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8 Interest rate determination
Viney,Chapter 12 (page 496
onwards) Chapter 13,(up to
page 535)
)
Week 9 Term and risk structure of interest rates
Viney, Chapter 13(pages 535
onwards)
Readings 5
Week 10 Exchange rate determination –
Viney, Chapter 16
Week 11 Assignment 2,due Wednesday, 13 May,09
Equity markets
Viney,Chapter 3留学作业定做

Week 12 Equity markets
Futures and FRA
Viney,Chapter 4
Viney, Chapter 18
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
15-26 June
options markets
Swaps
Revision
Exam period.
Viney,Chapter 19 (up to
page 757)
Viney,Chapter 20
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ASSESSMENT
There are three assessment items for this subject.
Assessment Items Value Due Date
1. Assignment 1 - (6 questions) 15% 2 April 2009 - Week 6
2 Assignment 2 – (5 questions)
15% 13 May 2009 - Week 12
3. Final Examination (closed book) 70%
REQUIREMENTS
To gain a pass in this subject, students must:
 Achieve a passing grade in the final examination i.e. score a minimum of 35% out of 70%.
 Attempt ALL the other areas of assessment; and achieve a total result of 50% or better overall.
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ITEM 1: Assignments 15%
Rationale
The assignment requires each student to attempt six questions which will requires knowledge of the various
issues discussed during lectures and tutorials. It will also allow the students to be resourceful and apply that
which they have studied in this course.
Assessment Task-1
Due date: 2 April 2009
Topics covered: Week 1 to week 7
Word limit: 2,500 words maximum, excluding tables and appendices. All parts carry
equal weighting.留学作业定做

Citing references: Appropriate referencing is required. Please follow the referencing
guidelines in the CSU booklet, References, Footnotes and Compiling a
Bibliography, available through the CSU Library website:
https://www.csu.edu.au/division/library/tutorial/reference/refbib.htm.
 You should include in your reference list only those articles and books
that you have actually cited.
 You may have read other articles and books but these should be
included only in the bibliography.
 You may lose up to a maximum of 10% of the marks allocated for this
assignment without proper referencing.
Answer all questions
Assignment 1
Question 1 (30 marks- 2 marks per question)
Stipulate whether the following statements are true or false.If you consider that the statement is false,
provide a succinct explanation as to why.
a) The matching principle contends that short-term assets should be financed with equity.
b) Money-market instruments are exclusively debt instruments and capital market instruments
are exclusively equity instruments.
c) Billsof exchange and promissory notes are discount instruments that are issued and traded in
the money market.
d) A Certificate of Deposit (negotiable certificate of Deposit) provides a saver with greater
liquidity than a fixed-tern deposit and also offers a fixed return for the term of the CD.
e) Each nation state is no longer responsible for the prudential supervision of commercial banks
as this is now the responsibility of the Bank of International Settlements.
f) Securitization of housing loans is the main primary cause for the current financial crisis..It is
therefore useless and should be scraped.
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g) A bank that provides an overdraft facili