Course Title Financial Markets and Institutions
Level Intermediate
Aimed at General Management, Finance Stream
Importance Core and Specilization
Pre requisites Financial Accounting and Management Accounting and Financial Management I and II
Learning Objective After attending this course a student will be in a position to understand the functioning of financial markets and participate in the activities of Financial Institutions.
Pedagogy Class Room Lectures, Movies and Group Assignment Exploratory Research
Assuring Learning Group Projects, Assignments and continous assessment ensures learning outcome is satisfactory.
   
 
     
 
Session 1 Introduction to Financial Markets
Session 2 Financial Intermediaries and Financial Innovation
Session 3 Role of Regulator and Government in Financial Markets
Session 4 Depository Institutions: Activities and Characteristics.
Session 5 Central Banks and Creation of Money, Monetary Policy
Session 6 Insurance Companies and Exchange Traded Funds
Session 7 Pension Funds
Session 8 Properties and Pricing of Financial Assets
Session 9 The Level and Structure of Interest Rates
Session 10 Term Structure of Interest Rates
Session 11 Risk/Return and Asset Pricing Models
Session 12 Primary Markets and Underwriting of Securities
Session 13 Secondary Markets
Session 14 Treasury and Agency Security Market
Session 15 International Stock Markets
Session 16 Market for Corporate Debt Instruments
Session 17 Mortgage Backed Securities , Asset Backed Securities
Session 18 Financial Derivatives
Session 19 and 20