ISS 534E - Financial Markets&Instutions

Course Objectives

Course aims to
1. describe various financial markets, institutions and instruments,
2. provide an ability to value financial assets, determine how risky they are and develop strategies to hedge these risks.

Course Description

Types of financial markets existing in the world, their institutional organization, instruments traded therein, derivative products, characteristics of interest rates, valuation of securities using interest rates, the relationship between risk and return, banks and central banks