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BUS2023 Marketing Strategy and Management
市场营销战略与管理
This course aims to provide the students with a solid understanding and application of marketing strategy and management. It includes how to formulating a marketing strategy, the development of strategic opportunities through internal and external analysis, the development of competitive advantages through distinctive competencies, and the maintenance of these advantages over time through application techniques like brand development.
Check DetailsBUS3033 China’s Capital Markets
中国资本市场
The objective of this course is to teach students the current situation and roadmap of China’s capital market, especially the logic behind it. Through this course, students will gain a better understanding of the features of China’s capital market in the era of globalisation and its relationships with the global financial markets, and the capability to relate China’s capital market with economic knowledge.
Check DetailsBUS4053 Corporate Strategy and Management
公司战略管理
This course aims to prepare the student for a successful business career with a broad understanding of the importance and complexity of strategic decisions and the need to integrate other aspects of business operations in the decisions, which determine the future direction and effectiveness of an organisation. As the course focuses on the skills required of a general manger in diagnosing and finding solutions for critical problems in complex business situations. Discussions will emphasise the organisation as a whole. To achieve this goal, integration of the knowledge gained in previous courses and an awareness of the impact of the external forces, and of actions by the firm and its rivals on the firm's strategies are crucial.
Check DetailsECON3093 Introduction to International Economics
国际经济学导论
This course aims to provide an up-to-date analytical framework for illustrating current events of international trade and finance and bringing the web excitement of international economics into the classroom. The first half of the course will be devoted to understand the classical as well as modern theories of international trade, trade policy and international economic integration. The second half will focus on international finance and macroeconomics of open economy, understanding the difference between fixed and flexible exchange rate systems, balance of payments and international monetary problems.
Check DetailsECON3133 Introductory Econometrics
计量经济学导论
This course aims to give students a basic understanding of econometrics and regression analysis. Numerous examples will be examined in order to achieve this goal. Emphasis will be placed on the classical linear regression model, least squares estimation, hypothesis testing, and model building, and application to practical economic problems on forecasting and analysis. In addition, this course will train students to use computer statistical software.
Check DetailsFIN3063 Principles of Corporate Finance
公司财务原理
This course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practices of corporate finance. It aims to enable students to apply financial principles and theories to the understanding of issues and solving problems in real-world settings independently; and to enable students to understand the financial decision-making practice of corporations under different circumstances and to learn the advanced techniques required for the financial managers.
Check DetailsFINM2003 Theory of Finance
金融数学理论
The path-breaking advances in finance theory and practice over the past several decades have profoundly changed the financial world. These changes are further accelerated by the extensive globalisation of financial markets and the rapid development in financial technologies in recent years. This course provides an introduction to modern finance theory and its applications within a unified framework.
Check DetailsFINM2023 Regression Analysis (for FM Students)
回归分析
To provide an understanding of the modern regression analysis and techniques which are useful in data analysis. Regression analysis is one of the most useful statistical techniques. There have been great developments in the past decades such as statistical diagnostics, nonlinear regression, robust regression, nonparametric regression etc. With the help of statistical packages such as MATLAB or R, students can analyse multivariate data by modern regression techniques without any difficulty.
Check DetailsFINM2033 Python for Finance
金融应用
This course introduces the concepts, principles and techniques of python programming languages and its potential application to finance industry. Students will learn how to write Python programs using control statements, functions, classes, modules. After learning this course, students will know how to edit, debug, run Python programs, which is the fundamental skills for data analytics, algorithm trading, and quantitative finance.
Check DetailsFINM3013 Introduction to Financial Derivatives
金融衍生品导论
This course aims to give an introduction to students on futures, options and other derivative contracts. Class lectures will be focused on the theoretical aspects of these topics and students could gain understanding of some practical issues relating to these contracts for the market through tutorials and a term project. Tutorials will highlight and examine the application of the knowledge learnt from the lectures.
Check DetailsFINM3023 Fixed Income Securities and Their Derivatives
固定收益类证券及其衍生品
The aim of this course is to provide students with an introduction to the techniques of valuation of fixed income securities and their derivatives as well as management of fixed income investment portfolios. This course focuses on analytic tools used in bond portfolio management and interest rate risk management. These tools include yield curve construction, duration and convexity, and formal term structure models. The course covers the valuation of a wide variety of fixed income securities and derivatives including pure discount bonds, coupon bonds, forwards and options on fixed income securities, interest-rate swaps, floating-rate notes, and mortgages. It also develops tools for valuing and modelling the risk exposures of fixed income securities and their derivatives, with the ultimate goal of deploying these instruments in a corporate or financial risk management setting.
Check DetailsFINM3043 Behavioural Finance
行为金融学
This purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the new field of behavioural finance. Whereas in the past it was believed that instances of investor irrationality cancelled themselves out rendering markets perfectly efficient, because of advances in behavioural finance this view is being increasingly called into question. New work in this area has major implications for financial decision-makers.
Check DetailsFINM3053 Statistics in Finance
金融统计学
The purpose of this course is to teach students with basic statistical techniques for analysing and modelling both financial data and problems. The course provides students with tools for measuring financial variables, such as volatility and correlation, and tools for pricing by constructing financial risk models based on financial data. The course also involves some risk management and valuation issues in finance.
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国际金融
With the rapid globalisation of the world economy, the managers of a firm have to understand that their decisions will be greatly influenced by variables such as exchange rate policies, trade policies, international accounting standards, etc. The aims of this course are to provide students with a basic knowledge of how international financial markets work; to provide students with an understanding of exchange rates and why currency values fluctuate, the international monetary system; balance of payments; parity conditions; foreign exchange rate determination and forecasting; derivatives; to explore methods used to manage risk in the global markets; to support student learning through site visits financial centres; and to provide an in-depth understanding of the process and techniques used in making international investment decisions.
Check DetailsFINM3073 Corporate Valuation
公司估值分析
This course aims to teach students different valuation methods from both a conceptual and practical framework. The approach combines both accounting and finance into a practical framework for valuing firms, debt and equity. Although there will be some new finance theories introduced in this course, the emphasis is on the practical application and integration of finance and accounting concepts to valuing companies.
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