Course 2024-2025 a.y.

30367 - FINANCE (MODULE I) - FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Department of Finance

Course taught in English

Student consultation hours
Go to class group/s: 24 - 26
WBB (6 credits - I sem. - OB  |  SECS-P/11)
Course Director:
NICOLA GENNAIOLI

Classes: 24 (I sem.) - 26 (I sem.)
Instructors:
Class 24: JOSEFINA CENZON, Class 26: JOSEFINA CENZON


Suggested background knowledge

Mathematics (applied), Management, Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis.

Mission & Content Summary

MISSION

The main objective of this course is to provide the students with a general understanding of the different functions performed by financial markets and institutions and their role in the economic system. We start by giving a brief overview of the functions of the financial system and its connections to the real economy. We then study the functioning of financial markets and the main financial instruments. Finally, we study the economics of different types of financial institutions.

CONTENT SUMMARY

  1. The first part of the course analyzes in detail the characteristics of the major financial assets, and describes the institutional characteristics of the markets in which these assets are traded.
  2. The second part of the course studies in detail the objectives as well as the organization of the major financial intermediaries (commercial banks, investment banks, mutual funds) that allow to match demand and supply of funds when securities markets do not function perfectly.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILO)

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

At the end of the course student will be able to...
  • Understand the functioning of financial markets and the role of financial institutions within the economic system.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

At the end of the course student will be able to...
  • Interpret and assess the role of financial institutions and their behavior within the economic system.

Teaching methods

  • Lectures
  • Individual works / Assignments

DETAILS

Face to face lessons wil be recorded and posted online.  There will be four online problem sets to allow students to practice. 


Assessment methods

  Continuous assessment Partial exams General exam
  • Written individual exam (traditional/online)
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ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

There is one final, multiple choice, exam. The exam questions are designed to verify the ability of students to identify the economic and legal characteristics of different financial assets, the various segments as well as the functioning of financial markets, and the institutional features and management principles of the different financial intermediaries studied during the course. 


Teaching materials


ATTENDING AND NOT ATTENDING STUDENTS

  • F.S. MISHKIN , S.G. EAKINS, Financial Markets & Institutions, Pearson Education, 2014, 9th edition.

  • Lecture notes and other materials are made available online on the course webpage.

Last change 03/06/2024 08:52