FIN2001 – FINANCIAL

MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Lecturer: Nguyen, T.T. Quang (PhD)

Faculty of Banking, UD-DUE
 • Course code: FIN2001
• Credit: 3
• Pre-requisite:
• Macro-economics
OVERVIEW (ECO1001)
• Micro-economics
(MGT1001)

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Course Description

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=550AYq-K5E0

In this course, students will learn:

• what financial markets are
• how financial markets function
• different types of financial institutions
• instruments and policy approaches.

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Learning Outcomes

• The role and the benefits of financial markets, and

intermediaries
• The types of financial markets: fixed-income
security markets, equity markets and derivatives
markets
• The operation of commercial banks and non-bank
financial institutions
• The nature, determination and role of interest rates
• The operation of central banks

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Course Outline

• Chapter 1: Overview of the financial system

• Chapter 2: Interest rates
• Chapter 3: Fixed-income security markets
• Chapter 4: Equity markets
• Chapter 5: Derivatives markets
• Chapter 6: Commercial banks
• Chapter 7: Non-bank financial institution

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Textbooks

• David S. Kidwell, David W. Blackwell, David A. Whidbee, Richard W.

Sias (2012), Financial Institutions, Markets & Money, 11th ed, John
Wiley & Sons.
• Jeff Madura (2015), Financial Markets and Institutions, 11th ed, South-
Western Cengage Learning.
• Federic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins (2018), Financial Markets and
Institutions, 9th ed, Pearson.

Supplementary Reading
• Christopher Viney (2019), Financial Institutions, Instruments & Markets,
9th ed, McGraw-Hill.

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Assessment

Participation End-of-chapter tests

5% 15%

Group assignment Final Exam

20 % 60 %

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 PARTICIPATION (5%)
Performance level
Criteria F D C B A Weight
(0-3.9) (4.0-5.4) (5.5-6.9) (7.0-8.4) (8.5-10)
Attendance
Attendance at Attendance at Attendance at Attendance at
Attendance at class 50%
class <30% class <50% class <70% class <90%
100%
Actively
Occasionally Regularly
Rarely contribute
Not participate and contribute
contribute. and discuss
participate in discuss in class. and discuss in
In-class contribution Contributions in class. The 50%
any class Contributions class. The
are not contribution
activities are rarely contributions
effective. s are very
effective. are effective.
effective.

• Contribution: Discussion in classes, and Elearning forums (exercises)

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GROUP ASSIGNMENT (20%)

Requirements
• Do a research and make a short video (less than
10 mins) about a current issue in finance
• In class discussion about the topic
• Time: Week 9/15
• Group size: 4-5

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 Marking guide
• Total mark = 50% x Peer assessment + 50% x Lecturer assessment
Item Mark
Criteria
(0-10)
A. Content A1 – The topic is hot
(40%) A2 - The topic is interest
A3 – Strong argument and good analysis
A4 – Recommendation
B. Video B1 – Attractivesness
(40%) B2 – Meet time requirement
B3 – Appropriate AV use
B4 – Creativeness/ Impressiveness
C. C1 – Answer all questions
Discussion C2 – The answer shows personal view
(20%)
Total: (A1+A2+…+C2)/10
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