ACTL3182 Asset-Liability and Derivative Models (UNSW Sydney): rated 3.0/5 overall across 8 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
ACTL3182 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the UNSW Business School in School of Risk and Actuarial Studies. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 资产负债与衍生品模型
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Risk and Actuarial Studies
Faculty: UNSW Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This course is to provide students with an appreciation of the mathematical and economic models of investment markets and highlight their application (and shortcomings) in asset-liability management for insurance, superannuation and funds management and in the pricing of derivatives. Topics covered include; risk and utility; risk measures; mean variance models; factor models; asset liability models using portfolio selection models; equilibrium and arbitrage-free valuation;…
ACTL3182 has 8 scored reviews: overall 3.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 8 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.0/5).
On Reddit: "**ACTL3182 - Asset-Liability and Derivative Models** Postgrad Equivalent: ACTL5109 Assumed Knowledge: ACTL2111 and ACTL2102 Assessments: * 10% Formative (Storywall) * 20% Assignment * 70% Finals Lecture recording? Yes Lecturer: A/Prof. Jonathan Ziveyi (3/5). He is very knowledga…"
On Reddit: "I think the requirement was that you needed to complete 4x level 3 ACTL courses to be eligible for graduation. In my opinion, the easiest to hardest subjects are: 1. ACTL3142 (barely any maths, just need to be good in R and yapping) 2. ACTL3162 (teaching staff is really helpful …"
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Q: Is ACTL3182 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 8 reviews: overall 3.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches ACTL3182, and when is it offered?
A: ACTL3182 is taught by the UNSW Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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