Investment & Risk Management (E)
level of course unit
Introduction and consolidation
Learning outcomes of course unit
The students are able to:
• Understand and apply investment calculations and life cycle costing
• Understand and apply credit financing
• Identify financial institutions and analyze their interrelationships
• Identify and critically reflect on financial assets
• Identify and apply financing methods and valuations for infrastructure and real estate
prerequisites and co-requisites
none
course contents
• Investment calculation and life cycle costing (dynamic and modern approaches)
• Credit financing (loans, bonds)
• Equity financing (shares)
•Financial institutions
• Derivatives
• Market risk and management
•Behavioral economics
• Financing and valuation of infrastructure and real estate
recommended or required reading
• Hull, J.: Risk Management and Financial Institutions, 5 edition, Wiley, 2018
• Hull, J.: Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, Global Edition, 9 edition, Pearson, 2017
• Geyer, A., Hanke, M., Littich, E., Nettekoven, M.: Grundlagen der Finanzierung, 5 Auflage, Wien: Manz, 2015
assessment methods and criteria
Written exam
language of instruction
English
number of ECTS credits allocated
5
eLearning quota in percent
30
course-hours-per-week (chw)
2.5
planned learning activities and teaching methods
Blended Learning
semester/trimester when the course unit is delivered
2
name of lecturer(s)
Asc. Prof. (FH) Dipl.-Ing. Christian Huber
course unit code
IRM
type of course unit
integrated lecture
mode of delivery
Compulsory
work placement(s)
none