Objectives and competences
1. Enhance their theoretical knowledge in the field of finance and are able to apply it.
2. Gain the ability to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice in the field of financial markets and instruments.
3. Acquire analytical approach to analysis of financial markets and instruments.
4. Acquire advanced knowledge of basic theoretical approaches in the field of financial markets and instruments.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Introduction to the Financial System: concepts of financial markets, money market, capital market, stock-exchange market, market for derivatives, exchange-rate market;
Financial market institutions and market regulation;
Financial investments, formless portfolios (deposits, bank funds, credits), securities, debt and equity, investments;
Basics of market and non-market financial instruments, efficiency of the market;
Financial intermediaries and institutions, concepts, role and structure, deposit and non-deposit intermediaries, banks, investments funds, insurance companies, stock-brokers, pension funds, other financial institutions;
International financial market, security market, stock-exchange, country risks, euro-market, euro-deposit market, euro-bond market, euro-credits and euro-equity market, euro-currency and foreign currency market;
Static and dynamic methods of financial investments, financial market and enterprises, taxation and financial investments decisions;
Current financial trends analysis with case studies from national and global financial markets.
