CB3044Introduction to Financial Markets

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课程简介

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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课程内容

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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预期学习成果

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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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先修条件

CB3410 Financial Management or FB3410 Financial Management

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建议先备知识

无（校方注明 Nil）

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并修要求

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等同课程及条件

无（校方注明 Nil）

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互斥课程及条件

EF3333 Financial Systems, Markets and Instruments

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怎么考，怎样才算通过

考核方式

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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通过条件

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

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