Financial Markets and Institutions

6 ECTS credits
157 h study time

Offer 2 with catalog number 1006310BER for all students in the 1st semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester

1st semester

Enrollment based on exam contract

Possible

Grading method

Grading (scale from 0 to 20)

Can retake in second session

Yes

Enrollment Requirements

Students must have taken 'Intermediate Macro-economics' or 'Macro-economie', before they can enroll in ‘Financial Markets and Institutions'. Voor studenten Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen die dit opleidingsonderdeel opnemen, moeten geslaagd zijn voor ‘Inleiding tot de macro-economie’. Studenten die ingeschreven zijn in de verkorte bachelor Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, kunnen inschrijven voor dit opleidingsonderdeel. Studenten ingeschreven voor het Schakelprogramma Educatieve Master kunnen inschrijven voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Taught in

English

Faculty

Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool

Department

Business

Educational team

Rudy Vandorpe
Geert Gielens (course titular)

Activities and contact hours

26 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
118 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study

Course Content

Part I: The functions of money and the role of central banks. .
Part II: Activities of different types of financial institutions.
part III: organisation of financial regulation
Part IV: Financial instruments in fixed income and equity markets and the organisation of financial markets.

Course material

Digital course material (Required) : Power Point Presentation, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Contemporary Financial Intermediation, S.I. Greenbaum, A.V. Thakor and A.W.A. Boot, 3rd edition, Academic Press

Additional info

Not applicable.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

At the end of this course, students

know and understand the working of the different financial institutions, and the interplay with adequate financial regulation.
understand why the current financial landscape is shaped as it is.
understand the working of fixed income and equity markets.
can independently solve excercises and cases related to the valuation of different financial instruments.
knows (and is capable to reproduce) the factual information and is capable to build reasonings based on facts.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

Written Exam with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Not applicable.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark

The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context