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The student will understand how actuaries invest funds to meet future liabilities, including assessments of appropriate risks and how to manage them. They will know the tools and techniques to apply and the key management decisions that must be made.
Indicative Module Content:Overview of the Financial Markets
Cash & Bond Markets
Equity Markets
Constructing an Investment Strategy
Collective Investment Vehicles
Monitoring investment portfolios
The Property Market
The Derivatives Markets
Sundry Topics
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 134 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: End of semester, closed book examination where student must attempt all questions. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 100 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Self-assessment activities
There are regular tutorials with problem sheets the student attempts prior to the tutorial, each tutorial treating a section of the course. The student is shown the ideal approach to the questions and shown where marks are awarded, and can thus assess their own attempt at the problem sheet. The level of understanding required to do well in the problems sheets is of a similar order as required to do well in the final examination.
Name | Role |
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Mr Andrew Smyth | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |