- Docente: Roberta Adami
- Credits: 6
- SSD: SECS-P/11
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Economics (cod. 8408)
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students will be provided with the knowledge and understanding of corporate and investment banking activities, with special focus on investment fund and portfolio management. By the end of this course students will be equipped with:
a thorough knowledge on the distinctive characteristics of Investment Banking, Underwriting, Buyouts & Structured Finance
a deep understanding of risks and risk management tools such as derivatives, including their definition, strategies and valuation
the financial tools needed to evaluate investment and financing decisions in high-growth firms.
Course contents
The contents of this course will focus on a series of topics such as:
-International Financial Markets Analysis
-Investment Banking and Investment Funds activities
-Security analysis
-Risks and risk management
-Derivatives
Readings/Bibliography
Investments by Bodie, Kane and Marcus, McGraw Hill Editor
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include lectures to introduce and examine the different topics, and tutorials or workshops where students will be required to intervene and solve problems or discuss real life examples by working in small groups
Assessment methods
End of term project to be presented and discussed in class, again this should be carried out in small groups
or
end of term written examination
Teaching tools
Additional examples besides those in the textbook will be brought in class for discussion, the internet, financial press and academic journals will be used widely to further analyse topics presented in the lectures
Office hours
See the website of Roberta Adami