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BBOA3020

Financial Institutions, Markets and Regulations

Credits 7.5
Level Third-year courses, level III
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

  1. Theories of financial intermediation
  2. Financial institutions: Banks, mutual funds, pension funds and insurance companies
  3. Euromarkets
  4. Financial instruments: bonds, futures, options, swaps
  5. Interest risk management: term structure of interest rates
  6. Liquidity risk management: liquidity coverage ratio, net stable funding ratio
  7. Credit and counterparty risk management
  8. Basic concepts: risk measures and stress testing

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

  • Students will have an overview of financial institutions and their operational role in the financial markets
  • Students will understand how key risk exposures for financial institutions are measured and assessed
  • Students will have gained an understanding of key challenges affecting financial institutions in the context of regulatory frameworks, e.g. Basel III
  • Students will have an overview of aspects of financial regulation regarding interest- and liquidity risk management, credit risk and counterparty risk

Skills:

  • Students will be able to apply simple risk measurement techniques
  • Students will develop their analytical skills, via case studies and related exercises

General competence:

  • Through their knowledge and enhanced vocabulary of concepts within financial regulation, the students will be able to follow and assess developments in the field as reported in financial news and elsewhere

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, case work, problem solving

Compulsory assignments

  • Mandatory group project with 3-4 students

Further on evaluation

Supporting material allowed on exams:

  • Approved calculator regarding NTNUs support material code B-D "specific basic calculator".
  • Other calculators that are allowed in the course are: Casio FC-100V and Texas Instruments - BAII Plus.

In the case of a re-sit exam and the final exam after the course has been discontinued, the form of assessment may be changed to an oral exam.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

Mishkin, F.S. and Eakins, S.G., Financial Markets and Institutions, (Latest global edition), Pearson Higher Education. Exact edition will be confirmed as the course commences.

In addition, Pilbeam, K., Finance and Financial Markets, Palgrave Macmillan might be consulted.

There will also be additional handouts.

Credit reductions

Course code Reduction From
SØK2010 6 sp Autumn 2024
This course has academic overlap with the course in the table above. If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject areas

  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

NTNU Business School

Timetable

Timetable

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Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

Re-sit examination - Summer 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code D Duration 4 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.

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