Accademic Year 2024/2025
This course teaches financial theory and the quantitative tools necessary for understanding how asset prices are determined, and how to invest in financial assets. The focus is on pricing, trading and the uses of specific asset classes (stocks, bonds, cryptosecurities and derivatives). The course emphasizes the interaction between investment decisions, financial intermediaries, and the broader macroeconomic environment. The course is quantitative and challenging. It takes a rigorous and critical view of the process of investing. The key role of responsible investments is also addressed as well as the fintech innovation. The aim is to provide the students with a lasting conceptual framework in which to view and analyze investment decisions. The course will relate the material to current financial news, the recent financial crisis and problems relevant to the practitioner.