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FI2501: FINANCIAL MARKETS AND REGULATION (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

This course provides students with an understanding of the financial system, primarily from a UK perspective, introducing students to the reasons for, and nature of, financial markets and institutions before moving on to explore the need and importance of financial regulation, and investigating the causes and consequences of the recent global financial crisis. The course will introduce students to a variety of topics including the role of wholesale and retail banks, non-bank financial institutions, the debt and equity markets, and the derivative markets; market efficiency, UK and international regulation, consumer protection and market abuse.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Second Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Laura McCann

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

None.

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

  1. Analysis of the economics of financial markets, services and products.
  2. Identification of the sources and persistence of market failure in financial services and the classic regulatory issues.
  3. Study of the regulatory issues, models and structures exposed in the regulation of the banking industry, in the UK and internationally.
  4. Extension of regulatory principles to the analysis of other segments of financial services, notably markets in insurance.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (60%). One 3,000 word group report on a case study (40%).

Resit: 1 two-hour written examination (100%).

Formative Assessment

Generic feedback on seminar work following each seminar. Feedback on group report.

Feedback

Seminar leaders will deliver written feedback to seminar groups after each seminar. Groups receive written feedback and indicative CAS on the assessed case study report within 2 weeks of submission.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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