FI2501: FINANCIAL MARKETS AND REGULATION (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19

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

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

Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
Programme Level 2
Either FI1004 Finance 1: Finance, Risk and Investment (Passed) or PO1002 Finance, Risk and Investment (Passed)

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?

Course Description

Analysis of the economics of financial markets, services and products.
Identification of the sources and persistence of market failure in financial services and the classic regulatory issues.
Study of the regulatory issues, models and structures exposed in the regulation of the banking industry, in the UK and internationally.
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

Alternative Assessment

Group coursework (2000 words, 30%)

On campus Exam (70%)

Alternative Resit Assessment

Exam (100%)

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Factual	Remember	ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide.