FIN 580

Fall 2014 All Classes

All Classes

Special Topics in Finance

Credit: 0 TO 4 hours.

Approved for 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 2014
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: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Seminar in Corporate Finance
50882	Lecture-Discussion	DEV	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Widdicks, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Section Title: Professional Development Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC or MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC.
61970	Lecture-Discussion	FE	6:00PM -7:50PM	R	Location Pending	Gambera, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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.
60286	Lecture-Discussion	HF	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	240 Wohlers Hall	Dey, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Hedge Funds Section Info: Registration restricted to MSF and MBA students. Restriction(s): Restricted to MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC or MBA:Bus Administration -UIUC.
61798	Lecture-Discussion	MMT	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Clark-Joseph, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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	11:00AM -12:50PM	F	245 Wohlers Hall	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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	3:30PM -4:50PM	TR	2043 Business Instructional Fac	Cannaday, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/25/14-12/10/14 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: 10/20/14-12/10/14 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.