FIN 580

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Special Topics in Finance

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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 2015
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	113 David Kinley Hall 1049 Business Instructional Fac	Miller, N Miller, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: General Microeconomic Theory Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
65703	Online	B1	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Almeida, H	Date Range: 09/23/15-10/20/15 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Corporate Finance Section Info: Registration closes 9-16-15. Additional Coursera fees may apply, see: https://business.illinois.edu/online//. Enrollment in this section is dept. approval only. The course examines how to use accounting information to form key financial ratios to measure a company?s financial health and to plan its future. Also learn how to use valuation techniques to make sound business investment decisions. Explore how to manage a company?s financing in order to support value creation, such as through choice of capital structure, liquidity management, hedging, and payout policy decisions. Finally, apply your new knowledge to propose the financial restructuring of a real-world company. Restriction(s): Not intended for Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
60845	Lecture-Discussion	B2	11:00AM -1:50PM	W	ARR Business Instructional Fac	Almeida, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Special Approval: Instructor Approval Required Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Seminar in Corporate Finance
50081	Lecture-Discussion	BF1	3:30PM -4:50PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Weisbenner, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 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: 10/19/15-12/09/15 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.
62063	Lecture-Discussion	CWM	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	243 Wohlers Hall	Sinow, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 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. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Restricted to MS:Finance -UIUC or MS: Finance Cost Rec -UIUC.
50882	Lecture-Discussion	DEV	ARRANGED	n.a.	Location Pending	Widdicks, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 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	226 Wohlers Hall	Gambera, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 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.
61798	Lecture-Discussion	MMT	11:00AM -12:20PM	MW	130 Wohlers Hall	Clark-Joseph, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 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.
65702	Online	ONL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Almeida, H	Date Range: 09/23/15-10/20/15 Section Fee: Tuition iMBA $250.00 per Bill Hour. Credit: 2 hours Section Title: Corporate Finance Section Info: Registration in this section is restricted to students who have earned a Bachelor's Degree. Registration closes 9-23-15. Additional Coursera fees apply, see: https://business.illinois.edu/online//. This section is open to off-campus students only and explores how financial investments can affect decisions, strategy, and ultimately business operations as well as personal portfolio. We will study and use risk-return models, such as the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), and multi-factor models to evaluate the performance of various securities and portfolios. Building upon this framework, learn about market efficiency and behavioral finance as common behavioral biases of investors are introduced. Also see their potential effects on wealth accumulation and asset prices. We will also analyze money-management strategies and performance by institutional investors, such as mutual funds and pension funds. Finally, connect investment finance with corporate finance by examining firm valuation techniques. Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
65522	Lecture-Discussion	OPT	6:00PM -7:50PM	R	Location Pending	Natenberg, S	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/15-12/09/15 Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Option Trading & Market-Making Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. 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: 08/24/15-12/09/15 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.
58397	Lecture-Discussion	RM	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	2041 Business Instructional Fac	Davis, D	Part of Term: B Date Range: 10/19/15-12/09/15 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.
60270	Lecture-Discussion	WM	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	243 Wohlers Hall	Sinow, D	Part of Term: A Date Range: 08/24/15-10/16/15 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.