- Docente: Roberto Tasca
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics and Business Management (cod. 0029)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is an introduction to the objectives and roles of various financial institutions and markets.
The course has the following specific educational objectives
with reference to the development of skills, knowledge and
abilities that allow the student to:
- gain a basic understanding of the financial system
organization;
- become familiar with key concepts regarding the markets and
financial intermediation, with particular reference to financial
instruments and the markets in which they are traded;
- have an overview of the banking industry and some fundamentals of
financial-statement analysis;
- have some fundamentals of laws and regulations for the purpose of
understanding the institutional framework applicable to
intermediaries, the markets, and market instruments.
Course contents
Introduction to the course.
Structure of the financial system. The market-based and bank-based
financial systems.
The financial markets: classifications.
The financial instruments.
The banking industry and fundamentals of the bank's balance
sheet.
The non-bank financial intermediaries: Sim, merchant banks, mutual
funds, insurance companies.
Fundamentals of financial law and regulations
Readings/Bibliography
R. Corigliano, L'intermediazione finanziaria, vol.1, Bononia University Press, 2007.
Assessment methods
The final exam is written.
In the case of a number of students below 5 can be scheduled an
oral examination.
Office hours
See the website of Roberto Tasca