CB3044Introduction to Financial Markets

What you will study

Course overview

This course is designed to introduce the major financial markets and their roles and business activities across countries. Familiarity with these topics is necessary for students to be competent in their future professional career. Students will study the present-day financial problems and their broad applications. They will make use of the information they obtain from the lectures to analyse financial topics related to different types of financial systems / markets.

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Course content

1. Interest Rate Risk 2. Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rate 3. Financial System. 4. Structure of Central Banks 5. Monetary Policy 6. Operations of Deposit-taking and Loan-issuing 7. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds 8. Security Brokers and Dealers, Underwriting, and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 9. Money Market 10. Foreign Exchange Market 11. Stock Market 12. Future Market 13. Option Market

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Intended learning outcomes

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CILOs                                               Weighting (if DEC-A1        DEC-A2          DEC-A3
                                                                    app.)
1               Discuss the role and importance of the financial 15                   x          x               x
                markets and institutions, and analyze the
                financial development and activities across
                countries
2               Explore the major risks of the financial markets     40               x          x               x
                and their relationship with the monetary policy
                conducted by central banks
3               Describe different activities of different        30                   x          x               x
                financial institutions such as commercial banks,
                insurance companies and pension funds
4               Critically examine the recent innovation in the     15               x          x               x
                financial markets

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Before you take this course

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Prerequisites

CB3410 Financial Management or FB3410 Financial Management

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Precursors

Nil

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Corequisites

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Additional course requirements

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Equivalent courses and conditions

Nil

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Exclusive courses and conditions

EF3333 Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments

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Assessment and passing the course

Assessment

Continuous Assessment (%): 60; Examination (%): 40; Examination Duration (Hours): 2

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ATs                 CILO No.           Weighting (%)        Remarks ("-" for     Allow Use of
                                                                                    nil entry)           GenAI?
1                       Individual           1, 2, 3           15                   -                    Yes
                        assignments
2                       Group projects       2, 3, 4           15                   -                    Yes
3                       Mid-term test        1, 2, 3, 4        30                   -                    No

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Passing requirements

Students are required to pass both coursework and examination components in order to pass the course.

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