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MBA-Finance
SECOND YEAR – FOURTH SEMESTER

PAPER - XVI
SECURITY ANALYSIS & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
COURSE CODE: 37                                                                                  PAPER CODE:H4010

UNIT - I

Investments - Investment Vs. Speculation - Investment Process - Investment categories - Risk and return - Factors Influencing Risk - Measuring Risk and Return, Valuation of Equity: Dividend Models, Price/Earnings Approach

UNIT - II

Equity stock Analysis: Economic analysis: Key Macroeconomic Factors. Industry analysis: Industry Life Cycle Analysis. Analysing the Structure and Characteristics of an Industry - Profit Potential of Industries. Company Analysis: Analysing the Financial Statements, The Chemistry of Earnings, Forecasting via the Earnings Model, Market Share/Profit Margin Approach, Independent Forecast of Revenue and Expenses. Bond analysis - Returns and Risk - Valuation of Bonds - Bond Management Strategies: Duration.

UNIT – III

Options: Types - Determinants of Option value - Option Position and Strategies -Option pricing. Futures: Stock Index futures - Portfolio strategies using futures -Futures on fixed income securities - Futures on long term Securities.

UNIT – IV

Technical Analysis: Market Indictors, Forecasting Individual Stock Performance. Efficient Market Theory - Random Wall - The Efficient Market Hypothesis. Portfolio Analysis: Effects of combining securities - Markowitz's Mean-Variance model. Portfolio selection: Risk and investor Preferences - Constructing the portfolio - Significance of beta in the Portfolio.

UNIT – V

Capital market Theory: CAPM - Arbitrage Pricing Theory. Management Portfolios and performance evaluation: Sharpe Index. Treynor Index, Jensen's Model.

REFERENCES
1. Donald E, Fischer and Ronald J.Jordan, SECURITY ANALYSIS AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT. 6:h Ed., Prentice Hall of India. 2000.
2. Prasanna Chandra, MANAGING INVESTMENTS, Tata McGraw Hill.
3. R.J.Fuller and J.L. Farrel, MODERN INVESTMENTS AND SECURITY ANALYSIS, McGraw Hill.
4. Jack Clark Francis, MANAGEMENT OF INVESTMENTS, McGraw Hill.
5. Stron Robert, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT HAND BOOK, Jaico, Bombay.

PAPER - XVII
GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS
COURSE CODE: 37                                                                                  PAPER CODE:H4020

UNIT – I

International Economic Environment - International Monetary System.

UNIT – II

Foreign Exchange Market - Exchange Rate Determination.

UNIT – III

Law of One Price - Management of Foreign Exchange Exposure

UNIT – IV

International Capital Budgeting International Working Capital Management -Financial Dimensions of International Trade

UNIT – V

Control and Tax aspects of Multinational Companies - Financing a Multinational Company.

REFERENCES
1.
MauricS" 'Dlevi,' INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. McGraw-Hill.
2. C. Jeevanandham, EXCHANGE RATE ARITHMETIC, Sultan Chand.
3. Apte.P.G., International Financial Management, Tata Mc. Graw Hill, New Delhi.
4. Henning, C.N., W.Piggot and W.H.Scott, International Financial Management, Mc.Graw Hill, International Edition.

PAPER - XVIII
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS FINANCE
COURSE CODE: 37                                                                                  PAPER CODE:H4030

UNIT – I

International Monetary and Financial System: Importance of international finance; Bretton woods conference and afterwards, IMF and the World Bank; European monetary system - meaning and scope.

UNIT – II

Balance of Payment and International Linkages: Balance of payments and its components; International flow of goods, services and capital; Copying with current account deficit.

UNIT – III

International Financial Markets and Instruments: International capital and money markets; Money and capital market instruments; Salient features of different international markets; Arbitrage opportunities; Integration of markets; Role of financial intermediaries.

UNIT – IV

Foreign Exchange Markets: Determining exchange rates; Fixed and flexible exchange rate system; Exchange rate theories; Participants in the foreign exchange markets; Foreign exchange market - cash and spot markets; Exchange rate quotes; LERMS; Factors affecting exchange rates - spot rates, forward exchange rates, forward exchange contracts; Foreign exchange and currency futures; Exchange rate arrangement in India; Exchange dealings and currency possession; information and communication; Foreign exchange trades.

