FIN 625 - Financial Futures, Options And Swaps

This course will introduce the student to the use of options, swaps and financial futures contracts in investment management. The course will primarily focus on how corporations use ‘off balance sheet products’, namely futures, options, and swaps to manage their financial risk. The course will stress theory as well as application. A discussion of the principles of valuation of options and futures instruments will be followed by a brief review of empirical evidence.
Lecture
Credits: 3
Prerequisite: MBA 550
Offered in Winter Trimester