Banking, Financial Markets and Systems

MBA II (August - December 2019)

Session-wise schedule up to Mid-Term

(Course Instructor: P C Narayan)

Session 1: Overview of the Financial System

Reading: CM * Section 1 - Financial Statement of Banks

PT ** ME - Chapter 2 - Overview of the Financial System (Exclude 20 – 23,
26 – 27, 32 - 33)

Session 2: Theory and Structure of Interest Rates - 1

Reading: CM Section 2 - Determination of Interest Rates
PT ME - Chapter 5 - How Do Risk and Term Structure Affect Interest Rates?

Session 3: Theory and Structure of Interest Rates - 2

Reading: CM Section 3 - Structure of Interest Rates
PT ME - Chapter 3 - What Do Interest Rates Mean and What is Their Role in
Valuation? (Exclude Calculating Duration Pg. 56 to 60)
Optional reading - Chapter 4 - Why Do Interest Rates Change?

Session 4: The Financial Intermediation process – 1

Reading: PT ME - Chapter 7 - Why Do Financial Institutions Exist? (Exclude 155 – 165)

Session 5: The Financial Intermediation Process – 2

Reading: CM Section 4 : Sources and use of funds

Section 5 : Non-fund Based Services

*CM: Course Material comprising handouts given at the start of the term
** PT: Prescribed Textbook, “Financial Markets and Institutions” by Fredric Mishkin and Stanley Eakins, 6th
edition, published by Pearson (ME)

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Session 6: Financial Markets (Short Term) -1

Reading: PT ME - Chapter 11 - Money Market (Pg. 264 - 284)

Session 7: Financial Markets (Short Term) - 2

Reading: CM Section 6 - Money Markets (Commercial Bills/Discount Market)
PT ME - Chapter 11 - Money Market (Pg. 285 – 290)

Session 8: Financial Markets (Long Term) - 1

Reading: CM Section 7 - Primer on G-Sec Market in India
PT ME - Chapter 12 – The Bond Market
Chapter 13 - The Stock Market

Session 9: Financial Markets (Long Term) - 2

Reading: CM Section 8 - Private Equity Market

Session 10: Financial Systems Technology

Reading: CM Section 9 - Negotiated Dealing System

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