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Financial Markets and Institutions
The main focus of the Course is on the problems concerning the funding, the selection and the monitoring in the area of lending, the investment in bonds and other financial activities and the asset and liability management in banking.
1. The evolution of banking studies. 2. Financial and economi equilibrium in banking management. 3. Banking regulation in Italy. 4. Italian financial and banking system. 5. The governance of the banking industry. 6. Organizational policies. 7. Funding policy. 8. Lending policy. 9. Contractual and financial aspects of bank loans. 10. Loans monitoring and credit securitization. 11. Investment portfolio management. 12. Banks' shareholdings in non-financial firms. 13. The banking market segmentation. 14. The currency management and banking activity in international trade. 15. Liquidity management. 16. The balance sheet of banks. 17. Capital and risk management. 18. Banking crises in the financial marktes. 19. European banking supervision.
Howells P. - Bain K., The Economics of Money, Banking and Finance - A European Text, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, London, 2008
Written exam at the end of the course or two test at the end of each module (the student can pass the exam only if he/she has passed each test).