2022/2023 
KAN-CFIVO1007U  Derivatives and Fixed Income
  
    
      | English Title | 
    
    
      | Derivatives and Fixed
Income | 
    
  
  
    
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      | 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 
         
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      | Course
coordinator | 
    
    
      
        
          - Peter Feldhütter - Department of Finance
(FI)
 
         
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disciplines | 
    
    
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        Last updated on
24-06-2022
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      | Learning objectives | 
    
    
      
        
          - 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
 
         
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      | Examination | 
    
    
      
        
          
            
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                Derivatives
and Fixed Income:
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              | Exam
ECTS | 
              7,5 | 
             
            
              | Examination form | 
              Written sit-in exam on CBS'
computers | 
             
            
              | Individual or group exam | 
              Individual exam | 
             
            
              | Assignment type | 
              Written assignment | 
             
            
              | Duration | 
              4 hours | 
             
            
              | Grading scale | 
              7-point grading scale | 
             
            
              | Examiner(s) | 
              One internal examiner | 
             
            
              | Exam period | 
              Spring | 
             
            
              | Aids | 
              Limited aids, see the list below: 
 The student is allowed to bring - An approved calculator. Only the models HP10bll+ or Texas BA ll
Plus are allowed (both models are non-programmable, financial
calculators).
 - Language dictionaries in paper format
 
 The student will have access to - Advanced IT application package
 
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              | 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. 
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      | Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach | 
    
    
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         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
 
          - extensions of the Black-Scholes model such as the Heston
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. 
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      | Description of the teaching methods | 
    
    
      | Lectures and exercises | 
    
    
      | Feedback during the teaching period | 
    
    
      Solutions to a wide range of exercises are
discussed in the exercise sessions and this gives the students a
tool to check their ability to solve relevant problems.
  
Students are able to obtain feedback on their assignment solutions
from the teacher or a teaching assistant. | 
    
    
      | Student workload | 
    
    
      
        
          
            | Lectures | 
            33 hours | 
           
          
            | Preparation for lectures | 
            66 hours | 
           
          
            | Exercise classes | 
            14 hours | 
           
          
            | Preparation for exercise classes | 
            70 hours | 
           
          
            | Assignment | 
            8 hours | 
           
          
            | Final preparation for exam | 
            11 hours | 
           
          
            | Exam | 
            4 hours | 
           
         
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      | Expected literature | 
    
    
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         Hull: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives; 9th
global ed., 2017, Pearson 
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  Last updated on
24-06-2022