Master 2024/2025

Financial Markets and Institutions

Type: Elective course (Finance)

Area of studies: Finance and Credit

Delivered by: Department of Banking

Where: Faculty of Economics

When: 1 year, 4 module

Mode of studies: offline

Open to: students of one campus

Master’s programme: Finance

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 40

Course Syllabus

Abstract

During the course, students will gain skills in evaluating the effectiveness of the financial sector, including analytics of the banking system, insurance sector, securities market, and microfinance organizations. They will get acquainted with the business models of banks, gain decision-making skills for managing a bank based on its business model, analysis of assets, liabilities, and capital. During the course, students will be able to compile and analyze the profitability and risk of a portfolio of financial instruments. The features of the course are: the use of up-to-date databases of the Bank of Russia and leading statistical centers. The implementation of the course uses a case study based on data from real financial sector reporting and macroeconomic reporting.