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Postgraduate Course: Financial Intermediation, Markets and Institutions (CMSE11480)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course provides foundation knowledge that is required to give students a broad understanding of financial intermediation, the roles of different types of financial institutions and the structure of financial markets. The course also provides an integrated overview of both theoretical and practical issues related to the modern financial intermediation business.
Course description Academic Description:
The course provides an integrated overview of both theoretical and practical issues related to the modern financial intermediation business. It covers four central topics. The introductory lecture outlines the role and functions of the financial system and the nature of financial intermediation, with special emphasis on current issues in banking. The second and third lectures cover the main activities and types of financial institutions/intermediaries. The remaining lectures discuss the main types of financial markets and instruments.

Syllabus:
- Theory and current issues in financial intermediation
- Depository and Contractual Saving Institutions
- Central banking theory and international regulation
- Money Markets and Capital Markets
- Hedging and Derivatives Markets

Student Learning Experience:
The learning outcomes will be achieved by information imparted in the lectures, by the discussions and participation in tutorials, by the process of researching information and by reading journal articles.

Tutorial/seminar hours represent the minimum total live hours - online or in-person - a student can expect to receive on this course. These hours may be delivered in tutorial/seminar, lecture, workshop or other interactive whole class or small group format. These live hours may be supplemented by pre-recorded lecture material for students to engage with asynchronously.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand and critically discuss why financial intermediaries exist.
  2. Understand and critically discuss the roles and functions of different types of financial institutions.
  3. Understand and critically evaluate the roles and functions of central banks.
  4. Understand and critically discuss the structure of financial markets.
  5. Critically discuss corporate governance arrangements in financial intermediation.
Reading List
The main textbooks for the course are:
- Casu, B., Giardone, C., Molyneux, P. (2015): Introduction to Banking, 2nd ed.
- Mishkin, F., Eakins, S. (2015): Financial Markets and Institutions. Pearson, 8th ed.

Resource List:
https://eu01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/public/44UOE_INST/lists/27690277100002466?auth=SAML
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Cognitive Skills

On completion of the course a student will be able to:
- describe the functions of different types of banks including central banks;
- illustrate the role of banking in the financial services industry;
- describe the structure of different financial markets;

Subject Specific Skills:

After completing this course, students should be able to:
- comprehend the effects of central bank policies
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Yizhe Dong
Tel: (0131 6)51 7112
Email: Yizhe.Dong@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Mary Anne Boeff
Tel: (0131 6)50 8072
Email: MaryAnne.Boeff@ed.ac.uk
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