Financial Institutions and Markets

COURSE LAYOUT

Week 1: Introduction to Financial System and Economic Development
Indicators of Financial Development
Week 2:Concepts Related to Financial Markets and Institutions
·Concept of Risk
·Concept and types of return and yield
·Asset Pricing Models
·Valuation of Assets Week 3: Theories of Level and Structure of Interest Rates

Week 4: Financial Regulations and Regulatory Institutions in India
(RBI,SEBI,IRDA,PFRDA)

Operating Procedures of Monetary Policy

Corporate Governance and SEBI
Week 5: Commercial Banking
• Role of Banks
•Banks’ Financial Statement
•Banks’ Computation
• International Banking
• NPA
• Risk Management in Banking
Week 6: Other Important Financial Institutions – I
(Provident Fund, Pension Fund, Insurance Companies)
Week 7: Other Important Financial Institutions – II
(Mutual Fund, Credit Rating Agencies, Merchant Bank, Venture Capital Funds)
Week 8: Money Markets in India
(Call Money Market, Treasury Bill, Commercial Paper, Certificate of Deposit)
Week 9: Bond Market
• Bond Features
• Bond Price Volatility
• Government Security Market
• Corporate Bond Market
• Public Sector Undertaking Bonds
Week 10: Classification of Stock Market and Securities
• IPO
• Stock Exchanges
• Stock Market Indices
• Market Micro-Structure in Stock Market
Week 11: Derivatives Market
·Types of Derivatives
· Important Concepts used in Derivatives Market
·Pricing of Futures, Options and Swaps
Week 12: Foreign Exchange Market • Foreign Exchange Market Structure
• Risk Management in Foreign Exchange Market
• Exchange Rate Determination
• Foreign Capital – FDI & FII
• Central Bank Intervention in Foreign Exchange Market