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FINM1001 - Foundations of Finance 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 
 
Part 01. Revision Notes 
Part 02. Sample Final Examination Paper 
Part 03. Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
Part 04. Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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FINM1001: Foundations of Finance - Australian National University

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

University	Australian National University
Study Level	Undergraduate
Course Code	FINM1001
Course Name	Foundations of Finance
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	64

This concise FINM1001: Foundations of Finance, Australian National University - Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 covers essential steps to understand the relevant theories in this course. The illustrations and worked examples show essential workings to apply those theories. And when you are through with your course materials, you can take a sample exam with solutions and explanations provided, created specifically to simulate the real test-taking experience. With this guide, you can aim for the best grade with the help of relevant and accessible notes, examiner advice plus questions and answers on each key examinable topic. This guide will get you way up to speed on the course you'll know it so well, in fact, you will pass the end-of-semester final examination.

This course is designed to familiarise students with the components of the financial system as well as to introduce them to the three basic ideas underpinning finance, namely the time value of money, diversification and arbitrage. In doing so, the course provides students with introductory exposure to financial transactions, institutions and markets including money markets, stock markets, foreign exchange and derivative markets and the instruments traded therein. It also provides students with a solid foundation for later studies in finance.

✔ By the end of this course, you will be expected to be able to:

explain basic financial transactions, institutions and markets, including money markets, stock markets, foreign exchange, derivatives markets and contracts;
discuss the concept of time value of money and calculate the value of cash flows relating to a number of financial instruments;
explain the concept of diversification, including the risk and return relationship and calculate optimal weights for a portfolio comprising of two financial assets; and,
discuss concepts of arbitrage, and utilise derivatives for risk management purposes.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
BUSN1001	Business Reporting and Analysis
BUSN1002	Accounting Processes and Systems
BUSN1101	Introduction to Commercial Law
BUSN2011	Management Accounting
BUSN2015	Company Accounting
BUSN3014	Principles of Tax Law
ECON1101	Microeconomics 1
ECON1102	Macroeconomics 1
ECON2101	Microeconomics 2
EMET2007	Econometrics I: Econometric Methods
EMET3004	Econometrics II: Econometric Modelling
FINM1001	Foundations of Finance
FINM2001	Corporate Finance
FINM2002	Derivatives
FINM2003	Investments
FINM3005	Corporate Valuation
FINM3006	Financial Intermediation and Debt Markets
FINM3008	Portfolio Construction
MGMT2007	Organisational Behaviour
MKTG2004	Marketing
STAT1003	Statistical Techniques
STAT1008	Quantitative Research Methods
STAT2032	Financial Mathematics

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