Finance Engineering
Course No.: SMJ2222123 Credit(s):2
Course Description
Financial engineering is an important core course of finance. This course systematically introduces the basic theories and applications of financial engineering, helps students to understand the current financial derivatives market in China and master new financial products and the basic theory of financial instrument development.
Course Learning Outcomes
After studying the course, students can grasp the relevant theories and methods of the financial engineering. For example, learn to use new financial products to avoid all kinds of financial risk, use financial derivative instruments to hedge, can apply the theories to design all kinds of financial products and tools, solve the real economic problems in finance creatively, should have excellent diatheses and abilities to engage in financial work.
Relationship to Other Courses
Pre-requisites: Economics, Money and Banking,Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics, Stock Investment.
Textbook and Reading Lists
Textbook:
Zhenlong Zheng, Finance Engineering (4th edition). Higher Education Press, 2016.9.
Suggested reading lists:
Scott Mason, Financial Engineering Cases. Trans. Weixiong Hu, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics Press.
Luohua Zhou, Finance Engineering (1st edition). Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Press, 2004.
Gongmeng Chen, Wenfeng Wu, Finance Engineering. Tsinghua University Press, 2003.
Course Assessment
Item | Title | Weighting (%) |
1 | Task in home | 10% |
2 | Test and Questions in class | 20% |
3 | Final Assignment | 70% |
Course Schedule
Week | Topics | Text |
1 | Overview | Chapters 1 |
2 | Forward and Futures Overview | Chapters 2 |
3-4 | Forward and Futures Pricing | Chapters 3 |
5-6 | The Application of Forward and Futures | Chapters 4 |
7-8 | Stock Index Futures, Foreign Exchange Forwards, Forward Rates and Interest Rate Futures | Chapters 5 |
9-10 | Summary of Swap | Chapters 6 |
11 | Swap Pricing and Risk Analysis | Chapter 7 |
12 | The Application of Swap | Chapter 8 |
13 | Options and Options Markets | Chapter 9 |
14 | The Return and Price Analysis of Options | Chapter 10 |
15 | Option Pricing Model | Chapter 11 |
16-17 | Numerical Method of Option Pricing | Chapter 12 |
18 | Review | |