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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Main academic
disciplines |
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Teaching
methods |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
Hull: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives; 9th
global ed., 2017, Pearson
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Last updated on
24-06-2022