SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 
FIN30014 - Financial Risk Management 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 
 
Part 01. About This Guide 
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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Swinburne University of Technology - FIN30014: Financial Risk Management

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2023 - 2024

University	Swinburne University of Technology
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	FIN30014
Unit Name	Financial Risk Management
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	30

This concise FIN30014: Financial Risk Management, Swinburne University of Technology - Final Examination Guide and Notes 2024 covers essential steps to understand the relevant theories in this unit. 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 unit, Financial Risk Management (FIN30014) - enables students to analyse the sources of financial risk as well as the importance of implementing hedging procedures in order to mitigate risk. The unit is designed to equip students with quantitative skills and understanding of a variety of derivative instruments that can be used for hedging purposes, while broadening their knowledge of managing risk within an ethical framework. The increasing instability of global financial markets and ethical scandals that underscores the importance of this unit, whereby it has become a basic best practice in order to mitigate unforeseen losses. Students will also learn how to mitigate financial risks using a variety of financial derivatives.

Main topics covered:

Introduction to financial risk management
Futures and forwards: pricing, valuation and their use in hedging financial risk
Options: option types, option payoffs, principles of option pricing, option strategies, hedging with options
Interest rate and foreign currency swaps
Interest rate derivatives, using interest rate caps and collars for hedging
Credit derivatives: credit default swaps (CDS); collateralised debt obligations (CDO)
Financial risk management policies and procedures, ethics and governance
Currency risk management

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ACC10007	Financial Information for Decision Making
ACC10008	Financial Information Systems
ACC20007	Management Accounting for Planning and Control
ACC20013	Company Accounting
ACC30005	Taxation
ECO10002	Microeconomics
ECO10003	Macroeconomics
ECO10004	Economic Principles
ECO20003	Managerial Economics and Strategy
ECO20004	Macroeconomic Policy
ECO30003	Data Analysis and Econometrics
FIN10002	Financial Statistics
FIN20013	Banking Operations and Governance
FIN20014	Financial Management
FIN30013	International Trade and Finance
FIN30014	Financial Risk Management
FIN30016	Management of Investment Portfolios
FIN30017	Investment Planning
LAW10004	Introduction to Business Law
LAW20019	Law of Commerce
MGT10001	Introduction to Management
MKT10007	Fundamentals of Marketing
STA10003	Foundations of Statistics

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