Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Business School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Online

Seminar

Module Offerings

6013LBSBW-JAN-MTP

Aims

To provide students with a rigorous framework within which to make personal financial decisions.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Critically analyse the role of financial service providers and securities markets and evaluate critically the implications of an efficient capital market.
2.
Critically evaluate the regulatory and taxation framework and the impact upon personal investment decisions.
3.
Critically analyse and evaluate personal investment strategies and their implications of personal debt.
4.
Critically explain and appraise the risk-return trade-off, the role of portfolio theory, market risk and evaluate portfolio performance.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
Major Personal Financial Decisions and the Products./Services & Providers (Institutions & Markets) The Regulatory & Taxation Framework and the impact on personal financial decisions. Savings Personal Debt & Debt Management Retirement Planning - Pensions & Annuities The Housing Market & Mortgage Products Life assurance & Assurance Related Investments Investments - Real & Financial; Portfolio Theory; Risk & Return Stock Markets & Investing in Shares Evaluating Portfolio Performance. Inheritance Tax & Wills Financial Planning.
Module Overview:
This module aims at providing you with a rigorous framework within which you will learn to make personal financial decisions.
Additional Information:
The module evaluates financial products and their management within a personal finance background

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