| Course ID: | FINA 4420. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Management of Financial Institutions |
Course
Description: | Asset, liability, and capital management for firms operating in the dynamic environment of the financial-services industry. The acceptance, measurement, and management of risk, both on and off the firm's balance sheet, arising from unexpected changes in interest rates, exchange rates, and commodity prices. Financial-firm simulation game. |
| Oasis Title: | MGMT OF FIN INSTITU |
| Prerequisite: | FINA 3000 and (MSIT 3000 or STAT 3000) |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | This course focuses on the financial management of financial institutions. Its
objectives are twofold: (1) to help you understand the risk managment of financial
institutions and (2) to give you the opportunity to analyze, evaluate, and report on
a financial-services firm (FSF). Since the student-learning outcomes for this
course follow from the dual course objectives, they are (1) to provide knowledge of
the key risks faced by managers of FSF and how to identify, measure and manage those
risks; and (2) how to research, analyze, evaluate, and report on a FSF in a
professional manner.
In addition, in keeping with the Terry College's Strategic Plan, this course stresses
the following core values: learning, creativity, enterprise, and continuous
improvement; scientific integrity and intellectual honesty; educational excellence
and uncompromisingly high classroom standards; collegiality, professional courtsey,
and dignity; and ethical behavior. These core values capture the culture of the
Terry community, which is comprised of students, faculty, staff, and business
women and men. |
| Topical Outline: | Banking and the forces of change in the financial-services industry
Bank financial statements, risks, and valuation
The big picture: Strategic planning, risk management, asset-liability management,
and the capital adequacy
Credit risk: Traditional and innovative methods for managing the lending function
The liquidity, operating, and foreign-exchange risks of banking and securitization
The roles of regulation, deposit insurance, and the ethics in shaping the financial-
services industry |