OVERVIEW

The course aims at providing students with adequate instruments to understand and critically analyze the financial sector from the legal point of view. We will examine prudential regulation, conduct of business rules and the main contracts, taking into account recent developments and scientific debates within the sector, both nationally and internationally, and using seminars to analyze the most interesting and relevant to banking law cases, while developing research and critical analysis skills. 

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Knowledge and understanding: the students will acquire adequate knowledge and understanding of the main concepts and rules in the area of banking law, capital markets and competition (with particular regard to TUB, TUF and EU law) (advanced alphabetic-functional competence with open badge)
• Ability to apply knowledge and understanding. The students will be able to apply the knowledge to practical cases, conduct research and understand and solve technical issues emerging in practice in deploying technology to the financial sector
• Critical and autonomous thinking. The students will develop the ability to use and apply their knowledge from a theoretical and practical point of view in different contexts, with autonomous critical thinking (advanced personal compentence with open badge)
• Communication skills. The students will acquire the ability to use the technical language used by lawyers and by the financial sector to communicate with professionals, experts but also the general public; thanks to the participation to the seminars and work groups, students will develop soft skills (presentation, communication, team work: advanced social competence; creative competence with open badge)
• Learning skills. The students will develop learning skills which will allow them to keep deepen independently new issues and future applications in the area of financial markets and to adequately deal with the challenges that might emerge in their future working context (advanced learn how to learn competence with open badge).

TEACHING METHODS

Lessons (with active participation of students; instant pools, case-based learning) and seminars (with presentations by students; project-based and case-based teaching; team based learning, debate, etc.). 

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course will be complemented by seminars prepared by group of students (on a voluntary basis, obtaining additional points and 4 open badges) addressing practical cases or certain topics deserving special attention to better understand banking regulation, such as: microcredit, peer-to-peer lending and investment-based crowdfunding, virtual currencies, crypto-assets and stablecoin, online banking, fintech banks, Antonveneta, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Carige, Fortis-Dexia, 'four banks' cases, islamic finance, Brexit, Big tech, Amazon lending, Gamestop, Wirecard, etc..

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Please see the course's page on Aulaweb for updated information.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

EUGENIA MACCHIAVELLO (President)

MATTEO GARGANTINI

CHRISTIAN MEZZANO (Substitute)

LUISA NENCI (Substitute)

CHIARA VALENTI (Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

February 2025

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral exam aimed at verifying both the general understanding of the area of study and the knowledge on specific topics. For students participating to classes (at least 60%) there might be the possibility to take a mid-term exam on the first part of the syllabus. The final grade will be then be determined by the average of mid-term grade and the oral exam grade plus possible additional points received with the active participation in class and seminars/working groups. 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Students will be graded based on a oral exam, with questions to test their knowledge about specific topics but also about the underlying rationales of financial regulation and reasoning. For students attending 60%, a mid-term exam might contribute to the final grade and additional points granted based on the active participation in class and the preparation of presentations in working groups  classes. 

Students with a disability or SLD certification may request the use of compensatory measures (e.g. additional time, concept maps and diagrams, modifications in the written/oral mode) during the examination, following the procedure indicated in the guidelines (p. 5) published here.  

Exam schedule