FIN 580

Fall 2013 All Classes

All Classes

Special Topics in Finance

Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated to a maximum of 18 hours in a semester. May be repeated to a maximum of 32 hours in subsequent semesters. Prerequisite: Varies by section.

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FIN 580 class schedule data for fall 2013
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
58447	Discussion/ Recitation Lecture	2 2	11:00AM -12:50PM 11:00AM -12:50PM	F MW	166 Wohlers Hall 138 Wohlers Hall	Miller, N Miller, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: General Microeconomic Theory Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60845	Lecture-Discussion	B2	11:00AM -1:50PM	W	ARR Business Instructional Fac	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Seminar in Corporate Finance
50081	Lecture-Discussion	BF1	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Weisbenner, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Behavioral Finance Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF and MBA students. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
48173	Lecture-Discussion	BF2	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Weisbenner, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Behavioral Finance Section Info: Registration restricted to MSFs and MBAs. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
61562	Lecture-Discussion	BT1	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	2011 Business Instructional Fac	Fullerton, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Business Tax Policy Section Info: Government needs revenue and taxes people, but why also tax business? We review the pros and cons of a separate corporate tax system, the interaction of corporate and personal taxes, the inefficiencies of capital misallocations, and economic incidence (who really bears the burden of the corporate income tax). We also review pros and cons of other taxes on capital income such as interest, dividends, capital gains, rental income, and foreign-source income.
61561	Lecture-Discussion	BT2	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	2001 Business Instructional Fac	Fullerton, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Business Tax Policy Section Info: Government needs revenue and taxes people, but why also tax business? We review the pros and cons of a separate corporate tax system, the interaction of corporate and personal taxes, the inefficiencies of capital misallocations, and economic incidence (who really bears the burden of the corporate income tax). We also review pros and cons of other taxes on capital income such as interest, dividends, capital gains, rental income, and foreign-source income.
61687	Lecture-Discussion	CP	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	2011 Business Instructional Fac	Reif, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/26/13-10/18/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Competition Policy Section Info: While perfect competition is a useful model, it often fails to capture much of what is observed in the real world. This course examines the interaction of firms and consumers in markets that are not perfectly competitive and reviews policies that aim to increase efficiency in these markets. Topics covered will include oligopoly, anti-competitive practices, price discrimination, and antitrust regulation. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
62063	Lecture-Discussion	CWM	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	245 Wohlers Hall	Sinow, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Cases Wealth Managment Section Info: Cases in wealth management with particular emphasis on global case applications of wealth building techniques. This course is especially suitable for students who have previous background in wealth management or have completed the Introduction to Wealth Management course. Cases include and cover global real estate, executive compensation, retirement plan investing, small business leverage, etc.
50882	Lecture-Discussion	DEV	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Widdicks, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Section Title: Professional Development Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC or MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC.
61970	Lecture-Discussion	FE	6:00PM -8:00PM	R	Location Pending	Gambera, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Practical Asset Allocation Section Info: Please Note: This course is taught in Chicago. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering.
61560	Lecture-Discussion	GME	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	2001 Business Instructional Fac	Fullerton, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/26/13-10/18/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Government in a Market Economy Section Info: Given the presumed efficiency of competitive markets, when might it be appropriate for government to intervene? This course reviews possible ?market failures? like externalities, public goods, taxes, monopoly power, adverse selection, and moral hazard. We show how each can reduce efficiency of private markets. We then discuss whether, when and how government can improve economic welfare using well-designed tax policy, social insurance, environmental regulation, or health policy.
61574	Lecture-Discussion	HC1	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	3009 Business Instructional Fac	Reif, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Health Care Policy Section Info: Costly advances in health technology, together with an aging population, are making health care an increasingly important issue for individuals, firms, and governments. This course examines the economic, legal, and regulatory issues involved with implementing both public and private health plans, including Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored plans. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
