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FI2501: FINANCIAL MARKETS AND REGULATION (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


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 Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Chunxia Jiang

Qualification Prerequisites

  • One of Programme Level 2 or Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

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

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

i. Group coursework (2000 words, 30%) to be submitted by 11:59pm Friday 19th March 2021;

ii. Individual essay (2500 words, 70%) to be submitted by 11:59pm Friday 7th May 2021 

 

Resit (for students who took the course in Academic Year 2020/21):   

Resit the individual essay worth the overall mark (100%)

Resit (for students who took the course in Academic Year 2019/20 or for C8 students):   
 
Resit the individual essay worth the overall mark (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualRememberILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.
 

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