Brandeis University International Business School
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
http://www.brandeis.edu/global/

Fixed Income

Studies fixed income securities; cash flow structures, pricing risk measures; features of major fixed income sectors; valuation of fixed income securities with embedded options; portfolio management and performance measurement; interest rate derivatives and applications to asset/liability management. Usually offered every semester....
 

Introduces students to the issues and analysis necessary for making the decision to purchase securities. The principal focus is on publicly traded securities. Debt and equity security values will be addressed. Usually offered every year....
 

Designed to develop skills in analyzing external financial reports. Topics include financial statements terminology, mergers and acquisitions, cash flow analysis, and foreign exchange and foreign tax issues. Usually offered every year....
 

Analysis of the exposure of the multinational firm from accounting and economic perspectives, survey of investment finance, and other international operations. Usually offered every year....
 

Covers topics related to financial economics, including investors’ attitudes toward risk, capital allocation, portfolio selection, asset pricing models (Capital Asset Pricing Model and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory), the efficient market hypothesis, fixed income markets, equity valuation, and options and futures markets. Usually offered every year....
 

Introduces many of the approaches financial institutions take to model, quantify, and manage risk. Types of risk covered include financial (equity, interest rate, and credit), as well as operational. Students will be expected to have some exposure to financial derivatives from FIN 201a or 301a as well as to the basic concepts from calculus and statistics....
 

Explores in some detail the mathematics of pricing financial derivatives on equities and other tradable securities, with particular emphasis on the various discrete computational methods and their convergence properties....
 

Introduces students, at a reasonable mathematical level, to a broad range of topics related to the securities, markets, pricing, and applications of financial derivatives. Special focus is placed on how financial arbitrage is used to price derivatives....
 

Covers the historical evolution of hedge funds, analyzes the regulatory government, and considers key issues in the "hedge fund universe," such as price versus value, risk versus volatility...
 

Studies fixed income securities; cash flow structures, pricing risk measures; features of major fixed income sectors; valuation of fixed income securities with embedded options; portfolio management and performance measurement; interest rate derivatives and applications to asset/liability management....
 

Examines credit risk (i.e., the possibility that an obligor will fail to perform as agreed) from the perspective of the commercial banker. Focuses on a sound understanding of the firm and its business plan and how the banker constructs the appropriate structure for the senior loan. Topics include asset-based, real estate, and cash flow lending....
 

Examines financial planning methodologies and tools as well as financial control mechanisms. Includes case studies using real-life examples, accounting, and financial objectives....
 

How do energy companies and investors make investment decisions in our current economic/political environment? How do investors assess the risks and the long term opportunities, and what are the potential returns? And how do companies manage energy projects and implement new technologies across many markets and countries? To evaluate energy investments students need to acquire the background kn......
 

Reviews the core concepts involved in mergers and acquisitions: value, negotiation, deal structuring, corporate strategy and valued added, financing, and tax consequences....
 

Introduces quantitative modeling techniques for analyzing the financial performance of projects and companies and valuing earning streams. A key objective is to help students develop sophisticated skills in using spreadsheets and related software through cases and hands-on applications....
 

Introduction to internal reporting issues and problems employed in planning, control, and evaluation. Topics include cost behavior, overhead cost allocation, budgeting, and variance analysis. Taught from the perspective of the decision maker rather than the accountant who prepares the information....
 

Provides an extensive expansion of the traditional introduction to financial accounting courses. Additional topics include deferred taxes, pensions and other post retirement benefits, earnings per share, share base compensation and leases....
 

Introduction to basic accounting principles, including analysis of financial statements using case studies. Develops fundamental concepts and accounts and applies them to income measurement, capital values, and costs, with a focus on international accounting issues....
 

Study of the modern theory of consumption, investment, the current account, and the implications of monetary and fiscal policy. Topics include inflation, unemployment, rational expectations, the impact of a government deficit, the determination of interest rates, and the behavior of exchange rates. Long-run properties of short-run models and the microeconomics of macro models....
 

Discusses the current situation of developing countries and the main theories of development and underdevelopment. Introduces the field and tools of development economics, explores the theoretical and policy debates around developing economies, and looks at alternative development strategies....
 

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