| Title: | Banking & Financial Markets |
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| Long Title: | Banking & Financial Markets |
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| Field of Study: |
Banking, Finance and Investment
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| Valid From: |
Semester 2 - 2021/22 ( January 2022 ) |
| Module Coordinator: |
CAROLINE O REILLY |
| Module Author: |
Sinead Huskisson |
| Module Description: |
Analysis and discussion of key banking activities (inc. financial markets), management issues and controversies. The course content will be informed by an international perspective. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Describe the role of financial institutions and assess the challenges they face. |
| LO2 |
Develop strategies for managing liquidity and solvency within regulatory frameworks. |
| LO3 |
Explain and quantify the different types of risk faced by financial institutions. |
| LO4 |
Develop strategies for risk mitigation by financial institutions. |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| A module in financial management, finance or economics successfully taken at level 7. |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Banking Fundamentals
Financial intermediation / theories / benefits, role of banks, banks and other financial institutions, regulatory framework, current issues in banking, forces of change in banking. Types of banking / retail, corporate, investment banking. Role of central banks.
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Financial Markets
Bond prices & the determination of interest rates, term structure of interest rates, IR derivatives / futures, options & swaps, FX & FX markets. Bank funding operations, treasury operations, proprietary trading.
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Banking Management
Balance sheet & income structure, bank performance and financial ratio analysis, asset liability management, liquidity management and reserves, capital adequacy management, off balance sheet activities, loan sales & securitisation.
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Risk Management
Credit risk, interest rate risk, funding risk, FX risk, market risk, operational risk, capital risk and solvency, risk interaction. Managing risks. Quantitative examples.
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 100.00% |
| Course Work |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Presentation |
For example: create a poster to analyse a financial institution with a focus on liquidity and solvency issues and relevant risk management approaches. |
1,2 |
40.0 |
Week 8 |
| Written Report |
For example: Create a report to critically analyse a financial institution with an emphasis on the challenges faced and risk mitigation measures available. |
1,2,3,4 |
60.0 |
Sem End |
| No End of Module Formal Examination |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Coursework Only
This module is reassessed solely on the basis of re-submitted coursework. There is no repeat written examination.
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The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Lectures |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Study |
4.0 |
Every Week |
4.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Lecture |
2.0 |
Every Week |
2.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Study |
5.0 |
Every Week |
5.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
2.00 |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
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- Casu, Girardone, Molyneaux 2021, Introduction to Banking, 3rd Ed., PearsonEd London [ISBN: 9781292240367]
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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- Arnold 2014, FT Guide to Banking, Financial Times London [ISBN: 9780273791829]
- Ritter, Silber, Udell 2013, Principles of Money, Banking & Financial Markets, 12th Ed., PearsonEd [ISBN: 9781292042046]
| | Recommended Article/Paper Resources |
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- Financial Times
- The Economist
- The Banker
| | This module does not have any other resources |
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Module Delivered in
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