Course detail

Financial Markets

FP-ftKAcad. year: 2017/2018

The course enables acquirement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills with respect to all spheres of activities on a financial market. The course deals with the individual types of existing financial institutions and financial instruments as well as with the most important types of financial transactions carried out on financial markets. The course provides students also with the fundamentals of financial mathematics.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will acquire theoretical and practical knowledge and skills from all spheres connected with functioning of a financial market. They will understand the significance of the financial market for the economy of every state and will have a grasp of the function and mission of each institution and subject operating on the financial market. They will learn to differentiate financial tools and to use them in practice. Students will also learn how to plan and carry out basic financial operations using existing financial tools in the corporate practice as well as for personal finances management.

Prerequisites

The course is a follow-up to the knowledge of theory of market economy, monetary theory, and ways of pursuing of expansive and restrictive monetary and fiscal policy in an open economy, basic activities of banking system institutions.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Exercises are focused on practical topics of financial mathematics.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The course-unit credit is awarded on condition of successful completion of a written test which is focused especially on financial mathematics. The test contains five examples for each correct calculation example a student can get up to 5 points. Student of the test can get 25 points, the minimum number of points for which a credit is granted is 15. Passing the test and thus the course-unit credit is subject to the student's admission to the examination. The result of the written test consists of 30% and result of oral constitute 70% of the total classification.

Course curriculum

1. Finanční trhy, jejich vymezení a funkce v ekonomice
2. Finanční instituce, jejich produkty a služby
3. Úrokové sazby a jejich význam v ekonomice
4. Klíčové faktory finančních investic
5. Základní druhy finančních investičních instrumentů
6. Klasické cenné papíry (1. část)
7. Klasické cenné papíry (2. část)
8. Termínové derivátové instrumenty (1. část)
9. Termínové derivátové instrumenty (2. část)
10. Investiční a podílové fondy
11. Strukturované produkty
12. Regulace a dohled ve finančním systému
13. Soudobé vývojové trendy světového finančního systému a perspektivy jeho budoucího vývoje

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to teach students how to understand ding financial system as the integral part of an economic system as well as its role, substance and importance of its functioning. Students will learn how to actively participate in standard types of financial operations with individual types of investment financial tools, from the corporate financial transactions point of view as well as from the personal finances management point of view. Also dealt with are the fundamentals of financial mathematics necessary for financial practice.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The control of participation is fully in teacher’s competence. Active participation in lessons, control of knowledge in seminars.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy: učebnice s programem na generování cvičných testů. První vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, a.s., 2016. 380 stran. ISBN 978-80-247-5871-8. (CS)
Meluzín, T. Finanční trhy-cvičení. Brno: CERM, 2005. 1. vyd. ISBN 80-214-3048-6. (CS)

Recommended reading

Rejnuš, Oldřich. Finanční trhy. 4., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2014. 760 s. Profesional. ISBN 978-80-247-3671-6. (CS)
Cipra, T.: Praktický průvodce finanční a pojistnou matematikou. Praha: HZ, 1995
Polidar,V.: Management bank a bankovních obchodů. Praha, Ekopress, 1999
ŠOBA,O., ŠIRŮČEK, M.: Finanční matematika v praxi. 2., aktualizované a rozšířené vydání, Grada, Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-271-0250-1. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK-KS Bachelor's

    branch BAK-UAD-KS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch BAK-EP-KS , 2. year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation in combined form of studies

16 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer