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| FINA0063-1 | Financial Modeling and IT
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| Durée : | 30h Th |
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| Nom du professeur : | Laurent Bodson |
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Langue(s) du cours :
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| Langue anglaise |
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Contenus du cours :
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| Organization and Contents
A. MATLAB, Excel... for financial modeling
B. Financial statement forecasting
1. Review of theory and concepts
2. Modeling examples
C. Time Value of Money
D. Bond models
3. Modeling the term structure
4. Duration
5. Bond pricing
E. Equity models
6. Simulating stock prices
F. Portfolio models
7. Efficient portfolios
8. Estimating betas (+Kalman filter)
9. Black-Litterman
10. Value-at-Risk
G. Option-pricing models
11. Binomial option pricing
12. Black-Scholes model
13. Option Greeks
14. Portfolio insurance |
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Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) du cours :
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| This course introduces the foundations for financial models and their applications using IT solutions. It emphasizes three aspects of each model: its set of assumptions, its specification and its applications. Its primary goal is to demonstrate how various financial models can be practically incorporated into companies' strategic decision making and risk management. |
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Prérequis et corequis / Modules de cours optionnels recommandés :
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| This course requires basic prerequisites in corporate finance, portfolio management and derivative instruments. Familiarity with the cash flows discounting approach and basic statistical techniques (e.g. descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing and linear regression) is assumed but these concepts will be "refreshed". |
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Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours :
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| Suggested notes:
- Financial Modeling using Excel and VBA, Chandan Sengupta, Wiley Finance, 2004.
- Financial Modeling - 3rd Edition, Simon Benninga, MIT Press, 2008. |
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Modalités d'évaluation et critères :
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| Case study |
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Contacts :
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| Professor: Laurent.Bodson@ulg.ac.be |
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