Learning outcomes

The objective of the financial theory course is to familiarise students with the organisation of financial markets and the investment products that are dealt with in them: bonds, shares, derivatives.

Teaching methods

30 hours of lectures - occasional applications in the form of exercises in class or in the computer room (to be specified as and when required) The teaching materials are as follows - Reference manuals: * Bodie, Z., Kane, A. and A.J., Marcus, Investments, MacGrawHill, 9th ed. 2010 [BKM] * Brealey, R.A., and S. C. Myers, Principles of Corporate Finance, McGraw Hill, 7th ed. 2002, translated into French by Pearson: Principes de Gestion Financière [BMA]; The chapters referenced in the syllabus/transparencies are those of these two books identified by the codes [BKM] and [BMA] respectively. - slides (made available on Webcampus as the course progresses); - corrected exercises (made available on Webcampus as the course progresses)

Assessment method

Closed book examination, based on (i) course questions and (ii) application exercises similar to those covered in class.

Language of instruction

French