| Unit name | Risk and Return |
|---|---|
| Unit code | EFIM10028 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Allard |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | School of Accounting and Finance - Business School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit aims to:
The unit syllabus is comprised of three sections.
1. Risk and return
This section will refer to the historical perspective on returns given in the previous term’s course and introduce a more statistical perspective. It will introduce Return definitions, their distributions and statistical properties. The concept of informational efficiency and why it is specific to Finance. Introduce the closely related concept of risk/return trade-off. Explain the equilibrium principles used in pricing (Law of one price). Finally, introduce portfolio theory and the CAPM;
2. Capital budgeting
The unit will introduce the concept of equilibrium, required rates of return and discount factors. Use stylized balance sheets to introduce the key issues in capital structure and asset pricing. Explain capital budgeting: Present Value analysis, internal Rate of Return, payback and survey evidence of their uses.
3. The nature of Finance
The unit will draw upon the institutional, historical, conceptual and evidence-based knowledge that has been acquired in the first year Finance courses to assess the Finance discipline as both a business subject and a social science (a branch of Economics). Its relationship with the related disciplines of Economics and Accounting; With other disciplines such as sociology and psychology.
Students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions including lectures, tutorials, drop-in sessions, discussion boards and other online learning opportunities
This unit will be assessed by 100% exam
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
