FIN 546

Spring 2020 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 6

Real Estate Financial Markets

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Credit: 4 hours.

This is an applied course in real estate investment that focuses on the U.S. mortgage and asset-backed securities markets. The course will review the multi-trillion dollar mortgage and asset-backed bond markets. We will discuss the fundamentals of securitization, and strategies to structure deals. We will also consider real estate investment trusts (REITs), collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and credit default swaps (CDS). The course will develop analytical skills in deal structuring and pricing, and offer all students an opportunity to develop their business skills through case discussions.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Prerequisite: FIN 541 recommended but not required. Graduate students only.

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FIN 546 class schedule data for spring 2020
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	65034	Lecture-Discussion	E	12:30PM -1:50PM	MW	243 Wohlers Hall	Tchistyi, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/20-05/06/20 Section Info: This is an applied finance and economics course that focuses on the structure and operation of the multi-trillion dollar mortgage and asset-backed securities markets. The course begins with an overview of the fundamentals of bond and mortgage contracts and a review of basic analysis tools such as duration and convexity. The course then considers the fundamentals of residential and commercial real estate contracting and analyzes methods to design mortgages to manage risk. The second part of the course focuses on the residential and commercial mortgage-backed security markets. We will discuss the fundamentals of securitization, and strategies to structure deals. We will also consider collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), credit default swaps (CDS), and real estate investment trusts (REITs). Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.