FIN 496 Financial Derivatives

The course will focus on financial derivatives, and their applications to the management of investment portfolios and business risk. Emphasis will be placed on the role of derivatives markets in the financial system, the principles of derivative pricing, applications of derivatives in risk management, and some of the main causes of the recent global financial crisis. The course also addresses the rationale for regulation in this market.

Prerequisites

• FIN 392: Corporate Finance and MATH 210: Calculus I and FIN 390: Principles of Finance and ACCT 210: Financial Accounting and ECON 202: Microeconomics and STAT 201: Statistics I
• or ACCT 210: Financial Accounting and ECON 202: Microeconomics and MATH 115: College Algebra and STAT 201: Statistics I and FIN 390: Principles of Finance and FIN 392: Corporate Finance