154-0360/03 – Fundamentals of Financial Markets (ZFT)
Gurantor department | Department of Finance | Credits | 3 |
Subject guarantor | Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2018/2019 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The course is focused on acquiring basic knowledge of financial markets,i.e. banking, capital markets and insurance. After finishing the course students:
-can define basic functions of financial markets,
-will be familiar with banking system functioning,
-will be able to distinguish banking products,
-will understand problems of securities and investment,
-will grasp principles of insurance industry.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
The course is focused on acquiring basic knowledge of financial markets. It provides an introduction to banking, capital markets and insurance. After finishing the course students can define basic functions of financial markets, will be familiar with banking system functioning, will be able to distinguish banking products, will understand problems of securities and investment, will grasp principles of insurance industry.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
There are no other requirements on students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Structure and functions of financial markets, financial intermediaries
Characterisics of banking system
Commercial banks and their role in the banking system and in the economy
Central bank and its role in the economy
Passive banking operations
Active banking operations
Off-balance sheet banking activities
Payment systems and their classification
Instruments of noncash payment system
Types of securities - shares, bonds, other securities
Financial investment
Collective investment
Capital markets participants, stock exchanges, BCPP, RM-S
Czech capital market
Insurance industry and policy
Life insurance
Non-life insurance
Pension funds
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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