The aim:
1. Provide a practical introduction to prepare students for today’s changing landscape of financial markets and institutions.

Acquired knowledge:
1. Provide knowledge about financial markets and institutions.

Acquired skills:
1. Students develop the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills necessary to respond to challenging situations in their future careers.

Acquired social skills:
1. To organize students’ thinking then examines the models as real-world scenarios from a practitioner’s perspective.

Course contents: 
1. Fundamentals of Financial Markets.
2. Fundamentals of Financial Institutions.
3. Money Markets.
4. Bond Markets.
5. Stock Markets.
6. Financial Crises.
7. Monetary Policy.
8. The Mutual Fund Industry.
9. Insurance Companies and Pension Funds

Recommended reading: 
1. Financial Markets and Institutions – A European Perspective, Jakob de Haan, Dirk Schoenmaker, Peter Wierts, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS. CAMBRIDGE 2020.
2. Financial Markets and Institutions: Global Edition, Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley Eakins,, Pearson Higher Education. Boston 2018.

Additional reading:
1. Foundations of Financial Markets and Institutions: International Edition, Frank J. Fabozzi, Franco P. Modigliani, Frank J. Jonem, Pearson Higher Education. Boston 2018.