Semester III
MB305 (F2) - FINANCE MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS
Unit 1
Financial System
Nature and Role of Financial System; Structure/organization of financial system; Functions of financial sector; Indian Financial System-an overview; Globalisation of Financial Markets.
Regulatory Framework for Non-banking Financial Institutions; Primary markets; Secondary markets; Money Markets.
Unit 2
Management of Commercial Banks
An overview, Management of Banking Institutions; Negotiable Instruments; Working Capital Management; Project Financing, including Infrastructure Projects; Prudential Norms Prescribed by Regulators; Non-Performing Assets; Capital Adequacy Norms; Basel II Framework and Basel-III; Risk-Rating Agencies; Regulatory framework for Banks.
Unit 3
Risk of Financial Inter-Mediation
Introduction; Interest Rate Risk; Re-financing Risk; Re-investment Risk; Market Risk; Credit Risk; Operational Risk; Liquidity Risk.
Unit 4
Risk Management in Financial Institutions
Managing Credit Risk; Liability and Liquidity Management; Managing Interest Risk; Managing Operational Risk; Managing Risk through Sale of Assets and Securitisation, Derivatives.
Unit 5
Management of Non-Banking Financial Institutions and Depositories
Securitisation: Concept, nature, scope, and their implications; DFIs in India: NABARD, State Level Institutions-PCF, IDFC, REC, IFCI, IDBI, SIDBI, Functions and objectives of Depository.
Suggested Readings
1. K Sasidharan, Financial Services and System (2008), McGraw-Hill Publishing Company New Delhi. 2. Clifford Gomez, Financial Markets Institutions and Financial Services, Prentice-Hall of India, 2008. 3. Anthony Saunders, Financial Markets and Institutions, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi. 4. M.Y. Khan, Financial Services, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi 2008. 5. Anthony Saunders, Financial Institutions Management- A Risk Management Approach, 6th