Commercial Bank Management I

This course covers commercial (BAF 352). It covers the fundamental aspects of credit analysis from lending institutions’ perspectives. Topics include loan pricing, bank credit policy and loan characteristics, commercial loan evaluations, consumer credit risk management and risk scoring techniques, managing and pricing deposit and non-deposit liabilities, and capital adequacy. Prerequisite: BAF 352. BAF Quantitative Asset Management (3.0); 3 cr. This course is a follow-up to the introductory Investment course and is designed to acquaint the students with the pricing and management of financial assets. Topics are divided into three modules. The first module addresses equities portfolio allocation followed by portfolio performance measurement, rebalancing, and evaluation with an emphasis on global investments. The second module introduces fixed income securities including managing bond portfolios. The third module extends the analysis to include advanced and alternative investment vehicles such as real estate, commodities, hedge funds, and venture capital. Prerequisite: BAF 321.