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Course Goals and Objectives:
1. Gain familiarity with the investment aspects of the underlying securities used in futures and options contracting.
2. To learn to apply the basic concepts of the time value of money related to specific derivative instruments used by corporations, individuals and banks to hedge investment risk.
3. To offer a fundamental background in the development of futures and options contracting and pricing.
4. To develop a working knowledge of the financial methods for hedging actuals.
5. To give a systematic risk management framework for using futures, and options to reduce interest rate risk exposure for financial institutions.
6. To provide an appreciation for the critical varialbes for evaluating all types of risks from futures, options, forwards and swaps with an understanding of relationships between risk, reward and insurance.
7. To examine the important factors to consider when selecting an appropriate hedge mechanism for reducing risk on financial commitments.
4. To learn the basics of duration and immunization as these techniques apply to minimizing interest rate risk for financial institutions.
5. To understand the ethical and regulatory issues facing commercial banks and appreciate the framework for making ethical decisions.
6. To learn about the multinational and international issues impacting commercial banks today.
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