Code

4 CO21KESLIA5360

Name

Advanced Finance

Credits

5 cr

Objectives

• Be able to obtain and refine financial data for analysis
• Be able to estimate necessary statistics parameters and test the normality of returns
• Have knowledge about the different financial investment opportunities in the market and evaluate their risk/return relationship
• Understand the essential assumptions and logic behind portfolio theory, and how to apply it on real market data, using optimization and modelling techniques
• Understand and apply Capital Asset Pricing Model principles on market data and financial portfolios

Content

• Statistics treatment of financial data
• Assessment of financial market products
• Portfolio theory and CAPM

Requirements

Completing the required sequence of assignments according the due date schedule

Grading Scale

0 - 5

Course material

Reading material and other video demos are provided in Moodle. Participants are encouraged to seek different sources of knowledge to complete the assignments.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of finance, economics, mathematics and statistics

Other considerations

100% online studies in Moodle

The Moodle platform opens up for orientation and access on 1.6.2021. For to participate the course, the login is required by 30.6.2021 at the latest.
The course and exams are opened on 1.6.2021 and are closed on 31.7.2021 at 11.55 pm.
Assessment is registered by 17.9.2021.

Contact

Hannoura Abdelazim, abdelazim.hannoura@savonia.fi