EN
IT
Obiettivi Formativi
OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI:
L'obiettivo del corso è analizzare la struttura e il funzionamento di un sistema finanziario, prestando attenzione alle sue componenti principali (prodotti e servizi finanziari, intermediari finanziari e mercati finanziari). Al termine del corso gli studenti conosceranno gli elementi chiave dei principali prodotti e servizi finanziari, saranno a conoscenza del funzionamento dei mercati finanziari e delle istituzioni finanziarie e saranno anche in grado di valutare un progetto di investimento (VAN, IRR), comprendendo le conseguenze di diverse decisioni di gestione finanziaria.
CONOSCENZA E CAPACITÀ DI COMPRENSIONE:
Gli studenti apprenderanno il funzionamento dei sistemi finanziari, i principali prodotti finanziari, la differenza tra diversi intermediari finanziari e il funzionamento dei mercati finanziari. Gli studenti conosceranno il ruolo di mercati e intermediari finanziari nel facilitare l'incontro tra domanda e offerta di risorse finanziari. Alla fine del corso, gli studenti comprenderanno il trade-off che esiste tra rischio e rendimento, nel prospettiva degli investimenti.
CAPACITÀ DI APPLICARE CONOSCENZA E COMPRENSIONE:
Gli studenti saranno in grado di calcolare ed interpretare il tasso di rendimento richiesto dalle banche nella concessione dei prestiti, il piano di ammortamento di un mutuo, il tasso interno di rendimento e valore attuale netto di un investimento, la duration di un bond, il prezzo di un titolo azionario, rischio e rendimento atteso di un titolo e di un portafoglio di titoli, i piani di contribuzione dei fondi pensione, i payoff delle opzioni.
AUTONOMIA DI GIUDIZIO:
Gli studenti saranno in grado di giudicare i pro ei contro dell'applicazione di diversi prodotti finanziari o la qualità dei diversi servizi finanziari, nonchè discutere di eventi finanziari e notizie finanziarie per comprendere le possibili conseguenze di nuovi eventi sul sistema finanziario.
ABILITÀ COMUNICATIVE:
Gli studenti impareranno il glossario dei mercati finanziari e saranno in grado di avere una conversazione sulle tematiche finanziarie di base utilizzando un linguaggio tecnico.
CAPACITÀ DI APPRENDIMENTO:
Gli studenti impareranno come raccogliere informazioni e valutare progetti di investimento e prodotti finanziari e come estendere tali metodologie a nuovi scenari.
Learning Objectives
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
Students will learn the functioning of the financial systems, the main financial products, the differences between differente financial intermediaries, and the functioning of financial markets. Students will know the role of financial markets and intermediaries in facilitating the matching between deficit and supply of financial resources. At the end of the course, students will understand the trade-off that exists between risk and return, in an investment perspective.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
Students will be able to calculate and interpret the value of the rate of return required by banks in granting loans, the reimbursement plan of mortgages, the internal rate of return and net present value of an investment, the bond duration, the stock's price, the expected risk and eturn of a security and of a portfolio of securities, the contribution plans of pension funds, the option payoffs.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
Students will be able to judge the pro and cons of the application of different financial products or the quality of different financial services. Students will be able to discuss about financial events and financial news understanding the possible consequences of new events on the financial system.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Students will learn the glossary of financial markets and will be able to have a conversation about basic financial topics using technical terms.
LEARNING SKILLS:
Students will learn how to collect data to evaluate and assess financial products and how to extend those methodologies to new scenarios.
LUCREZIA FATTOBENE
Programma
- Economia e finanza: concetti di base
- Il sistema finanziario
- Il concetto di moneta e sua evoluzione
- Il ruolo delle banche centrali nel sistema monetario
- Banche e attività bancaria
- Banking: il Credit Portfolio Management
- Classificazione delle banche
- Il sistema di pagamento: gli strumenti di pagamento (inclusa l'analisi delle criptovalute)
- Investimento e raccolta di capitali
- Prodotti finanziari: conti bancari
- Prodotti finanziari: mutui
- Prodotti finanziari: obbligazioni
- Le decisioni di investimento (VAN, IRR, ecc.)
- Valutazione delle obbligazioni
- Prodotti finanziari: azioni
- Valutazione delle azioni
- Teoria del portafoglio e Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Prodotti finanziari: fondi comuni e fondi pensione
- Banche di investimento
- Gestione del rischio
- Prodotti finanziari: derivati
- Mercati finanziari
- Regolazione e supervisione del sistema finanziario
- Le crisi finanziarie
Program
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The Role of Central Banks in the Monetary System
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment System: the Payment Tools (Included a section on Cryptocurrencies)
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
Testi Adottati
Nicolini G., Haupt M., Guille M. (eds) (2023). Financial Markets and Institutions. Bocconi University Press. Milan (Italy) ISBN 978-12-80623-09-6 978-8831322-81-2
Altri materiali (slides letture, ecc.) potranno essere suggeriti durante il corso e pubblicati sulla pagina web del corso.
