WIW12500 – Financial Instruments - Valuation and Accounting

Module
Financial Instruments - Valuation and Accounting
Financial Instruments - Valuation and Accounting
Module number
WIW12500
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Bachelor
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Guido Sopp
Guido.Sopp(at)fh-zwickau.de

Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. rer. oec. Guido Sopp
Guido.Sopp(at)fh-zwickau.de

Course language(s)

English
in "Financial Instruments - Valuation and Accounting"

ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (4.00 SCH Lecture with integrated exercise / seminar-lecture)

Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

schriftliche Prüfungsleistung
Examination time: 90 min | Weighting: 100% | wird in englischer Sprache abgenommen
in "Financial Instruments - Valuation and Accounting"

Media type
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Instruction content/structure
  • Defining key terms: financial instrument, financial asset, financial liability, equity instrument
  • Recognition and de-recognition requirements for financial assets and financial liabilities
  • Classification and measurement of financial assets
  • Classification and measurement of financial liabilities
  • Fair Valuation
  • Accounting for financial derivatives and hedging relationships
  • Expected Credit Loss Accounting
Qualification objectives

Students are introduced to the specifics of valuation and accounting of financial instruments. Focus is on the IFRS requirements. After completing the course, students are in the position to apply the IFRS 9 requirements on financial assets and liabilities. This covers the recognition and de-recognition requirements, classification and measurement, and hedge accounting. As regards valuation, students learn to estimate expected credit losses for financial assets and gain a basic understanding of how fair values of financial instruments need to be determined.

Special admission requirements

keine

Recommended prerequisites
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Continuation options
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Literature
  • IFRS 9, as endorsed by the EU
  • Big 4 Accounting Manuals
  • Papers on IFRS 9
  • Bieg/Waschbusch, Bankbilanzierung (in German), Vahlen
  • Gruenberger, Kreditrisiko im IFRS-Abschluss (in German), Schaeffer-Poeschel
Notes
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