- Docente: Stefano Cenni
- Credits: 8
- SSD: SECS-P/11
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Economics, Markets and Institutions (cod. 8038)
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from Feb 18, 2025 to May 23, 2025
Learning outcomes
This course will help you understand the role that financial institutions and markets play in the business environment and the connection between financial markets, financial institutions and the economy.
Course contents
Overview of financial institutions and markets.
Determinants of interest rates and security valuation.
Monetary policy in the Euro area.
Money markets, bond markets, stock markets, derivative securites markets.
Securities firms, mutual funds, pension funds.
Readings/Bibliography
"Strumenti e mercati finanziari", McGraw-Hill Education Create, 10 dicembre 2023, ISBN:978-1307951370.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written test (in Italian), which is divided into questions, exercises with a business calculator or Excel, and tests on the various topics of the course.
Hint: if you don't have a good command of the Italian language please do not pick this course, there are others taught in English.
Teaching tools
Slides and other readings on the course web page.
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Cenni
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.