FINANCIAL MARKETS

Code Cours
2324-IÉSEG-BB2S1-FIN-BB2CE01UE
Language of instruction
English
Teaching content
FINANCE
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Training officer(s)
A.BURIETZ
Stakeholder(s)
Aurore Burietz-Barakat
Level
Bachelor in International Business
Program year
Period

Présentation

Prerequisite
Finance Fundamentals
Goal
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Be familiarized with characteristics and mechanisms of financial markets.
- Know the main financial products (bonds, stocks, funds) and their functions.
- Employ state-of-the-art management techniques and acquire fundamental knowledge of major financial instruments.
- Understand the sources and causes of financial crises.
Presentation
1) Overview of the financial system
2) Debt market
3) Stock market
4) Mutual Funds
5) Financial crisis

Modalités

Organization
Type Amount of time Comment
Présentiel
Cours interactif 24,00 In class, 60% of the time will be devoted to the course and 40% to the tutorials.
Autoformation
Lecture du manuel de référence 16,00 Some chapters of a reference book will be provided to students to be read at home as a complement to course content.
Travail personnel
Charge de travail personnel indicative 35,00 Students will have to work on tutorials before coming to the class and they will have to read research papers on financial crises. Tutorials corrections and questions on these articles will be done in class.
Overall student workload 75,00
Evaluation
The mid-term is a MCQ and is in general easy. The feedback with grades are provided during the session following the MCQ. The final exam consists in exercises, problems, and open questions. It is harder. The feedback is provided directly on the exam with professor's comments available to students that wish to better understand their grade.
Control type Duration Amount Weighting
Contrôle continu
QCM 1,00 1 30,00
Examen (final)
Examen écrit 2,00 1 70,00
TOTAL 100,00

Ressources

Bibliography
"Financial markets and institutions" - The customized book of Mishkin , Pearson,

7th edition