ACCFIN4010 Capital Markets Theory - Revised

Course Specification¹
1. Course Code:
ACCFIN4010
2. Course Title:
Capital Markets and Portfolio Management
3. Academic Session:
2023-24
4. Academic Level (see Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Levels):
Level 4 (SCQF level 10)
5. Credits:
20
6. Short Description of the Course:
The aim of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the nature of financial markets and of
the securities that are traded on them. The course stresses the necessity of deciding on the Investment Goals
before taking any other decisions.
7. Requirements of Entry:
Normally a grade D3 or above in Finance 2 or equivalent.
8. Co-requisites (courses that must be taken in the same session as this course as a condition of
enrolment):
9. Excluded Courses:
This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the course and the learning outcomes that a typical student
might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided. More
detailed information on the learning outcomes, content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each course can be found in
course handbooks and other course documentation and online at www.gla.ac.uk
CourseSpecification2023-V1 Page 1 of 6
Capital Markets Theory (superseded)
10. Associated Programmes:
BAcc Accountancy
BAcc Accountancy with Finance
BAcc Accountancy with International Accounting
BAcc Accountancy with Languages
BAcc Accountancy And Economics
BSc Finance and Mathematics
BSc Statistics and Finance
11. Available to visiting students:
Yes
12. Typically offered:
Semester 1
13. Timetable (if known) and length and frequency of teaching sessions:
Lectures: One 2-hour lecture a week for 10 weeks.

Tutorials: Five of 1-hour each.
Tutorials are held at various times and can be selected on MyCampus
14. Course Aims:
The aim of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of portfolio or fund management, as well
as of the nature of financial markets and of the securities that are traded on them. The course emphasises the
practical and theoretical aspects of the investment process. Concepts of risk, return, and pricing are central to
developing this understanding. Various asset-pricing models and security analysis techniques will be applied to
practical investment problems. International issues of diversification and fund management will be used to develop
the aims of the course. The behavioural evidence regarding how investors and fund managers actually make
decisions and the empirical consequences of these decisions are also explored.
15. Intended Learning Outcomes of Course:
At the end of this course, students should be able to:
1. Explain the mechanisms of capital markets from the perspective of an individual investor and a financial
institution.
2. Apply techniques of measuring risk and returns to evaluate different portfolios. Identify and discuss the
different elements of portfolio management i.e. the concepts of risk and risk premium, international
diversification and security analysis techniques.
3. Apply pricing techniques to the various assets traded within the financial markets specifically equities and
bonds. Appraise securities using fundamental analysis and technical analysis.
4. Apply critical thinking in making investment decisions by relating those decisions to finance theory.
5. Explain the term structure of interest rates, forecast forward interest rates, and evaluate bond management
strategies.
6. Identify and discuss the behaviour of individual investors and systematic trading biases, as well as the
implications on the capital market efficiency.
7. Work collaboratively in a group to produce a combined piece of coursework.
16. Learning and Teaching Methods:

Method Formal Notional Learning
Contact Hours Hours (including formal
contact hours)
Lecture 20.00 20.00
Seminar 0.00 0.00
Tutorial 5.00 5.00
Project Supervision 0.00 40.00
Demonstration 0.00 0.00
Practical Classes and Workshops 0.00 0.00
Supervised time in studio / Workshop 0.00 0.00
Fieldwork 0.00 0.00
External Visits 0.00 0.00
Work Based Learning 0.00 0.00
Guided Independent Study Not Applicable 135.00
Placement 0.00 0.00
Year Abroad 0.00 0.00
TOTAL 0 0
17. Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits:
None
18. Summative Assessment Methods:

Method %
Written Exam 80.00%
Written Assignment, including Essay 20.00%
Report 0.00%
Dissertation 0.00%
Portfolio 0.00%
Project Output (Other than dissertation) 0.00%
Oral Assessment & Presentation 0.00%
Practical Skills Assessment 0.00%
Set Exercise 0.00%
TOTAL 0
19. Description of Summative Assessment:
ILO’s Assessment Weighting Word Count/Duration
1-4 In course exam 20% 45 minutes
1-7 Group project 20% 1800 words
assignment
1-6 Degree exam 60% 2 hours
20. Are reassessment opportunities normally available for all summative assessments in this course?:
Not applicable
Reassessments are normally available for all courses, except those which contribute to the Honours classification.
For non Honours courses, students are offered reassessment in all or any of the components of assessment if the
satisfactory (threshold) grade for the overall course is not achieved at the first attempt. This is normally grade D3 for
undergraduate students and grade C3 for postgraduate students. Exceptionally it may not be possible to offer
reassessment of some coursework items, in which case the mark achieved at the first attempt will be counted
towards the final course grade.
21. Formative Assessment & Feedback:
Tutorials: Students are encouraged to read up on articles and investigate issues which help in developing their
knowledge of the course and these are often applied in their tutorials.
Students would receive feedback in the tutorials and on their coursework.
Informal oral feedback on tutorial performance. Feedback on coursework is formative as well as summative.
22. Grading Basis (see University Regulations):
Schedule A
23. Examination Diet:
December
24. Total Exam Duration (Excluding in-class tests):
120 minutes
25. Short Title:
Capital Mkt & Portfolio Mgt
26. Independent Work (i.e. the result for this course can be used to meet the generic Honours requirement
to achieve a grade D3 or better in a piece of independent work worth at least 20 credits or the generic PGT
requirement to achieve a D3 or better in a piece of independent work worth at least 60 credits – normally a
Dissertation or Project):
No
27. Subject:
Accounting and Finance
28. Location(s):
Main Campus
29. College:
College of Social Sciences
30. Lead School:
Adam Smith Business School [REG40100000]
31. Cost Centre:
BS - Accounting and Finance [40101000]
32. Is this course collaborative with another institution?:
No
33. Teaching Institutions:
University of Glasgow
34. Taught wholly by distance learning:
No
35. Short Courses Credit Bearing:
No
36. Represents a work placement or period of study abroad:
No
40. Additional Relevant Information (if applicable):
41. Date of approval: 05/09/2022

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Course Specification¹

Capital Markets and Portfolio Management

4. Academic Level (see Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Levels):

Level 4 (SCQF level 10)

6. Short Description of the Course:

Normally a grade D3 or above in Finance 2 or equivalent.

10. Associated Programmes:

11. Available to visiting students:

12. Typically offered:

Lectures: One 2-hour lecture a week for 10 weeks.

14. Course Aims:

15. Intended Learning Outcomes of Course:

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

16. Learning and Teaching Methods:

18. Summative Assessment Methods:

19. Description of Summative Assessment:

21. Formative Assessment & Feedback:

22. Grading Basis (see University Regulations):

23. Examination Diet:

24. Total Exam Duration (Excluding in-class tests):

25. Short Title:

Capital Mkt & Portfolio Mgt

Accounting and Finance

College of Social Sciences

30. Lead School:

Adam Smith Business School [REG40100000]

31. Cost Centre:

BS - Accounting and Finance [40101000]

32. Is this course collaborative with another institution?:

33. Teaching Institutions:

34. Taught wholly by distance learning:

35. Short Courses Credit Bearing:

36. Represents a work placement or period of study abroad:

40. Additional Relevant Information (if applicable):

41. Date of approval: 05/09/2022

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