ABOUT THE COURSE: The course aims at providing adequate exposure to the basic concepts and policy issues related to the working of the financial markets nationally and globally. The course will cover basic economic theories related to banking and finance markets, and then will apply those to understand the working of both national and global monetary and other related economic variables. The course will follow a macroeconomic perspective and will discuss recent finance market developments and controversies. The course aim to develop the learning skills of the students in a way that they can apply their knowledge not only at the academic level but also at the managerial and leadership level in the field of financial sector.INTENDED AUDIENCE: Senior UG and PG StudentsINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Academia, Public Policy institutions, Economic Environment Research, Consultancy and Financial firms
Overview
Syllabus
Week 1: An Overview of the Financial System
Week 2:Debt (bond) Markets
Week 3:Debt (bond) Markets (Cont.)
Week 4:Equity Markets
Week 5:Banking sector
Week 6:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations
Week 7:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.)
Week 8:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.)
Week 9:Asymmetric information in finance markets and the rationale for regulations (Cont.)
Week 10:Central banking and finance market outcomes
Week 11:Central banking and finance market outcomes (Cont.)
Week 12:Central banking and finance market outcomes (Cont.)
Taught by
Prof. Sukumar Vellakkal
