| CODE | BKF5123 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Banking and the Financing of Transactions | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Banking, Finance and Investments | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit covers all the important aspects that students have to grasp and understand when working in financial institutions, in particular banks. This study-unit provides a good description and analysis of all the important operational challenges that financial institutions encounter in their day-to-day operations. This study-unit provides a good mix of theoretical and practical issues which will enable students to be prepared to work in the modern financial, regulatory and economic environment. Study-unit Aims: The study-unit aims at providing participants with a good grasp of the current financial and economic environment and the place occupied by banks in the ever growing globalised economy. Apart from going into certain basic aspects of the financial world, the course also aims at providing a robust understanding to the different types of banking operations which are available in the market and a detailed analysis of the most important risks which are faced by banks on an everyday basis. Students will be provided with a solid overview of the current legal structure regulating the business of banking, and how the relative banking authorities interact, both locally as well as in Europe. An emphasis on the different type of banking products will also be made. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the main regulations regulating banks; - Discuss the various project finance methods that are used by companies and their legal and financial implications; - Explain the various governance structures used in the financial services industry; - Explain what is anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing and how this is regulated in financial institutions; - Outline the difference between deposit taking and non-deposit taking financial institutions; - Discuss the importance of risk management in financial institutions; - Explain what are syndicated loans and why they are used. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Advise on optimal governance structures in financial institutions; - Outline which regulations apply to banks and financial institutions; - Describe operational challenges encountered by banks and financial institutions and recommend courses of action to overcome them; - Comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations in financial institutions; - Recommend risk management approaches in financial institutions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Core Texts: -Title: The Law of Banking and Financial Institutions - Author(s): Richard Scott Carnell, Jonathan R. Macey, Geoffrey P. Miller - Publisher: Walters Kluwer - ISBN-10: 0735552851 - Title: The Oxford Handbook of Financial Regulation - Author(s): Niamh Moloney, Eilis Ferran, Jennifer Payne - Publisher: Oxford University Press - ISBN: 9780199687206 Supplementary Texts: - Title: The Regulation and Supervision of Banks: The Post-Crisis Regulatory Responses of the EU - Author(s): Chen Chen Hu - Publisher: Routledge - ISBN: 9781138291887 - Title: The Law and Practice of International Banking (second edition) - Author(s): Charles Proctor - Publisher: Oxford University Press - ISBN: 9780199685585 - Title: Risk and Governance: A Framework for Banking Organisations - Author Sergio Scandizzo - Publisher Risk Books - ISBN Book 9781782720195 / EBook 9781782720270 - Title: Handbook of Anti Money Laundering - Editor Dennis Cox - Publisher Wiley & Sons Ltd - ISBN 9780470065747 - Title: How to Analyse Bank Financial Statements - Editor Thomas Padberg - Publisher Harriman House - ISBN 9780857195180 - Title: Ellinger鈥檚 Modern Banking Law (Fifth Edition) - Author(s): E.P. Ellinger, E. Lomnicka, C.V.M. Hare - Publisher: Oxford University Press - ISBN: 9780199232093 - Title: Too Big To Fail - Author(s): Andrew Ross Sorkin - Publisher: Penguin Books - ISBN: 9780143120278 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Juanita Bencini Aldo Joseph Giordano Andrei Vella Ivan Vella |
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