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2015/2016  KAN-CFIVO1007U  Derivatives and Fixed Income

English Title
Derivatives and Fixed Income

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 7.5 ECTS
Type Mandatory
Level Full Degree Master
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Study board
Study Board for MSc in Economics and Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Remy Praz - Department of Finance (FI)
Contact information: https:/​/​e-campus.dk/​studium/​kontakt
Main academic disciplines
  • Finance
Last updated on 16-12-2015
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The aim of the course is to provide the student with the skills necessary to:
  • understand and explain the payoff and risk properties of the main types of derivative securities
  • understand and explain how derivative securities can be used for risk management
  • understand, explain, and apply the central methods and models for the pricing of derivative securities
Examination
Derivatives and Fixed Income:
Exam ECTS 7,5
Examination form Written sit-in exam
Individual or group exam Individual
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Spring
Aids allowed to bring to the exam Limited aids, see the list below:
  • Books and compendia brought by the examinee
  • Allowed dictionaries
  • Allowed calculators
  • Notes in paper format brought by the examinee
  • Additional allowed aids, please see the list below
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
Course content and structure

The course deals with the properties, the applications, and the pricing of derivative securities. More specifically, the topics include

  • general properties, applications, and pricing results for forwards and futures
  • option strategies
  • review and refinements of binomial models
  • introduction to Brownian motions
  • the Black-Scholes option pricing model
  • the Black 76 model for options on forwards/futures
  • hedging strategies and the "Greeks"
  • volatility smiles
  • tree-based interest rate models
  • continuous-time interest rate models
  • pricing of interest rate derivatives (such as bonds, swaps, futures, options on bonds, caps, floors, swaptions)
  • Monte Carlo simulation

Excel is used wherever relevant.
Teaching methods
Lectures and exercises
Student workload
Lectures 33 hours
Preparation for lectures 66 hours
Exercise classes 14 hours
Preparation for exercise classes 70 hours
Exam 4 hours
Final preparation for exam 19 hours
Expected literature

Hull: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives; 9th global ed., 2014, Pearson
Last updated on 16-12-2015