Foundations of Finance. Module 1, Fall 2005

Syllabus: in English

Plan of the lectures

Lecture notes

Lecture slides: 1 Introduction, 2-4 Financial instruments, 5-6 Market microstructure, 7-9 Financial intermediaries, 10-11 Analysis under certainty, 12 Behavioral finance, 13 Law, finance, and growth, 14 FSFR and quiz questions

List of the assigned projects

Home assignment 2 and data

Final exam and solutions

Students’ presentations and essays: Modern history of derivatives, Sources of financing (Nornikel, Vimpelcom), Mortgage markets, NYSE, NASDAQ, Euronext, RTS&MICEX, Cross-listing and ADRs, Indexes, Commercial banks, Investment banks, Insurance companies, Mutual funds, Pension funds, Hedge funds, Private equity funds, Private banking, Deutsche Bank, Regulators, Basel committee, International financial institutions, Rating agencies, Euromarkets, Behavioral finance, Law and finance

Useful links

· Lecture notes for the course Investments, Carroll School of Management, good source on interest rates, duration and immunization

Exchanges

· ММВБ

· РТС

· Brussels Stock Exchange

· Bucharest Stock Exchange

· Euronext (Belgium, France, the Netherlands)

· Istanbul Stock Exchange

· Kazakhstan Stock Exchange

· Ljubljana Stock Exchange

· NASDAQ

· New York Stock Exchange

· Oslo Stock Exchange

· Paris Stock Exchange

· Riga Stock Exchange

· Santiago Stock Exchange

· U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

· Tallinn Stock Exchange

· Toronto Stock Exchange

Regulators

· Банк России

· Федеральная служба по финансовым рынкам

· Государственная корпорация 'Агентство по страхованию вкладов'

· Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

· US Securities and Exchange Commission

· Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

· European Central Bank

International financial institutions

· International Monetary Fund

· World Bank

· International Finance Corporation

· European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

· Bank for International Settlements