FIN480.5 : * Emerging Markets Finance (Tsinghua U) *
Description:
Taught in English The course covers essential elements of emerging financial markets, securities and how the securities are valued and traded. The perspective is that of the investment manager, responsible for investment portfolios of insurance companies, banks, pension funds, mutual funds, endowment funds, and personal trusts. What we cover in this course has obvious implications for asset allocation and security selection strategies. We discuss several outstanding problems of emerging market investment, including political risk, currency risk, speculative craze, market manipulation, different accounting rules, and performance measurement. We will also cover emerging market security valuation, portfolio diversification, project finance, and venture capital. The objective here is to train highly skilled financial analysts and managers with strong theoretical background and practical knowledge about emerging markets. For SU students, this course counts as a finance or management elective (note: SU finance majors are limited to one finance elective taken through SU Abroad Centers, however students may take additional courses to count as management electives).
Pre-req: basic finance and statistics courses.
Class taught by Tsingua's School of Economics & Management and may not be available every semester. Tsinghua's exam schedule for this course may require students to stay beyond the regular SU Beijing program end-date.
Available Locations:
China
Semester(s) Offered:
Offered: Spring, Fall
Credits:
3
Department:
Finance
