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Financial Markets and Institutions (VT IFS)

Financial Markets and Institutions (VT IFS)

Study Programmes
Bachelor's degree programme in Business Administration
Project Description
  • Overview on financial markets and financial system
  • Financial markets: money market, bond market, stock market, mortgage market, foreign exchange markets
  • International financial market
  • Market efficiency
  • The nature and variety of financial intermediation and financial intermediaries
  • Bank risks, spot lending and credit risk
  • Bank capital structure and objectives of bank regulation
Teaching Method
Lecture
Learning Outcomes The students...
Professional Competence
  • understand the structures of the bond, stock, and foreign exchange markets, and how they channel funds and promote economic efficiency
  • know and analyze characteristics of different financial asset classes and have a basic understanding about valuation
  • know the mechanism of the international financial system
  • know the relevance of efficient financial markets and financial intermediaries for economic welfare
  • know and identify the different forms, products, services and contributions of financial institutions to financial markets
  • know and understand the use of securitization
Methodological Competence
  • understand the specific characteristics of financial markets and instruments and learn which markets and instruments to use in particular cases
  • are aware of sources of information regarding financial markets, financial institutions, financial assets as well as clients
  • understand the implementation of financial models for analyzing financial markets, institutions and client
  • are able to apply methodologies regarding measurement and management of bank risks (i.e. duration, convexity, asset liability management etc.)
  • understand and are able to work with evaluation criteria for the use of securitization on financial markets
Social Competence
  • interpret arguments and facts during presentations of the lecturer and fellow students and react with critical questions
  • improve communication skills by debating their point of view in discussions during the lecture
Personal Competence
  • develop enthusiasm and the willingness to learn new things independently
  • develop a critical and evaluative mind regarding developments in banking and financial markets
  • develop an independent thinking and evaluation related to all kind of events related to financial markets and financial institutions, based on an ongoing discussion of news in class
Requirements (formal)
Enrollment from WS23/24
These admission requirements:
  • To register for modules in the specialization, the modules Statistics, Business Mathematics, and English I must have been successfully completed.
  • In addition, the module Finance must have been successfully completed in order to register for the IFS specialization.

Enrollment before WS23/24
Either the above admission requirements or:
  • To register for modules in the specialization, modules worth at least 45 ECTS credits from the first year of study and the module English I must have been successfully completed.
  • Elective courses are not taken into account at all for these regulations.
Module number:
6110882
Semester:
SS 26
ECTS Credits:
3
Courses:
28 L / 21 h
Self-study:
69 h
Language:
English
Scheduled Semester:
4