Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Workshop
Module Offerings
7705ORYXIF-APR-PAR
7705ORYXIF-JAN-PAR
7705ORYXIF-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module aims to introduce students to the contemporary issues facing the financial industry particularly related to green finance, behaviour finance and fintech impacts. Students will also engage with the understanding of how contemporary issues create potential financial benefits and risks and analyses how financial actors are then affected.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Provide a comprehensive insight into the underpinning, principles and practice of green finance with the consideration of how it can be brought into the mainstream.
2.
Identify and evaluate the potential, risks and impact that key technologies have on current finance developments in the form of crypto currencies, challenger banks and peer to peer lending.
3.
Interpret the causes of financial pricing anomalies and analyse the effects of behavioural biases in corporate and investment finance decision making.
4.
Critically explore the role of contemporary issues affecting financial activities in today's economy.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
Green finance product and service evolution.
Natural asset valuation.
Green financing innovation.
Cryptocurrencies and digital cash.
Machine learning and AI.
Insurtech, Regtech, Proptech.
Financial psychology.
Risk, bias, disposition and prospect theory.
Neurofinance.
Green finance product and service evolution.
Natural asset valuation.
Green financing innovation.
Cryptocurrencies and digital cash.
Machine learning and AI.
Insurtech, Regtech, Proptech.
Financial psychology.
Risk, bias, disposition and prospect theory.
Neurofinance.
Additional Information:
The module will expose students to current and future issues within the areas of corporate and investment finance.
The module will expose students to current and future issues within the areas of corporate and investment finance.
Assessments
Technology