Managing Financial Services Firms (6412.7)
Level: | Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit |
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Credit Points: | 3 |
HECS Bands: | Band 3 2013-2020 (Expires 31 Dec 2020) Band 4 2021 (Commenced After 1 Jan 2021) Band 5 2021 (Commenced Before 1 Jan 2021) |
Faculty: | Faculty of Business, Government & Law |
Discipline: | School of Information Systems & Accounting |
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Syllabus
This unit analyses the application of modern banking and finance theory to the process of management of today's complex commercial banking and similar financial service organisations. Managing Financial Services Firms takes a strategic approach to banking operations and financial services firm management. It is a specialist unit in the Bachelor of Commerce (Banking and Financial Services Major) but is relevant to any other course requiring this specialist knowledge and skills.
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Explain the risk management and related strategic issues faced by managers of financial services firms;
2. Measure various types of financial risks such as interest rate risk, operational risk, liquidity risk, off balance sheet risk, market risk faced by financial services firms;
3. Evaluate the impact of above types of risk on the net worth of firms;
4. Analyse and evaluate appropriate risk management techniques including asset and liability management, and financial engineering products; and
5. Describe the impact of regulatory standards on risk management of financial services firms.
Assessment Items
Contact Hours
Normally thirty nine hours per semester.
Prerequisites
Must have completed 6392 Business Finance OR 6386 Financial Institutions and Markets OR 9520 Principles of Finance
Referenced Courses
- 182JA Bachelor of Accounting
- 943AA Bachelor of Applied Economics
- 945AA Bachelor of Applied Economics/Bachelor of Commerce
- 986AA Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Advertising and Marketing Communication
- 987AA Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Journalism
- 988AA Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Media Arts and Production
- 989AA Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Public Relations
- 818AA Bachelor of Arts in International Studies/Bachelor of Commerce
- 798AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Commerce
- 125JA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies
- 216JA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communication in Advertising
- 217JA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communication in Journalism
- 218JA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communication in Media and Public Affairs
- 219JA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Communication in Public Relations
- 799AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Information Technology
- 801AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws
- 802AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Management
- 804AA Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- 183JA Bachelor of Australian Politics and Public Policy
- 761AA Bachelor of Business Administration
- 762HG Bachelor of Commerce
- 762AA Bachelor of Commerce
- 100JA Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Advertising and Marketing Communication
- 231JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Advertising
- 232JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Journalism
- 234JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Media and Public Affairs
- 233JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Communication in Public Relations
- 281JA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management
- 810AA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Laws
- 811AA Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Tourism Management
- 112JA Bachelor of Education/Bachelor of Commerce
- 208JA Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- 279JA Bachelor of Event and Tourism Management
- 184JA Bachelor of Finance
- 185JA Bachelor of Human Resource Management
- 815AA Bachelor of Information Technology/Bachelor of Commerce
- 186JA Bachelor of International Business
- 248HG Bachelor of Justice Studies
- 248JA Bachelor of Justice Studies
- 394AA Bachelor of Management
- 830AA Bachelor of Management/Bachelor of Science in Psychology
- 187JA Bachelor of Marketing Management
- 124JA Bachelor of Politics and International Relations
- 147JA Bachelor of Politics and International Relations/Bachelor of Commerce
- 210JA Bachelor of Public Administration
- 188JA Bachelor of Social Science