Modern Financial Markets &

Institutions

Course Objectives & Contents

 Course Objectives

You should acquire adequate knowledge

about financial markets in which funds
are transferred from savers to users.
You should acquire adequate knowledge
about financial institutions, which are
very crucial – as financial intermediaries-
for well-functioning financial markets.

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 Course Objectives

You should acquire adequate

knowledge and skills about Managing
Risk in Financial Institutions.

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 Course Contents

To reach the preceding objectives, we are

going to cover the following topics.
 Chapter 1: Why Study Financial Markets
and Institutions?
 Chapter 2: Overview of the Financial
System
 Chapter 3: What Do Interest Rates Mean
and What Is Their Role in Valuation?

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 Chapter 4: Why Do Interest Rates Change?

 Chapter 5: How Do Risk and Term Structure
Affect Interest Rates?
 Chapter 6: Are Financial Markets Efficient?
 Chapter 7: Why Do Financial Institutions
Exist?

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 Chapter 8: Why Do Financial Crises Occur

and Why Are They So Damaging to the
Economy?
 Chapter 13 The Stock Market
 Chapter 15: The Foreign Exchange Market
 Chapter 17: Banking and the Management of
Financial Institutions

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 Chapter 18: Financial Regulation

 Chapter 23: Risk Management in
Financial Institutions

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 The Course Assessment

 15% assignments.
 25% mid-term exam.
 60% final exam.

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 Our Reference

Financial Markets and Institutions – 7 th

Edition.
Frederic S. Mishkin - Graduate School
of Business, Columbia University
Stanley G. Eakins - East Carolina
University

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