Course description
The course examines the instruments and institutions that make up the financial system of the modern economy, such as bonds, stocks, derivatives, and the money market, as well as the role of banks in deposit and credit creation, insurance companies, asset management companies, etc.. Along the way, standard concepts and tools of financial analysis are covered, including the risk-return trade-off , the evaluation of financial instruments, the diversification of risk.
The course introduces to the knowledge of financial intermediaries, covering the following issues: role of financial intermediation in the economic system, economic functions of financial intermediaries, theory of financial intermediation, regulation and supervision, financial intermediaries’ income statement and balance sheet, financial intermediaries’ risks, financial instruments, organisation of financial markets.
Lectures and seminars
Anthony Saunders and Marcia Cornett, (2018), "Financial Markets and Institutions", Mc-Graw-Hill, 7th Edition.ns, MCGraw- Hill, 2015, 6th edition.
Ricevimento: Thursday, 14.15. Possible changes will be communicated through the Aulaweb portal.
FRANCESCA QUERCI (President)
BARBARA ALEMANNI
MARCO DI ANTONIO
LAURA NIERI
Sem: II
FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS A
Written examination, in English.
The students who fail the exam can repeat it with no limitations.
Attendance
Not compulsory