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    This document outlines a course on financial markets. The course code is FIN 439 and it is worth 3 credit hours. The course aims to examine the nature and functions of domestic and foreign financial markets and how financial institutions and markets are evolving. Key topics covered include money markets, bond markets, stock markets, mortgage markets, foreign exchange markets, and derivatives. Student evaluation will include assignments, presentations, quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Required textbooks are listed.

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    UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT

    FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

    I. COURSE INFORMATION

    Course Name: Financial Markets


    Course Code: FIN 439
    Credit Hours: 3
    Prerequisite: Financial Management
    Class: BBA VII, MBA III

    II. COURSE DESCRIPTION


    The overall objective of this course is to examine the nature, purpose and economic
    functions of financial markets and institutions. The course is important to recognize how
    domestic and foreign financial markets are increasingly integrated and that financial
    intermediaries are evolving towards a single financial services industry.

    III. COURSE OBJECTIVES

    At the end of the course the students will be able:


     To examine the key characteristics, operations, and regulatory aspects of depository and
    non-depository financial institutions, such as commercial banks, securities firms and investment
    banks, and insurance companies.
     To define the various domestic and foreign financial markets and to describe the special
    functions of financial intermediaries.
     To understand and recognize the dramatic changes taking place in the financial services
    industry, leading to a breakdown in inter industry and inter country barriers.

    IV. COURSE OUTCOMES

    The following learning outcomes are to be achieved by the end of this course:

     Ability to understand the structure of financial Markets.


     Ability to examine in depth the various financial markets: participants, securities traded,
    and the trading process.
     Ability to function as a productive member of a work team.

    V. COURSE CONTENTS

     Overview of the Financial System


     Money Market
     Bond Market
     Stock Market
     Mortgage Market
     Foreign Exchange Markets
     Derivatives

    DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE

    Week Topic
    1-2 Overview of the Financial System

     Function of Financial Markets


     Structure of Financial Markets
     Toufeeq Brothers
    3  Why Do Financial Systems exist
     Basic Facts about Financial System
     Transaction Cost
     Lemon Problem
     Financial Panic
     Financial markets driving change at company level: Cembre S.p.
    4-5 Part II: Debt Market
    Money Market
     Purpose of Money Markets
     Participants in Money Markets
     Instruments in Money Markets
     Financial markets driving change at company level: Eramet.
    6 Bond Market
     Purpose of Bond Markets
     Participants in Bond Markets
     Instruments in Bond Markets
     US Junk Bond Bubble: Is History a Better Guide for the Presen
    7 Part IV Foreign Exchange Markets
     Purpose of FX
     Participants
     Instruments
    8 Mid Terms
    9 Mortgage Market
     Mortgage
     Types of Mortgages
     Secondary Mortgage Market (Mortgage Backed Securities)
     Leehman Brothers
    10-11 Part III: Equity Market
    Offering Stock & Monitoring Investor
     Purpose of Stock Market Markets
     Initial Public Offering
     Secondary Stock offering
     Investor participation in secondary market
     Investor Monitoring & Corporate Monitoring
     Barriers to Corporate Control
     Stock Market Transactions
     How Trades are executed
     Deutsche Börse’s Bid for London Stock Exchange: What’s the
    Strategic Fit?
    12 Part V: Derivative Security Markets.
     Purpose
    12-13  Participants
     Instruments
    13 Investment Banks, Security Broker & Dealers, and VC Firms
     Investment Banks
     Security Brokers and Dealers
     Regulations of Securities Firms
     Venture Capital Firms
    14 The International Financial System
     Balance of Payment
     Exchange Rate Regimes
    15 Presentations
    16 Revision

    VI. EVALUATION

    Assignments: 10%
    Presentations: 10%
    Quizzes: 5%
    Mid Term Examination: 25%
    Final Examination: 50%
    Total: 100%

    VII. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK(S)


     Financial Markets and Institutions, by Frederic S. Mishkin and Stanley G. Eakins,
    Pearson Hall, Fifth Edition, 2015.
     Financial Institutions and Markets, by Madura, Jeff , Seventh Edition, 2015.

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