Courses Master Display 2018-2019
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Course title | Institutional Investors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course code | EBC4054 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level | Advanced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinator |
Dirk Broeders, Matteo Bonetti For more information: d.broeders@maastrichtuniversity.nl; m.bonetti@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals |
Students will learn about managing the balance sheet of institutional investors in general and pension funds in particular. Both the asset and the liability side will be considered.
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Description |
The primary objective of this course is to get insight in asset liability management (ALM) and strategic asset allocation of institutional investors in a practical context. There will be a focus on pension funds in the first part of the block. In the second part we will concentrate on themes as pension fund regulation, corporate governance and socially responsible investments.
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Literature |
Articles and book chapters (can be downloaded on ELEUM or in the library). No text book.
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Prerequisites |
Courses and workload are very demanding for all IB Master courses. Exchange students need to have obtained a Bachelor degree in business.
Exchange students need to major in finance in their master. an advanced level of English |
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Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This course belongs to the following programmes / specialisations |
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