61646	Lecture-Discussion	HC2	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	3009 Business Instructional Fac	Reif, J	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Health Care Policy Section Info: Costly advances in health technology, together with an aging population, are making health care an increasingly important issue for individuals, firms, and governments. This course examines the economic, legal, and regulatory issues involved with implementing both public and private health plans, including Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-sponsored plans. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60285	Lecture-Discussion	IB	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	3003 Business Instructional Fac	Goodfriend, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Investment Banking Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF only. Restriction(s): Restricted to Finance major(s). Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60329	Lecture-Discussion	IB2	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	3003 Business Instructional Fac	Goodfriend, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Investment Banking Section Info: registration restricted to MSF only.
61798	Lecture-Discussion	MMT	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Clark-Joseph, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Market Microstructure, Trading Section Info: This course introduces the modern theoretical, empirical and institutional foundations of market microstructure and trading activity, with an emphasis on applications to algorithmic and high-frequency trading. The first part of the course addresses market microstructure and the algorithmic implementation of traditional microstructure-inspired tasks such as minimizing execution costs. The second part of the course proceeds to examine actual algorithmic strategies, and ultimately high-frequency trading. Recurrent themes throughout the course will be the use of economic theory to simplify computationally challenging problems, and the use of theory-driven structural models to construct more robust trading algorithms. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Financial Engineering.
52597	Lecture-Discussion	PHD	12:00PM -1:50PM	F	245 Wohlers Hall	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Section Title: Finance Doctoral Seminar Section Info: This is a seminar for finance PhD students. Doctoral students from other departments may register with consent of instructor.
48175	Lecture	RD	5:00PM -6:20PM	TR	2043 Business Instructional Fac	Cannaday, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/26/13-12/11/13 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Real Estate Development Section Info: Provides students with an exposure to the real world of real estate through a series of lectures by real estate professionals focused primarily on retail real estate development. A side benefit of the class will be to provide graduating seniors some insights into different career paths to help improve the career choices that they make. REGISTRATION REQUIRES THAT STUDENTS CONTACT PROF. CANNADAY VIA E-MAIL. Interested students should e-mail a resume to Prof. Cannaday at rcannada@uiuc.edu and include a brief description (several sentences) as to why they are interested in taking the course. Please include your UIN.
58397	Lecture-Discussion	RM	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	2041 Business Instructional Fac	Davis, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/21/13-12/11/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Foundations in Risk Management Section Info: This course introduces risk management including basic concepts and techniques of pure risk and financial risk management. Corporate hazard risk management including insurance and securitization of pure risks will be covered in detail. Insurer risk management will be examined including reinsurance, loss reserving, underwriting of risks, and catastrophic risk management. Financial management techniques of risk measurement and hedging will include risk based capital measurements such as RAROC and VaR, in addition to Asset-Liability Management (ALM) of the financial statements. Students will also be introduced to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
61652	Lecture-Discussion	RP1	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	3009 Business Instructional Fac	Brown, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/26/13-10/18/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Retirement Policy Section Info: The retirement landscape in the US ? including public policy, retirement plan design, and individual behavior ? is constantly changing and evolving. This course will examine the economic, financial, legal, regulatory, political , and human resource issues involved with designing and implement both public and private retirement plans, including Social Security, pensions and retirement savings plans. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
61573	Lecture-Discussion	RP2	2:00PM -3:20PM	MW	3009 Business Instructional Fac	Brown, J	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/26/13-10/18/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Retirement Policy Section Info: The retirement landscape in the US ? including public policy, retirement plan design, and individual behavior ? is constantly changing and evolving. This course will examine the economic, financial, legal, regulatory, political , and human resource issues involved with designing and implement both public and private retirement plans, including Social Security, pensions and retirement savings plans.
60270	Lecture-Discussion	WM	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	245 Wohlers Hall	Sinow, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/26/13-10/18/13 Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Wealth Management Section Info: Introduction to personal wealth management techniques with an emphasis on commercial real estate valuation and purchase; personal investing in stocks, bonds, ETF?s, indexes; passive versus active investment management; banking and borrowing; income and estate taxation; small business continuation planning; sophisticated uses of life insurance and annuities; retirement plans.