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Course

Derivatives Regulation - LAWS8093

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210, 5740 or 9230

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

Derivatives have become an integral part of modern financial risk management. This course examines the legal regime governing derivatives trading, together with legal issues facing those designing these financial products. It covers the following topics: the general structure and regulation of exchange traded derivatives and over the counter derivatives; definition of futures contracts and dealings; the licensing of brokers and advisers; brokers duties; market offences such as bucketing, churning, fraud, manipulation, and dissemination of false and misleading information; over the counter markets; options; swaps, forwards and hybrids; FOREX and capital markets; ISDA documentation; netting; enforceability issues; self-regulatory organisations.


LLM Specialisation

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Main Topics

  • Practice, structure of "financial product" and "derivative"
  • Definition of financial product, dealing, etc.
  • Brokers' duties
  • Offences
  • OTC markets
  • Options
  • Swaps, forwards and hybrids
  • Documentation
  • Netting and context
  • Self-regulatory organisations
  • Practical market aspects of derivatives

Assessment

Class participation Preparation, attendance and engagement in class 20%
Research essay 5,000 - 6,000 words (6 unit students); 6,000 - 8,000 (8 unit students) 80%
 

Resources

Refer to Course Outline provided by lecturer at the beginning of session.
Law Books

Study Levels

Undergraduate Study Postgraudate Study Postgraduate Research Study Non-Award Study

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