A Short Course on Shipping Finance

Name of Professor:Prof. Theodore SYRIOPOULOS

 

Subject Description:

The course aims to develop the following key fields:

-explain in depth the fundamental theoretical and empirical framework for efficient shipping financial and risk management

-analyse investment, financing and business decisions in shipping and implement shipping risk management tools

-equip students with knowledge, skills and instruments that support their critical judgement for rational financial and risk management decisions and firm value enhancement in shipping.

 

Enable students to:

-set the background against which global shipping has grown over the last decades

-understand the fundamental characteristics of the shipping markets and the core types of shipping risks in a competitive, volatile and cyclical business environment

-evaluate alternative investment appraisal methods to shipping investment projects

-study the role and functions of global capital markets and comprehend the fund-raising process of shipping firms, including IPOs, high-yield bonds and bank lending

-explain important risk management tools in shipping business, such as Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs)

-utilize modern risk management to hedging financial risks in shipping.

 

Learning Outcomes:

-build a concise framework that integrates core financial decisions of the shipping firm from a theoretical and an empirical perspective

-support graduates undertake critical decisions to key fundamental issues in shipping financial and risk management

-critically evaluate sensitive shipping investment, financial and risk management decision alternatives

-familiarize and implement modern risk management techniques, to control for shipping financial risk exposures

-develop practical and integrated financial and risk managerial expertise on global shipping business.


Syllabus - Lectures Outline:

Lecture Day 1:       World Economy & Shipping Market Dynamics

World Economy, International Trade & Shipping

Structure of Shipping Markets

 

Lecture Day 2:       Shipping Markets’ Structure and Characteristics

Shipping Demand & Supply Dynamics

Characteristics & Idiosyncrasies of Shipping Markets

 

Lecture Day 3:       Managerial Decisions in Shipping Business

Trends & Milestones in Modern Shipping

Critical Managerial Decisions in Shipping Business

 

Lecture Day 4:       Investment Decisions in Shipping

Investment Appraisal in Shipping

Empirical Cases in Shipping Investment Decisions

 

Lecture Day 5:       Financing Decisions in Shipping

Funding Sources & Cost of Capital in Shipping

Global Capital Markets in Shipping Finance

Bank Finance in Shipping

 

Lecture Day 6:       Risk Management Decisions in Shipping 1

Understanding the Concept of Risk

 

Lecture Day 7:       Risk Management Decisions in Shipping 2

Types of Risks in Shipping Business

Risk Management Process

 

Lecture Day 8:       Risk Management Decisions in Shipping 3

Forward Financial Instruments & Shipping Derivatives (FFAs)

Hedging Freight Risk in Shipping with FFAs

Empirical Cases in Shipping Finance & Risk Management

 

Lecture Day 9:       Written Exam Test

 

E-Lecture Plan on ZOOM Platform:

MONDAY, 1-MARCH, 09.00-11.20

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