Money and Capital Markets

A compulsory course of the second semester of the Master’s Programme “Banking-Insurance and Finance”.

Course details

Code: MBAF11
Semester: 2nd
Credits: 5 ECTS
Teaching hours: 2 per week (lectures and practical exercises)
Course type: Specialisation Course (ME)
Prerequisites: none
Language of teaching and examinations: Greek and/or English
Offered to Erasmus students: yes, upon relevant request
Mode of delivery: distance learning, synchronous and asynchronous
Total workload: 150 hours
Taught by: Nikolaos Sariannidis

General competences

With a complete theoretical grounding and the acquisition of specific knowledge and skills, the student is expected to be capable of:

Analysing and synthesising economic and financial data
Drawing up reports on the state and course of the money markets
Taking investment decisions
Preparing financial studies and research

Syllabus

Money markets
Money market products
Capital markets — bonds
Valuation of bonds
Capital markets — the stock exchange
Commodity and derivatives markets
Options
Option strategies
Valuation of options
Short selling
Foreign exchange
Applications

Assessment

Assessment is carried out in two ways: the preparation of assignments, counting for up to 30% of the total mark — the structure and presentation of the text, the quality of the analysis and the bibliographical references are taken into account above all — and a written final examination, counting for 70%. Language of assessment: Greek.