Individual Report

Individual Essay

Role of financial markets and services within the economy.
The development of global capital markets and institutions. 
Tools for studying and researching the global financial system.
Macro-Economic policy and its impact on financial markets. 
Economists’ theories of finance and risk.
Economists models of financial instability.
Sources of evidence on global finance, quantitative and qualitative.
Piketty and the problem of global inequality.
Financial Crisis Enquiry Commission Report 2011.
Quantitative data on macro-economic decisions and the global financial recovery 2012-2015.
Political economy of global finance.
Strategic Analysis of the global finance industry.
Conflicts of interest and wealth managers obligations.

Globalisation of Finance - 7004FIMMSC

Globalisation of Finance

Test theories and models of global financial instability against up to date quantitative and qualitative evidence.

Critically evaluate the role of fund and wealth managers and possible conflicts of interest.

Demonstrate critical awareness of the causes and recent history of the globalization of financial markets.

Critically evaluate academic debates and perspectives on global finance.