FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Course Description

This course is designed to provide students with a basic knowledge of financial institutions and markets play in the business environment. The banking system, the interest rates, the derivatives, and the Federal Reserve System will be analyzed in this course. On successful completion of this course, all students will have developed knowledge and understanding of Financial environment; Role of Financial Markets and Institutions,Securities traded in Primary and Secondary Markets, Derivatives, spot and farword and future markets, Monetary Authorities,Monetary Policy , Money Markets, Capital Markets, Supply and Demend for loandable funds Other Lending Institutions: Savings Institutions,Credit Unions, and Finance Companies, Managing Risk off the Balance Sheet with Derivative Securities. Types of Risks Incurred By Financial Institutions.

FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

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Course outcomes

1. 01 Financial environment;
2. 02 Role of Financial Markets and Institutions
3. 03 Securities traded in Primary and Secondary Markets
4. 04 Monetary Authorities
5. 05 Monetary Policy
6. 06 Money Markets
7. 07 Risk in investing Mortgages and Financial crises
8. 08 Equity markets
9. 09 Commercial banking
10. 10 Regulation of banks

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Anthony Saunders 6th edition financial markets and institutions

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 Discussing the Role of Financial Markets and Institutions SOLO 5
2. L02 Securities traded in Primary and Secondary Markets
3. L03 Monetary Authorities
4. L04 Monetary Policy
5. L05 Money Markets

Program Outcomes

1. P01 PO1: Engaged in insightful thinking leading to self-learning and lifelong learning.
2. P02 PO2: Established a general knowledge of economics sufficient to work independently through specific learned techniques generated via individual efforts and study.
3. P03 PO3: Reached the required knowledge and skills to understand social, economic and legal issues both within national, international and global contexts and apply theoretical knowledge of economics to practice.
4. P04 PO4: Adopted the ability to critically evaluate, analyze and interpret information gathered through the use of related statistical software programs to suggest creative solutions for economic problems and make relevant economic decisions.
5. P05 PO5: Been aware of gathering and analyzing data through the application of appropriate technological tools in an ethical and safe manner in order to generate economic decisions and policy suggestions.
6. P06 PO6: Been equipped with conceptual and analytical skills essential for team-working and collaborations for economic decision making for a variety of economic concepts in national and global environment.
7. P07 PO7: Endowed with both oral and written communication skills within the economic field to effectively study and work in an international environment
8. P08 PO8: Been able to transfer theoretical knowledge to real life economic environment: to generate policies for microeconomic and macroeconomic problems faced by individuals, firms and governments at national, international and global context.
9. P09 PO9: Developed an ability to apply economic analysis to everyday problems in real world through the development of ethical perspectives and social responsibilities at work and in personal life.

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