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BANK SIMULATION AND STRATEGY

FINANCE 610
Course Description

Covers advanced asset-liability, hedging, tax minimization, merger/acquisitions and economic value added strategies for depository financial institutions. Students practice these strategies by managing their own bank in a computer simulation model, merging with or acquiring other student's banks using MA software, and by playing a foreign exchange trading simulation.

Prerequisties
Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
4

3.73% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

0.42% from Historical

A Rate
100%

16.5% from Historical

Class Size
22

19.17% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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