CORPFIN 7045 - Wealth Management in China (M)
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2015
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code CORPFIN 7045 Course Wealth Management in China (M) Coordinating Unit Adelaide Business School Term Semester 2 Level Postgraduate Coursework Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 3 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites CORPFIN 7005 Assessment Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Chia-Feng (Jeffrey) Yu
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
This course gives the students both theoretical and practical understanding of wealth management. Emphasis is placed upon the fundamental wealth management skills, such as investment math and basic economics, as well as advanced behavioral finance topics, where we address how psychology affects the financial deciosn-making of investors and portfolio managers. Pratical discussion is focused upon the China case. The ultimate goal is to allow students to wisely and effectively make financial decisions. Visit: www.myuni.adelaide.edu.au
University Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
Required textbooks:
Ackert, L., & R. Deaves. (2010). Behavioral Finance: Psychology, Decision-Making, and Markets, Cengage Learning.
Students’ presentation is based on:
Fan, J. & R. Morck. Capitalizing China, The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
(http://econpapers.repec.org/bookchap/nbrnberbk/morc10-1.htm)
Recommended Resources
Recommended reading:
Pompian, M. (2012). Behavioral Finance and Wealth Management: How to Build Optimal Portfolio that Account for Investor Biases, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons.
Kahneman, D. (2013). Thinking, Fast and Slow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.Online Learning
The lecture slides and pdf version of handout are available on MyUni. -
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
This course is delivered in three hour Lectures/Tutorials on weekly basis. The tutorial contents will be covered in the third hour.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course of private study outside of your regular classes.
Students in this course are expected to attend all lectures/tutorials, to finish all assignments in time, and to take tests and exams as required.Learning Activities Summary
The following topics will be covered in this course:
Financial System in China,
Financial Policies and Regulatory Bodies,
Market Anomalies,
Financial Decision-Making (I),
Financial Decision-Making (II),
Financial Decision-Making (III),
Financial Decision-Making (IV),
Retirement Portfolio Management.Specific Course Requirements
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
The assessments for this course include participation, presentation, and the final exam. The participation mark is 10%, the presentation will have a weight of 25%, and the final exam will have a weight of 65% in this course.
Assessment Related Requirements
To gain a pass for this course, a mark of at least 50% overall must be obtained.
Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks are deducted in the assignment or final examination because of poor hand-writing.Assessment Detail
The assessment components are as follows:
Participation 10% Details: The participation of each student will be recorded throughout the semester.
Presentation 25% Details: Students’ presentation is based on Fan and Morck (2012). Due Date: TBA
Final Exam 65% Details: There will be a three hour exam. (Calculators will be allowed for this close-book final exam. No dictionaries will be allowed at the exam.)
To gain a pass for this course, a mark of at least 50% overall must be obtained. The exam and presentation are compulsory and not redeemable. Failure to sit the test or do the presentation without adequate reason will result in zero marks awarded.
Legible hand-writing and the quality of English expression are considered to be integral parts of the assessment process. Marks may be deducted in the assignment and final examination because of poor hand-writing or bad format.
Calculators will be allowed for this close-book final exam. No dictionaries will be allowed at the exam.Submission
Before you submit your assignments:
1. Please retain a copy of all assignments submitted.
2. Please attach an ‘Assignment Cover Sheet’, which needs to be signed and dated by the author.
3. All group assignments must be attached with a ‘Group Assignment Cover Sheet’, which is signed and dated by all group members. All team members need to contribute to the group assignment equally in order to get their mark.
The lecturer could refuse to accept assignments, which do not have a signed acknowledgement of the University’s policy on plagiarism, and withhold students’ results until such time as the student has signed the Assignment Cover Sheet.
Late Assignment Submission:
Students are required to submit their work before the due date and all requests for extension must be emailed to the lecturer before the due date. Each request is assessed on its merits. Extensions will only be given for medical or other very serious reasons. A late assignment (without prior arrangement) will be penalised by a 10% mark reduction for each day that it is late.
Assignment Guidelines including Referencing Details:
The Postgraduate Programs: Communication Skills Guide from the following link is strongly suggested to be downloaded and gone through before the first assignment, which could assist you to structure your assignment.
The link:
https://business.adelaide.edu.au/documents/CSG_business_Web_final.pdf
In preparing any written piece of assessment for your postgraduate studies it is important to draw on the relevant ‘literature’ to support critical analysis. Also essential is to reference the literature used.
Correct referencing is important since it identifies the source of the ideas and arguments that you present, and sometimes the source of the actual words you use, and helps to avoid the problem of plagiarism. (Further information on plagiarism is provided later in this course outline.) The Guideline of the Harvard Reference, which is widely used in the Business Schools, can be found in The Postgraduate Programs: Communication Skills Guide, too.
Further assistance with referencing is available from the Faculty’s Learning Support Advisors. The contact details are provided on page 6 of the Communication Skills Guide.
Return of Assignments:
The assignment will be marked and returned to students within two weeks of the due date with written feedback. Students are responsible for collecting their marked assignments from the lecturer.
If assignments aren’t collected after two weeks, they will be posted out to the students, if the correct mailing addresses are on the assignments.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Students with a final mark between 45% and 49% after the final exam will be eligible to view their exam paper or re-marking at an appropriate time arranged by the course coordinator. However, students with a final mark outside the range 45%-49% for this course are NOT eligible to view their exam paper or require re-marking. In the case of student’s view of the exam paper, only the primary exam paper can be viewed. No views or remarking will be arranged for the RAA exam paper.Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
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