Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Liverpool Business School
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Workshop
Module Offerings
5106LBSBW-SEP-MTP
Aims
A critical understanding of international financial system – its role, risks and regulation of financial institutions, instruments and markets:
the ability to critically evaluate the role of financial institutions, markets and regulators in an increasingly volatile global market and
an opportunity to evaluate the impact of major economic events / developments in the monetary and financial system.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse and evaluate the role and management of the monetary system and financial institutions in its ever changing environment.
2.
Evaluate the role of international financial markets in providing finance, liquidity, their ability to manage financial risk and assess their efficiency.
3.
Evaluate the strategic and financial risk management issues / techniques currently facing the financial services sector and the economy as a whole and how this impacts upon organisation funding options.
4.
Critically evaluate the international regulatory regime and if there is a need for regulating the financial system.
5.
Critically evaluate developments in the monetary and financial system and be able to competently discuss within a presentation summarising such events.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The module will review the following key areas of international monetary and financial systems in order to gain an understanding as to how these impact upon an businesses operating within it:
1.Monetary System – the money supply, Monetary Policy Committee, interest rates, inflation and the usage of quantitative easing;
2.Financial System – Institutions and how various financial instruments – bills, bonds etc flow within markets and how efficient are they in terms of liquidity and level of risk;
3.Financial Institutions what is there role; what risks exist and what regulatory attempts have been implemented to mitigate these; to evaluate just if such measures have achieved to manage such risks;
4.Savings, investment intuitions and finance providers, why are they of relative importance to business and how can they obtain maximum growth potential from them.
Module Overview:
This module enables you to form a critical understanding of international financial systems and roles, risks and regulation of financial institutions, instruments and markets. You will develop the ability to critically evaluate the role of financial institutions, markets and regulators in an increasingly volatile global market, alongside an opportunity to evaluate the impact of major economic events/developments in the monetary and financial system.
This module enables you to form a critical understanding of international financial systems and roles, risks and regulation of financial institutions, instruments and markets. You will develop the ability to critically evaluate the role of financial institutions, markets and regulators in an increasingly volatile global market, alongside an opportunity to evaluate the impact of major economic events/developments in the monetary and financial system.
Additional Information:a critical understanding of international financial system – its role, risks and regulation of financial institutions, instruments and markets:
the ability to critically evaluate the role of financial institutions, markets and regulators in an increasingly volatile global market and
an opportunity to evaluate the impact of major economic events / developments in the monetary and financial system.