Master
2024/2025
Financial Markets and Instruments
Type:
Compulsory course (Master of Business Analytics)
Area of studies:
Finance and Credit
Delivered by:
Master's Programmes Curriculum Support
Where:
Faculty of Economic Sciences
When:
1 year, 1 module
Mode of studies:
distance learning
Online hours:
20
Open to:
students of one campus
Master’s programme:
Магистр аналитики бизнеса
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
10
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Financial markets and Instruments course is focused on the features and the use of various types of financial instruments including stocks, bonds and derivatives. Moreover, the course covers financial intermediation, market infrastructure and regulation. The emphasis is made on general economic intuition rather than on quantitative models. The course is a major professional core course of the online degree Master program “Business analytics and strategic business reporting”. Financial Markets and Instruments is the basic course, which is required for the further study of asset pricing using various quantitative models. These topics are covered in the Theory of Finance.