154-0525/04 – Financial models (FM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of FinanceCredits6
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Study languageEnglish
Year of introduction2019/2020Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesEKFIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
KRE330 doc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.
TIC02 prof. Ing. Tomáš Tichý, Ph.D.
ZME40 prof. Dr. Ing. Zdeněk Zmeškal
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The course aims at improvement of students’ ability to formulate, solve and subsequently interpret and evaluate real financial and banking issues by means of both, basic and advance approaches of mathematical modeling by means of software tools, mainly on MS Excel basis.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Tutorials

Summary

Within this subject students works out selected applications of financial decision-making issues. The students are educated in formulation, solving and interpretation of practical problems from the finance and banking area using simple and more complicated tools of mathematical modelling supported by software, primarily excel.

Compulsory literature:

BENNINGA, S. a B. CZACZKES. Financial Modelling. 3rd ed. The MIT Press, 2008. 1168 p. ISBN 978-02-620-2628-4. HULL, J. C. Option, Futures and other Derivatives. 9th ed. New York: Prentice Hall, 2014. 896 p. ISBN 978-01-334-5631-8. ZMEŠKAL, Z. a kol. Financial models. 1. ed. Ostrava: VSB-TUO, 2004. 254 p. ISBN 80-248-0754-8. BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University Press, 2004. HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press, 2003. HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall. 2002. ZMEŠKAL, Z. et al. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.

Recommended literature:

BENNINGA, S. Principles of Finance with Excel. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2010. 816 p. ISBN 978-01-997-5547-9. FABOZZI, F. J., S. M. FOCARDI a P. N. KOLM. Financial Modeling of the Equity Market: From CAPM to Cointegration. Wiley, 2006. 651 p. ISBN 0-471-69900-4. HULL, J. C. Risk Management and Financial Institutions. Wiley, 2012. 672 p. ISBN 978-11-182-6903-9. BJÖRK, T. (2004): Arbitrage Theory in Continuous Time. Oxford University Press, 2004. HOLTON, G. A. (2003): Value-at-Risk: Theory and Practice. Academic Press, 2003. HULL, J. C. (2002): Options, Futures, & other Derivatives. Prentice Hall. 2002. ZMEŠKAL, Z. et al. Financial models. VSB-TU Ostrava, 2005.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no other requirements on students.

Prerequisities

Subject codeAbbreviationTitleRequirement
154-0523 FDMuR Financial decision-making under risk Compulsory

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Simulation and optimization of the company financial plan 2. Stochastic optimization models 3. Optimization with application in the corporate finance 4. Optimization of the financial assets portfolio (I) 5. Optimization of the financial assets portfolio (II) 6. Yield curves and credit risk 7. Optimization of the bonds portfolio (active strategy) 8. Optimization of the bonds portfolio (passive strategy) 9. Management and optimization of assets and liabilities in banking institutions 10. Financial variables forecasting 11. Methods of technical analysis 12. Options pricing models and their application (discrete models, binomial model) 13. Options pricing models and their application (continuous models, Black-Scholes model) 14. Advanced methods of hedging

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 35 (35) 18
                Písemka Written test 35  18 2
        Examination Examination 65 (65) 33 3
                Písemka Written test 20  10 3
                Ústní zkouška Oral examination 45  23 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Participation in the exercises and lectures is optional.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Participation in the exercises is not mandatory. The student must meet the requirements for passing the subject - credit and completing the examination.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (N0412A050005) Finance FRP P English Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

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Assessment of instruction



2022/2023 Summer