Books
Nicolini G., Haupt M., Guille M. (eds) (2023). Financial Markets and Institutions. Bocconi University Press. Milan (Italy) ISBN 978-12-80623-09-6 978-8831322-81-2
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) could be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Bibliografia
Nadotti L., Porzio C., Previati D. (2022). Economia degli Intermediari Finanziari. McGraw-Hill
Saunders A., Cornett M.M., Anolli M. (2022). Economia degli Intermediari Finanziari. McGraw-Hill
Bibliography
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley
Mishkin F.S., Eakins S.G. (2018). Financial Markets and Institutions, Global Edition. Pearson
Modalità di svolgimento
Il corso è organizzato in lezioni di 2 ore (accademiche). Lavagna e slides rappresentano i principali strumenti di insegnamento utilizzati dal docente. Il corso è composto da due moduli dello stesso semestre.
Teaching methods
The course is organized with 2 (academic) hours classes. Blackboard and Slides represent the main teaching tools used by the teacher. The course is hosted by two modules of the same semester.
Regolamento Esame
L'esame prevede una prova scritta. Essa consiste nella soluzione di problemi riguardanti gli argomenti affrontati e nella risposta a quesiti di carattere teorico, con domande a risposta multipla ed aperta. I quesiti applicativi verranno valutati in base alla correttezza del risultato ottenuto; i quesiti teorici verranno valutati in funzione della conoscenza delle fonti e dei contenuti essenziali delle teorie. Attraverso le risposte alle domande aperte verrà valutato il contenuto e la capacità di esporre compiutamente i tratti essenziali del quesito posto, valutando capacità di ragionamento e capacità critiche.
La valutazione sarà espressa in trentesimi. Per superare l’'esame anche con il voto minimo, 18, lo studente dovrà ottenere risultati numerici corretti, dimostrare di conoscere gli argomenti nei loro tratti essenziali e di saperli inquadrare nel coretto contesto metodologico. Per superare l’'esame lo studente deve conoscere gli aspetti di base relativi a rischio e rendimento, intermediari e mercati finanziari, strumenti e prodotti bancari e
finanziari di base.
Per ottenere un voto medio (23-26) lo studente dovrà dimostrare, oltre che una buona conoscenza degli argomenti, anche una buona capacità di analisi e di saper trarre corrette conclusioni. Un voto elevato (27-28) sarà attribuito agli studenti che dimostrino anche una buona autonomia di giudizio, sappiano argomentare affermazioni e scelte, ed espongano gli argomenti in maniera chiara e consequenziale, utilizzando una terminologia appropriata. I voti da 29 a 30 saranno attribuiti a quegli studenti che, oltre a soddisfare le condizioni di cui al punto precedente, mostreranno completezza espositiva e correttezza del linguaggio. La lode è prevista per gli studenti che dimostrino di avere raggiunto tutti gli obiettivi in maniera eccellente e che espongano i concetti in maniera chiara facendo collegamenti.
Exam Rules
The exam is based on a written test. It consists in solving problems and in answering theoretical questions, with multiple choice and open answers questions. The answers will be evaluated on the basis of the correctness of the result obtained; the theoretical questions will be evaluated according to the knowledge of the contents of the theories. During the oral exam the knowledge and ability to fully explain the essential features of the
topic will be assessed, with respect also to the reasoning and critical skills.
The evaluation will be expressed out of thirty. To pass the exam even with the minimum grade, 18, the student must obtain correct numerical results, demonstrate knowledge of the topics in their essential features and knowing how to frame them in the methodological context. To pass the exam, the student must know the basic aspects of risk and return, financial intrmediaries and financial markers, financial products and instruments. To obtain
an average grade (23-26) the student must demonstrate not only a good knowledge of the topics, but also a good ability to analyze and to be able to draw conclusions. A high grade (27-28) will be assigned to students who also demonstrate a good autonomy of judgment, know how to argue affirmations and choices, and explain the arguments in a clear and consequential way, using appropriate terminology. Grades from 29 to 30 will be awarded to those students who, in addition to satisfying the conditions referred to the previous point show completeness of presentation and correctness of the language and terminology. Laude is provided to students who demonstrate excellent ability in reasoning, making
cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary connections.
