SDDR Documents of Financial Markets

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
0/0. Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Boris Šturc, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Viktória Čejková, Ph.D.
Department of Finance – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Marie Moudrá
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Documents of Financial Markets (SDDR) The importance of the financial market, its tasks, intermediaries on the financial market, current legislation relating to the financial market in the Czech Republic. Securities as a source of revenue, internal rate of return, dividend and interest, investment risk and expected yield. The legislative framework for joint stock companies in the Czech Republic, issuance of shares, trading on the secondary market, dividend policy, valuation of shares, diversification of portfolio, taxation of yield. Czech legislation concerning bonds, importance of bonds, their forms, rights and duties of an issuer, basic principles of the valuation of bonds. Bond value, duration of bond and bond portfolio, convexity of bond, use of duration in assets and liabilities management in a commercial bank. Definition of the concept of derivatives of the financial market, importance of derivatives in speculation, arbitrage and hedging, division into future contracts and options, current legislation. Forwards as individualised contracts, their history and importance, individual kinds of forwards, swaps as combined forwards. Futures as standardised contracts, their history and importance, individual kinds of futures, pricing of futures, system of futures trading, importance of the futures exchange. Definition of the call and put option, rights and duties of option seller and option buyer, valuation of options, options strategy, importance of options trading standardisation. Examination: written test and oral exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002.
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