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Financial Institutions and Markets

Course
GM1032
Master’s level
7.5 credits (ECTS)
Offered by the School Business, Economics and Law at The Vice Chancellors Office
Study pace
100%
Time
Day
Location
Göteborg
Language
English
Duration
-
Part of semester
Quarter 4

About

The course aims to provide students with thorough understanding of financial institutions and markets based on how investment professionals relate to the same. The course covers modern techniques for analyzing financial institutions and products with a focus on risk and return. The impact of the ongoing structural changes in the financial markets, including changes in regulation and other requirement is also an important part of the course.

The course is thus intended to give students a comprehensive understanding of the central role that financial markets and institutions play in the economy and therefore treats also:

  • What are main functions that financial markets and institutions play in society.
  • The financial sector's structural and competitiveness-related changes over time.
  • Performance measurement and control in banks and insurance firms.
  • Risk Management in financial institutions.
  • Risk Calculation of financial instruments.

This course is open to

Exchange students at the School of Business, Economics and Law and exchange students on a university-wide agreement. Please contact your international coordinator at the University of Gothenburg (School of Business, Economics and Law) if you need to know more.

Application

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