Inancial Ystem: Prof. Manoharan.M
Inancial Ystem: Prof. Manoharan.M
Inancial Ystem: Prof. Manoharan.M
Prof. Manoharan.M
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Financial system is all about
Financial institutions
Financial markets
Financial instruments
Legal and Regulatory mechanism
Participants and circular flow of money
Various functions (savings ,investments, credit, capital
etc )
Financial System is
• the collection of markets, institutions, laws, regulations, and
techniques
• through which bonds, stocks, and other securities are traded,
interest rates are determined, and financial services are produced
and delivered around the world.
FINANCIAL SYSTEM –CONTD.,
The financial system
Channelizing flows
produces and distributes financial services
supply of credit which allows businesses, households,
and governments to invest and acquire assets
The financial system of money and capital
markets
i. determines amount and cost of credit available
ii. determines the supply and cost of credit
iii. affects the health and growth of the global economy
and our own economic welfare.
Financial
System
Savings function
Wealth function
Liquidity function
Credit function
Payment function
Policy function
FACTORS TYING ALL FINANCIAL MARKETS
TOGETHER
Credit, the common commodity.
The shifting of borrowers among markets helps to
weld the financial system together and to balance
the costs of credit in the different markets.
Speculation and arbitrage.
help to level out prices and maintain price
consistency among the markets.
Perfect and efficient markets.
Some research evidence suggesting that financial
markets are closely tied to one another due to their
near perfection and efficiency.
Financial markets in the real world.
In the real world however, market imperfection and
information asymmetry exist.
THE DYNAMIC FINANCIAL SYSTEM
The global financial system is rapidly changing.
In particular, the trend towards the global
integration of financial systems has been aided
by the gradual deregulation of financial
institutions and services as well as the
increasing harmonization of their regulations.
Reasons for dynamic nature
1. Globalization and financial Globalization
2. Financial Engineering
3. Privatization
4. Disinvestments
5. Mergers & Acquisitions
6. Securitization
7. Role of technology in the Fin. System
FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE CRISES
Banking crisis
Stock market speculative bubble and crash
Currency crisis
Trade wars and Currency wars
Global financial crisis – contagion and spillover