UNIT – V

International Capital and Money Market Instruments; GDRs, ADRs, IDRs, Euro bonds, Euro loans, Repos, CPs, floating rate instruments, loan syndication and Euro deposits.

REFERENCES:
1. Apte, P.G: International Financial Management, Tata McGrawhill, New Delhi.
2. Buckley, Adrian; Multinational Finance, Prentice Hall, New Defhi.
3. Eitman, D.K. and A.I Stenehilf: Multinational Business Cash Finance, Addison Wesley, New York.
4. Henning, C.N., W Piggot and W.H Scott: international Financial Management, McGraw Hill,
international Edition.
5. Levi, Maurice D: International Finance, McGraw-Hill, International Edition.

PAPER - XIX
SECURITY MARKET OPERATIONS
COURSE CODE: 37                                                                                  PAPER CODE:H4040

UNIT – I

Security Markets - Legal Environment: SEBI Act, 1992, Securities Contract Regulation Act 1956, Companies Act 1956 (various provisions relating to securities), RBI rules and guidelines for Fll's.

UNIT – II

Security Markets: Primary and secondary market; Primary market - its role and functions; Methods of selling securities in primary market; New financial instruments; New Issues: SEBI guidelines for public issues - pricing of issue, promoters' contribution, appointment and role of merchant bankers, underwriters, brokers, registrars and managers, bankers etc; Underwriting of issues; Allotment of shares; Procedures for new issues; e-trading.

UNIT – III

Secondary Market: Role, importance, organization of stock exchanges; Listing of securities in stock exchanges; Trading mechanism - screen based system; Insider trading; Take-overs; Internet based trading.

UNIT – IV

Depository: Role and need; The Depositories Act, 1996; SEBI (Depositories and Participants Regulation) 1996; SEBI (Custodian of Securities) Regulation 1996; National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL); Depository participant.

UNIT – V

Funds from International Markets: Fll's, Euro issues, ADR's, GDR's and FDI; Guidelines for raising funds from the international markets through various instruments; Credit Rating: Meaning and necessity; Credit rating agencies; Methodology of credit rating; Share Price Indices: Need and importance; Compiling of Index numbers and interpretation.

REFERENCES:
1.
Dalton, John M.: How the Stock Market Works, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
2. Gupta, L.C.: Stock Exchange Trading in India; Society for Capital Market Research and Development, Delhi.
3. Machi Raju, H.R: Merchant Banking; Wiley Eastern Ltd.; New Delhi.
4. Machi Raju, H.R: Working of Stock Exchanges in India; Wiley Eastern Ltd. New Delhi.
5. Chanratre, KR, et al: Capital Issue, SEBI & Listing; Bharat Publishing House, New Delhi.
 

PAPER - XX
FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES
COURSE CODE: 37                                                                                  PAPER CODE:H4050

UNIT - I

Introduction: Meaning and purpose of derivatives; Forward contracts, future contracts, options, swaps and other derivatives; type of traders; Trading future contracts; Specification of the future contracts; Operation of margins; Settlement and regulations; Sources of Financial Risk: Credit vs Market, default risk, foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, purchasing power risk etc.; Systematic and non-systematic risk.

UNIT – II

Options: Types of options; Option trading; Margins; Valuation of options; Binomial Option Pricing Model; Black-Scholes model for Call Options; Valuation of put options; Index options; Option markets-exchange traded options, over-the-counter options, quotes, trading, margins, clearing, regulation and taxation; Warrants and convertibles.

UNIT – III

Futures: Hedgers and speculators; Future contracts; Future markets - clearing house, margins, trading, future positions and taxation; Future prices and spot prices; Forward prices vs future prices; Future vs options.

UNIT – IV

Managing Market Risk: Hedging schemes - delta hedging, theta, gamma; Relationship in delta, theta and gamma; Vega and rho; Portfolio insurance.

UNIT – V

Derivatives Market in India: Present position in India - regulation, working and trading activity.

REFERENCES:
1. Chance, Don M: An Introduction to Derivatives, Dryden Press, International Edition.
2. Chew, Lilian: Managing Derivative Risk, John Wiley, New Jersey.
3. Das, Satyajit: Swap & Derivative financing, Probus.
4. Hull, J.: Options: Futures and other Derivatives, Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
5. Kolb, Robert W: Understanding Futures Markets, Prentice Hall Inc., New Delhi.

PAPER - XXI

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