5110669: C20 Sustainable Finance II

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Semester:SS 21
Type:Module
Language:English
ECTS-Credits:3.0
Scheduled in semester:2
Semester Hours per Week / Contact Hours:30.0 L / 22.5 h
Self-directed study time:67.5 h

Module coordination/Lecturers

Curricula

Master's degree programme in Finance (01.09.2020)

Description

  • Based on Sustainable Finance 1, this second course will concentrate on delivering knowledge on the difference in financial products used in the sustainable investing market, as well as related problems.
  • This module tries to deliver know how for a future job related to financial product developing, portfolio management, financial consulting or relationship management.
  • Interactive lectures with discussion on comparisons across Investment Strategies, purpose and importance of Green Bonds, particular characteristics and problems of Impact Investing and SDG Investing, sustainable investors’ preferences, sustainable mutual funds, sustainable indices and ETFs
  • Students work in groups on a Sustainable Portfolio Project within small groups. Based on their definition of a specific sustainable investor, they develop a portfolio which they present to the investor. They write down their approach, ideas and the methodology in a final report
  • The lecturer tries to organize professional partners supporting Sustainable Portfolio Project.

Learning Outcomes

Students

  • Improve their knowledge in practical issues of sustainable finance.
  • Learn how to solve problems connected with the construction of sustainable portfolios.
  • Learn more about specific financial instruments and indices in Sustainable Investing.
  • Understand different approaches and processes when constructing a sustainable portfolio.
  • Learn about the structure of market participants in sustainable investing.

Qualifications

Lectures Method

  • Dialogical teaching (strong interactive discussion in class on selected in-depth fields of sustainable investing)
  • Case Study Learning in groups (-> cooperative and multi-dimensional learning) and across groups

Exam Modalities

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