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FINANCIAL
MARKETS &
INSTITUTIONS

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COURSE
DESCRIPTION
This course is designed to introduce the structure, operation, and regulation of
modern financial markets. Well-functioning financial markets are essential for
the effective allocation and employment of capital. This course considers the
mechanisms that have evolved in the equity and debt markets to facilitate this
allocation. This involves the review of the basic macroeconomic environment
in which markets operate, while focusing on examining the microstructure of
our financial markets.
It also covers how the money market provides debt claims for short-term
money management; how the equity and bond markets provide issuers with
long-term financing; how newly created financial assets are introduced
through the primary market; and how electronic and floor-based equity
markets differ

3.
Ratianole in Studying Financial
Markets and Institutions
Introducing Money
The Payment System: Overview
Financial Instruments
UNIT 1: FOUNDATION

4.
Overview of Financial System
The Philippine Financial System
UNIT 2: FINANCIAL SYSTEM

5.
Financial Markets: An Overview
Money Markets & Capital Markets
Foreign Exchange Markets
The Mortgage Markets & Derivatives
Internationalization of Financial Markets
UNIT 3: FINANCIAL
MARKETS

6.
Financial Markets: An Overview
Money Markets & Capital Markets
Foreign Exchange Markets
The Mortgage Markets & Derivatives
Internationalization of Financial Markets
UNIT 4: FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS &
INTERMEDIARIES

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Financial System Regulators-Part I
Financial Systems Regulators-Part II
UNIT 5: REGULATION OF
FINANCIAL SYSTEM

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ASSIGNMENT:
Why is there a need to understand how monetary policy is conducted by central
banks worldwide?
What crucial role do banks and other financial institutions play ?
Why understanding how financial institutions are managed important to your
life?
Give three (3) important reasons why is there a need to study Financial Markets.
What is the most significant role that financial markets play?
Explain briefly the three levels of the framework that underlie the study of
financial markets and institutions.
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ESSAY: