MIS INTERNATIONAL INVESTEMENT MANAGEMENT

Course code
Course title in language of
instruction
Course title in Czech
Course title in English
Mode of completion and
number of credits

MIS

Timetabled classes

fulltime, 2/1

Mezinrodn investin management

Mezinrodn investin management
International Investement Management
Exam (5 credits)
One ECTS credit corresponds to 28 hours of workload for an average student.
(fulltime, hours of lectures per week / hours of seminars per week)

Language of instruction
Level of course
Semester
Name of lecturer
Prerequisities

Czech
master continuing
WS 2013/2014 FBE
doc. Ing. Svatopluk Kapounek, Ph.D. (supervisor)
Capital Markets

Aims of the course

Student will obtain in this course the knowledges in the eld of international management, especially in the context
of international nancial markets. The led relates with the continously deepening globalization of the international
nancial markets. The globalization contributes to offer new investment opportunities but also new risks for the
investors.

Course contents

International investments: investments, types of investments, international investments (lectures: 2, seminars:

1)
Pricing of international assets and methodology of international investments decision (lectures: 4, seminars:
2)
Stock investments and stock markets: international stock markets, risks on international stock markets (lectures: 4, seminars: 2)
Bond investments and bond markets: international bond markets, risks on international bond markets (lectures: 4, seminars: 2)
Alternative investments and their markets (lectures: 2, seminars: 1)
International diversication: diversication, priciples of diversication, arguments for international diversication, arguments against international diversication, international diversication of investments on developed
and emerging markets (lectures: 4, seminars: 2)
Derivative strategies on international markets: forward and futures contracts, swaps, options (lectures: 4,
seminars: 2)
Analyse and evaluation of global investment environment: basic attributes of global investment environment,
analyse and evaluation of return, risks and liquidity of global investment environment (lectures: 2, seminars:
1)
Analyse of global investment processes: institutions of global investments, philosophy and politics of global
investments, forecasting of performance on money and capital marktes, allocation of global investments (lectures: 2, seminars: 1)

Learning outcomes and competences

Generic competences

ability to analyse and synthesize

ability to apply knowledge
ability to make decisions
capacity to adapt to new situations
designing and managing projects
spirit of enterprise

Subject-specic competences

Ability of international investment decisions at the international capital markets

Ability to apply international portfolio theory and risk management in
intermational investment decisions
Knowledge of fundraising options in the international capital markets
Knowledge of impact of the international monetary institutions on the
interantional capital ows

Activities and student workload

Hours of workload
daily attendance

Type of teaching method

Direct teaching
lecture
seminar
Self-study
preparation for exam
elaboration and execution of projects
Total

28
14
40
58
140

Assessment methods
For passing credit of the course student has to defend (about 15 minutes) its semestral work (about 15 pages)
focused on the solution of specic and actual problem in the eld of investment management (passed / not passed).
After that the student will take written (60 minutes, maximum 100 points, mininum for passing is 60 % of total
points) and oral exam (about 20 minutes).

Recommended reading
Type* Author

Title

Published
in

Publisher

Year ISBN

Boston [u.a.]

Pearson [u.a.]

2009 0-321-55212-1

RQ

SOLNIK, B. MCLEAVEY, Global investments

D W.

RQ

SIEGEL, J J.

Stocks for the long run : the denitive guide to

New York
nancial market returns and long-term investment
strategies

McGraw-Hill

2008 978-0-07-149470-0

RQ

KOHOUT, P.

Investin strategie pro tet tiscilet

Praha

Grada

2010 978-80-247-3315-9

RQ

JLEK, J.

Akciov trhy a investovn

Praha

Grada

2009 978-80-247-2963-3

RE

BLACKWELL, W. David GRIFFITHS, D. Mark WINTERS, B. Drew. Modern Financial Markets: Prices, Yields, and Risk Analysis. Vyd.
1. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. 496 s. ISBN: 978-0-470-00010-6.

* RQ required reading, RE additional reading