Objectives and competences
1. Understand the complexity of functioning of banks.
2. Acquire specific knowledge in the field of current trends in banking, changes in the field of banking regulative, concepts of measuring bank performance, credit policy management, investment policy management, liquidity management, reserves management and financing decisions management.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Actual trends in banking industry;
Bank regulation and supervision;
Bank performance and financial ratio analysis;
Bank credit policy management;
Decision process of investing in financial market instruments;
Liquidity and reserves management;
Financing decisions management;
Management of interest and non-interest income.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures
AV presentations
Case studies
Readings
Gardner Mona J. , Dixie L. Mills in Elisabeth S. Cooperman. 2000. Managing financial institutions. An asset/liability approach, 4th edition. Orlando: The Dryden Press, Harcourt College Publishers (selected chapters);
Heffernan, Shelaagh. 2005. Modern banking. Chichester: Wiley & Sons (selected chapters);
Casu, Barbara, Claudia Girardone, Philip Molyneux. 2015. Introduction to banking. Pearson Education Limited (selected chapters);
Selected scientific and professional papers in banking.
