recordings will be available but may not capture all the materials such as white board illustrations etc

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Tutorial problem sets for each tutorial will be posted on Moodle at least one week in advance ➢ Each problem set will be based on the previous week’s Lecture

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You should attend the tutorial and submit your problem set solutions weekly

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There are weekly tutorials

This includes week 1: you must complete Problem Set 0 posted on Moodle which will be covered in Tutorial 1 ➢ Use the Lecture 0 slides labelled “Lecture 0 - T2 2019”, the online lecture video labelled “Lecture 0 Video” and your prior knowledge to answer the Problem Set 0

Tutorials

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Weekly problem set account for 10% of the course total marks. Students are required to complete a total of 10 problem sets for 10 marks, i.e. 1 per problem set (including Problem Set 0). So it is important that you complete the problem sets, attend each tutorial and participate ➢ Problem set solutions need to be handwritten and signed ➢ You don’t have to get everything right, but only genuine attempts will be credited ➢ As well as attending, you should actively participate/contribute in tutorials ➢ Any request to leave early will be counted as non-attendance and you will not receive a mark for that week ➢ If you miss a tutorial, you can attend another one – inform the relevant tutors. Please check course outline Section 4 regarding special consideration related to tutorials ➢ To get the full credit 1 mark for each tutorial, you must: ➢ 1) attend the tutorial for the whole duration; AND ➢ 2) honestly attempt the problem set and turn in suggested solutions (hard copy) for the problem set in that tutorial.

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For the week 10 lecture, as there will be no follow up tutorial, questions and answers will be posted for your revision

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A brief online quiz with 20 questions will be administered in week 4 This quiz is not weighted and more for you to determine where you stand with the subject ➢ The quiz mark will not be recorded and will not impact any other assessment task

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Feedback on the correct answer to each question will be provided

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Completion of the quiz is compulsory. If you do not complete the quiz, you will lose 1 participation mark

Interim Exams

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Exam 1 ➢ Saturday in Week 5 ➢ 10% of total mark ➢ 45 minutes Multiple Choice – (number of questions to be confirmed later) ➢ Covers Lectures 1 - 3

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Exam 2 ➢ Saturday in Week 9 ➢ 20% of total mark ➢ 75 minutes Multiple Choice – (number of questions to be confirmed later) ➢ Covers Lectures 4 - 8

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Exams will be written (not online)

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Please check Course Outline Section 4 for Special Consideration procedures in relation to the interim exams

Final Exam ❑

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Final Exam counts for 50% of the total mark ➢ During the examination period ➢ Coverage: All lectures in the term ➢ More details will be announced later Please check Course Outline Section 4 for Special Consideration procedures in relation to the final exam

iLab Simulation ❑

The iLab is a new dedicated learning space with 64 pods and interactive learning technology

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There will be a practical simulation exercise using Factset and actual security data conducted in the iLab with some take-home elements

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Use of the iLab will occur in two sessions in weeks 6 and 9 and will encompass both individual and group work

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The simulation will be based on portfolio optimisation under a Markowitz and CAPM framework

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Further details for the iLab assessment item will be lodged on Moodle shortly

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Other Resources and Support ❑

Practice multiple choice quizzes will be posted online in the Moodle section “Practice Exercises” ➢ Each quiz will correspond to a lecture and will be arranged into Easy, Intermediate and Hard ➢ Further lecture quizzes will be lodged progressively as we move through the course ➢ Each quiz typically encompasses 20-30 multiple choice questions

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Supplementary materials will be lodged with each lecture ➢ Excel spreadsheets referred to in the lecture notes and discussed in the lectures will be lodged on-line with detailed explanations ➢ Handwritten “proofs” and other supporting materials will also be lodged online when referred to

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Weekly PASS drop-in sessions will be commencing shortly (approximately 6 separate weekly 1 hour sessions will run)

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