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AFIN3029: Derivative Instruments 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2025 
 
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Part 02: Sample Final Examination Paper 
Part 03: Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
Part 04: Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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Macquarie University - AFIN3029: Derivative Instruments

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

University	Macquarie University
Department	Applied Finance
Unit Code	AFIN3029
Credit Points	10
Unit Name	Derivative Instruments
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	30

This guide provides students an excellent opportunity to familiarise themselves with the content and format of the updated final exam for AFIN3029: Derivative Instruments at Macquarie University in 2025. It also provides a chance to practise effective exam techniques. The guide focuses on core exam questions and includes clear, simple diagrams that enhance understanding and recall during the exam. Thoroughly updated, this self‐study set covers all topics featured in the latest edition of the unit, ensuring that students are fully prepared to tackle the final examination with confidence.

This unit explores the characteristics and pricing of derivatives. The importance of the principles of hedging and arbitrage in derivative pricing, is considered. Derivatives investigated include forwards, futures, options and various structured products. In particular, the unit covers non-standard securities and numerical methods.

Main topics to be covered:

Introduction to Derivatives and Mechanics of Futures Markets
Hedging Strategies Using Futures
Interest Rates
Determination of Forward and Futures Prices
Interest Rate Futures
Swaps
Mechanics of Option Markets and Properties of Option Prices
Trading Strategies Involving Options
Introduction to Binomial Trees
Valuing Stock Options: The Black-Scholes-Merton Model
Options on Stock Indices, Currencies, and Futures
The Greek Letters

Prerequisites: AFIN2050 and (AFIN2070 or STAT2372)

UNIT CODE	UNIT NAME
ACCG1000	Accounting for Decision Making
ACCG1001	Accounting and Governance
ACCG2000	Cost Analysis and Managerial Decision Making
ACCG2024	Financial Accounting and Reporting Analysis
ACCG2051	Governance, Business and Corporations Law
ACCG3008	Business and Risk Advisory
ACCG3020	Tax in Practice
ACST1001	Finance Fundamentals
AFIN1002	Corporate Finance and Capital Markets
AFIN2050	Investments
AFIN3029	Derivative Instruments
AFIN3052	Applied Portfolio Management
AFIN3053	Advanced Corporate Finance
ECON1020	Economics and Business Strategy
ECON2003	Microeconomic Analysis and Applications
ECON2004	Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications
ECON2041	Introductory Econometrics
MGMT1002	Managing for Impact
MKTG1001	Marketing and Value Creation
STAT1103	Introduction to Psychological Design and Statistics
STAT1250	Business Statistics and Insights
STAT1371	Statistical Data Analysis

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