GIANNI NICOLINI
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Aggiornato A.A. 2021-2022
(Last update Tuesday, January 25th 2022)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2021/2022)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
and
Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD (gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it)
Instructor: Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD (lucrezia.fattobene@uniroma2.it)
Office hours: on appointment (to ask by email)
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
(Included a section on Cryptocurrencies)
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
(Included a focus on Behavioral Finance and Neuro-Finance)
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). However the teachers think that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Aggiornato A.A. 2021-2022
(Last update Tuesday, January 25th 2022)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2021/2022)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
and
Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD (gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it)
Instructor: Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD (lucrezia.fattobene@uniroma2.it)
Office hours: on appointment (to ask by email)
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
(Included a section on Cryptocurrencies)
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
(Included a focus on Behavioral Finance and Neuro-Finance)
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). However the teachers think that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
EN
IT
Aggiornato A.A. 2020-2021
(Last update Tuesday, August 3rd 2021)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2021/2022)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
and
Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD (gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it)
Instructor: Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD (lucrezia.fattobene@uniroma2.it)
Office hours: on appointment (to ask by email)
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
(Included a section on Cryptocurrencies)
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
(Included a focus on Behavioral Finance and Neuro-Finance)
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). However the teachers think that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Aggiornato A.A. 2020-2021
(Last update Tuesday, August 3rd 2021)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2021/2022)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
and
Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD (gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it)
Instructor: Prof. Lucrezia Fattobene, PhD (lucrezia.fattobene@uniroma2.it)
Office hours: on appointment (to ask by email)
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
(Included a section on Cryptocurrencies)
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
(Included a focus on Behavioral Finance and Neuro-Finance)
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). However the teachers think that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
EN
IT
Aggiornato A.A. 2018-2019
(Last update Friday, February 15th 2019)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2018/2019)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Office: Building B "Ricerca", 1st floor, Department of Management and Law, Office #20
E-mail: gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it
Course webpage: http://economia.uniroma2.it/ba/business-administration-economics/corso/programma/1071/
Office hours: every Thursday from 5.30pm to 7.00pm*
*In case of reschedule a note will be posted in advance on line on the webpage of the course
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). Anyway the teacher thinks that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Aggiornato A.A. 2018-2019
(Last update Friday, February 15th 2019)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2018/2019)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Office: Building B "Ricerca", 1st floor, Department of Management and Law, Office #20
E-mail: gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it
Course webpage: http://economia.uniroma2.it/ba/business-administration-economics/corso/programma/1071/
Office hours: every Thursday from 5.30pm to 7.00pm*
*In case of reschedule a note will be posted in advance on line on the webpage of the course
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). Anyway the teacher thinks that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
EN
IT
Aggiornato A.A. 2017-2018
(Last update Thursday, February 15th 2018)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2017/2018)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Office: Building B "Ricerca", 1st floor, Department of Management and Law, Office #20
E-mail: gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it
Course webpage: http://economia.uniroma2.it/ba/business-administration-economics/corso/programma/1071/
Office hours: every Tuesday from 6.00pm to 7.30pm*
*In case of reschedule a note will be posted in advance on line on the webpage of the course
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). Anyway the teacher thinks that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Aggiornato A.A. 2017-2018
(Last update Thursday, February 15th 2018)
INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
(A.Y. 2017/2018)
Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Syllabus
1. Contact Information and Office hours
Instructor: Prof. Gianni Nicolini, PhD
Office: Building B "Ricerca", 1st floor, Department of Management and Law, Office #20
E-mail: gianni.nicolini@uniroma2.it
Course webpage: http://economia.uniroma2.it/ba/business-administration-economics/corso/programma/1071/
Office hours: every Tuesday from 6.00pm to 7.30pm*
*In case of reschedule a note will be posted in advance on line on the webpage of the course
2. Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to analyze the structure and the functioning of a financial system, paying attention to its main components (Financial products and services, Financial Intermediaries, and Financial Markets). At the end of the course the students will know the key elements of the main financial products and services, will be aware about the functioning of the Financial Markets and Financial Institutions, and will be even able to assess an investment project (NPV, IRR), understanding the consequences of different financial management decisions.
3. Contents of the course
- Economics and Finance: basic concepts
- The Financial System
- The concept of Money
- The role of Central Banks in the Monetary system
- Banks and the Banking business
- Banking: the Credit Portfolio Management
- A Banks' classification
- The Payment system: the payment tools
- Investing and Capital raising
- Financial products: Banks accounts
- Financial products: Mortgages
- Financial products: Bonds
- The Investment Decisions (NPV, IRR, etc.)
- Bond valuation
- Financial products: Stocks
- Stock Valuation
- Portfolio Theory and the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
- Financial products: Mutual Funds and Pension Funds
- Investment Banking
- Risk Management
- Financial products: Derivatives
- Financial Markets
- Regulation and Supervision of the Financial System
- The Financial crisis
4. Course Materials
- Textbook:
Ronald W. Melicher, Edgar A. Norton. "Introduction to Finance - Markets, Investments, and Financial Management" (15th edition). Wiley. (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 17, 18)
Other materials (slides, readings, etc.) will be provided during the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
5. Class attendance
Class attendance is not mandatory (no monitoring activities of the class attendance will be done). Anyway the teacher thinks that class participation can definitively helps students in their learning process.
6. Exam and Grading
The exam is a written test made by four parts. The first part includes a set of multiple choice questions. Parts 2, 3 and 4 can be open answer questions and/or exercises based on computational and decision making skills.
No oral exams are included.
No points are granted by class attendance.
No Midterm exams will be scheduled.
The dates of the exams are posted on line on the webpage of the course.
A detailed explanation of the exam procedures will be provided during the first class of the course and posted on the webpage of the course.
Prof.ssa Lucia Leonelli
