About This Course

With the rapid development of modern social economy, it is important to study finance with many reasons such as managing personal resources, dealing with the world of business and pursuing interesting and rewarding career opportunities. Finance can also expand the understanding of how the real word works.

The main objective of this course is to understand the basic concepts and quantitative models about the finance theory. The course is designed such a way that students are able to do the analysis of intertemporal trade-offs, asset valuation and risk management; to deal with decision problems such as life-cycle financial planning, investments and capital budgeting.

Requirements

Basic knowladge about economics.

Course Staff

Assistant professor of the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Ningbo University. Her major is applied statistics focusing on distribution theory and sample selection. She has one research project supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China. More than ten academic papers have been published on academic journals like “Journal of Multivariate Analysis”and “Computational Statistics and Data Analysis”. Main courses include “Financial Economics”, “Probability and Statistics” and “Multivariate Statistical Analysis”.

Associate professor and master supervisor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Ningbo University. Main research interests are nonlinear control, stochastic control and generalized Hamiltonian system. He has obtained five research projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Ministry of Education. More than twenty academic papers and teaching research papers have been published high-level journals. Main courses include “Calculus”, “Linear Algebra”, and “Complex Function” et al.

Assistant professor of the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Ningbo University. Mainly engages in teaching and research in probability statistics, actuarial science, and other fields. Main courses include “Mathematics of Compound Interest“, “Probability Statistics”, “Financial Economics”, “Financial Mathematics”, and “Mathematics of Actuarial Science” et al. He was awarded “Wang Kuancheng Talent Education Award of Ningbo University”, “Teaching Achievement Award of Ningbo University” and “Teaching Achievement Award of Ningbo City”. He advises students to participate in many contests and have obtained 1 first prize and 4 second prizes in China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling, and two Meritorious Winners and six Honorable Mentions in MCM/ICM(Mathematical Contest In Modeling/Interdisciplinary Contest In Modeling).

Professor and master supervisor at the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Ningbo University. Main research interests are financial engineering, insurance actuary and analysis of high frequency data in finance. Main courses include “Financial Mathematics”, “Mathematics of Actuarial Science”, and “Financial Risk Management” et al. He has one research project supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, two projects supported by National Humanities and Social Science Fund of Education, two projects supported by Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China, and four projects supported by Ningbo City. More than fifty academic papers have been published in journals such as “Insurance: Mathematics and Economics”, “Stochastic Analysis and Applications” and “Insurance Study”. He is a specially commentator in journal “Mathematical Reviews” and also reviewer for many journals such as “Insurance: Mathematics and Economics”, “Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics”, and “Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization” et al.

Associate professor and director of the Department of Financial Engineering at the School of Mathematics and Statistics in Ningbo University. He is also vice president of the Municipal Statistics Society of Ningbo, and member of the organizing committee of the Zhejiang division of the China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling. Mainly engages in teaching and research in probability statistics, actuarial science, and other fields. Main courses include “Probability Theory”, “Mathematical Statistics”, “Applied Statistical Analysis”, “Financial Mathematics”, “Models of Actuarial Science”, and “R Program” et al. He was awarded first prize in Youth Excellence Award Competition of Teaching Skills in ZheJiang Province, “Outstanding Teaching Award” in Ningbo University Sincere Scholarship Fund, “Wang Kuancheng Talent Education Award of Ningbo University”, second prize in “Teaching Innovation Award of Ningbo University” and “Teaching Achievement Award of Ningbo City”. He advises students to participate in many contests and have obtained 5 first prize in China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling.

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