Overview:
- Credits:
- 7.5
- Level:
- 4
- Semester:
- Spring
- Subject:
- Finance
- School:
- Business
- Coordinator:
- Professor Valerio Poti
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Curricular information is subject to change
1. Understand key historical developments in banking and finance and they relate to the modern developments in digital finance
2. Identify threats and opportunities for incumbent and new entrant financial sector players alike
3. Formulate advice to incumbent and new entrant financial sector players based on an understanding of trends and structure of the financial sector in the digital finance era
Module Aims
The aims of this module are to
• Develop students’ understanding of key concepts in finance and banking, especially the different roles and economic functions of financial markets and financial intermediaries
• Enable students to formulate and evaluate strategic choices of banks and other financial institutions and financial market players, including emerging ones in the DeFi and Digital Finance landscape
• Allow students to assess the impact of new regulation on the financial sectors and the players within it
Module Learning Outcomes
On completing this module, students will be expected to be able to:
• Describe the various components of the financial system, the key players, institutions and their interaction, including emerging ones in the DeFi and Digital Finance landscape
• Describe and analyse the role and interplay of financial markets, financial intermediaries and regulation in the functioning of the wider economy
Student Effort Type | Hours |
---|---|
Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 164 |
Total | 188 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assignment: There will be 2/3 assignments throughout the course. They will involve a report/paper plus presentation. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Examination: Mostly MCQs, especially on the basics of banking and the theory of financial intermediation, with some essay questions (especially on digital finance, DeFi and FinTech). | 1 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 50 |
Class Test: MCQs, especially on the basics of banking and the theory of financial intermediation. | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
---|---|
In-Module Resit | Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 21, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 10:00 - 11:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 21, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33 | Mon 12:30 - 13:20 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24 | Thurs 15:00 - 16:00 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32 | Thurs 15:00 - 16:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 24 | Thurs 16:00 - 17:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20 | Wed 09:00 - 10:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 30, 33 | Wed 09:00 - 10:50 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20 | Wed 11:30 - 12:20 |
Tutorial | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 30 | Wed 11:30 - 12:20 |