Fin 545 Hedging and Risk Management

Futures, options, swaps, and other derivative instruments, their characteristics, their uses in financial risk management, and their effects in speculative situations; methodologies for valuation of derivatives. Exotic options, innovations in exotic derivatives and in the development and use of derivatives in corporate finance and investments. The rapid development of derivatives in domestic and international finance.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Prerequisite: Fin 561 or 551.