BCom Honours in Investment Management
The course structure has been designed so that in U2 you will gain the knowledge base you need to be a financial analyst, as well as gaining an introduction to investment management.
In U3 you will be given a solid knowledge base for financial risk management as well as more advanced courses in investment management.
U2 courses:
FALL SEMESTER:
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ACCT 354
Financial Statement Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Accounting: Interpretative nature of the conceptual framework underlying a multitude of financial reporting standards, including the impact of alternative accounting methods, management biases and stakeholder interests in the analysis and valuation of the firm.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Sanjian Zhang
- Steve Fortin, Zvi Singer
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FINE 342
Finance 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: In-depth study of corporate finance, risk, diversification, portfolio analysis, and capital market theory.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: MGCR 341
- Restriction: For Finance Concentration/Major/Honours
- Restriction: Only one of FINE 342 or FINE 343 can be counted for credit
- Terms
- Instructors
- Larbi Hammami, Sujata Madan
- Matthieu K Bouvard
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FINE 441
Investment Management
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Application of investment principles and security analysis to the selection and comparison of equity and fixed income securities in the current economic and financial environment. Also covered are: determinants of stock prices, growth models and portfolio diversification.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Ruslan Goyenko
- Sebastien Betermier
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FINE 482
International Finance 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: The international financial environment as it affects the multinational manager. Balance of payments concepts, adjustment process of the external imbalances and the international monetary system. In depth study of the institutional and theoretical aspects of foreign exchange markets; international capital markets, including Eurobonds and eurocredit markets.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Larbi Hammami
- Larbi Hammami
WINTER SEMESTER:
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ACCT 452
Financial Reporting Valuation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Accounting: Models to determine firm value from accounting information and a broader perspective on key sources of information, key value drivers, in a setting where evaluating firm value is the ultimate purpose.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2013 academic year.
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FINE 440
Honours IM Research Project 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Research work on company, industry, risk management, strategy and macro research reports, contemporary issues in finance presented by market practitioners.
Offered by: Management
- Restriction: Restricted to U2 students in B.Com.; Honours in Investment Management program.
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FINE 443
Applied Corporate Finance
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Concepts and techniques are applied to problems faced by managers in Corporate Finance, such as working capital management, capital budgeting, capital structure, dividend policy, cost of capital, and mergers and acquisition. Application of theory and techniques through case studies.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Adolfo De Motta
- Jiro Kondo
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FINE 541N1
Applied Investments
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Students are exposed to practical aspects of managing investment portfolios. A principal activity of students is participation in the management of a substantial investment fund.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite (Undergraduate): FINE 441. Limited enrolment
- Prerequisite (Graduate): Permission of the instructor.
- Students must also register for FINE 541N2
- No credit will be given for this course unless both FINE 541N1 and FINE 541N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- Restriction: Open to U2 students only in the Winter term and open to U3 students only in the Fall term.
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MGSC 372
Advanced Business Statistics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Management Science: A practical managerial approach to advanced simple and multiple regression analysis, with application in finance, economics and business, including a review of probability theory, an introduction to methods of least squares and maximum likelihood estimation, autoregressive forecasting models and analysis of variance.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Brian E Smith
- Brian E Smith
U3 courses:
FALL SEMESTER:
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FINE 448
Financial Derivatives
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: The course will concentrate on both the analytical and practical aspects of investments in options and futures. The first part of the course concentrates on option and futures valuation, considering both discrete and continuous time models. The second part of the course concentrates on the practical aspects of options and futures trading.
Offered by: Management
- Terms
- Instructors
- Larbi Hammami
- Mohammed M Chaudhury
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FINE 449
Market Risk Models
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Dynamic market risk models including GARCH volatility models, dynamic conditional correlation models, non-normal return distributions, option pricing allowing for skewness and kurtosis, and option risk management using delta, delta-gamma and full-valuation.
Offered by: Management
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FINE 451
Fixed Income Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Fixed income financial instruments and their uses for both financial engineering and risk management (at the trading desk and aggregate firm level). This will involve coverage of fixed income mathematics, risk management concepts, term structure modeling, derivatives valuation and credit risk analysis.
Offered by: Management
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FINE 455
Alternative Investments
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Alternative asset classes and analysis of the expected risk and return on alternative investment strategies including long-short equity, convertible arbitrage, managed futures, and quantitative trading strategies. Alternative investment strategies include commodities, derivatives, hedged strategies, real estate, private equity and venture capital.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite(s): FINE 441
- Corequisite(s): FINE 448 and FINE 451
- This course is restricted to students in the Honours Investment Management program.
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FINE 541N2
Applied Investments
1.5 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: See FINE 541N1 for course description.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 541N1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both FINE 541N1 and FINE 541N2 are successfully completed in a twelve month period
- Restriction: Open to U2 students only in the Winter term and open to U3 students only in the Fall term.
WINTER SEMESTER:
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FINE 450
Honours IM Research Project 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Continuation of research work on company, industry, risk management, strategy and macro research reports, contemporary issues in finance presented by market practitioners.
Offered by: Management
- Prerequisite: FINE 440
- Restriction: Restricted to U3 students in B.Com.; Honours in Investment Management program.
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FINE 480
Global Investments
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Finance: Major principles of international investments and global asset allocation, focusing on recent developments in modeling and predicting global asset returns. Main approaches to stock selection, style investing, and special issues such as indirect diversification and country and industry effects in equity pricing. Use of Datastream and other financial data sources.
Offered by: Management
Please note that courses could be subject to change
