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FINS5535: Derivatives and Risk Management Techniques 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2026 
 
- 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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Derivatives and Risk Management Techniques - FINS5535

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	UNSW Sydney
Study Level	Postgraduate
Course Code	FINS5535
Course Name	Derivatives and Risk Management Techniques
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	30

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Course Description:

An intermediate course on options, futures and techniques for managing asset risk. Topics covered include an overview of derivative securities, forward and futures contracts (on stock indices, investment and consumptive assets), options (on stocks, stock indices and futures), hedging positions in options and other derivative securities, binomial option pricing, risk-neutral valuation, the stochastic process followed by stocks, numerical techniques in option pricing, options on non-traded assets, exotic options and pricing biases.

Course Aims:

This course provides the basis to analyze and solve a variety of problems related to derivative securities. The lecture notes will be available before class, so that students can have an overview of the topics in advance. During the lecture, we discuss the details of the lecture notes, and answer various questions that are left unanswered in the notes. We discuss the intuition behind results and regularly refer to the “big picture” issues, of how each topic relates to other topics. Questions and discussion in class are welcome. Practice problems will be made available as the course progresses, and doing these should help students prepare for the exams as well as the assignment. The assessments will be based on the lecture notes and practice problems.

COURSE CODE	COURSE NAME
ACCT1501	Accounting and Financial Management 1A
ACCT1511	Accounting and Financial Management 1B
ACCT2522	Management Accounting 1
ACCT2542	Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis
ECON1101	Microeconomics 1
ECON1102	Macroeconomics 1
ECON1203	Business and Economic Statistics
ECON2101	Microeconomics 2
ECON2206	Introductory Econometrics
ECON2209	Business Forecasting
ECON3208	Applied Econometric Methods
FINS1612	Capital Markets and Institutions
FINS1613	Business Finance
FINS2624	Portfolio Management
FINS3625	Applied Corporate Finance
FINS3635	Options, Futures and Risk Management
FINS3636	Interest Rate Risk Management
LAWS3751	Business Taxation
MARK1012	Marketing Fundamentals
MGMT1001	Managing Organisations and People
TABL1710	Business and the Law

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