- Docente: Stefano Cenni
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Business Administration (cod. 8871)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Management and Marketing (cod. 8406)
Learning outcomes
This course will help you understand the role that financial institutions and markets play in the business environment and the connection between financial markets, financial institutions and the economy.
Course contents
Overview of financial institutions and markets.
Determinants of interest rates and security valuation.
Monetary policy in the Euro area.
Money markets, bond markets, mortgage markets, stock markets, foreign exchange markets, derivative securites markets.
Commercial bank management and regulation.
Other financial institutions: insurance companies, securities firms, mutual funds, pension funds.
Readings/Bibliography
A. Ferrari ed al., Il sistema finanziario: funzioni, mercati e intermediari, Torino, Giappichelli, quinta edizione, 2016. Saltare nel capitolo 5 il solo paragrafo 4 (da p. 133 a p. 149); nel capitolo 6 il paragrafo 4, ma solo da p. 199 a p. 210.
A. Ferrari ed al., Strumenti e prodotti finanziari: bisogni di investimento, finanziamento, pagamento e gestione dei rischi, Torino, Giappichelli, 2017. Saltare nel capitolo 3 il par. 2, nel capitolo 5 le appendici B e C. Mel capitolo 10 studiare solo i parr. 2 e 3.
F. Mishkin, Eakins G., Forestieri G., Istituzioni e mercati finanziari, Milano-Torino, Pearson Italia, ottava edizione, 2015. Chi intende portare questo manuale invece dei precedenti deve concordare col docente i capitoli da studiare.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
Written exam.
Teaching tools
Slides and other readings on the course web page.
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Cenni