The students will be enabled to understand various financial markets, investment avenues, primary and secondary market operations, depositories, and the roles of different entities in the capital market.
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 Equity Markets (Theory)  | 
 CO121: Appraise theoretical and practical knowledge about the various types of equity markets and compare various Investment Avenues available in India. CO122: Analyse the Primary market and select the appropriate methods of marketing the securities at national and international levels. CO123: Evaluate the concept of secondary market and to assemble various requirements related to listing and delisting of securities. CO124: Analyse and support the working of Depositories and mechanics of security trading in India. CO125: Differentiate between various participants of security market and their functions. CO126: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction  | 
 Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, PowerPoint presentations. Learning activities for the students: Self-learning assignments, and presentation.  | 
 CA tests, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentations.  | 
•	Types of Markets: Equity, debt, derivatives, commodities.
•	Overview of Derivative Market: Introduction, features, Types of Instruments in Derivatives market- Forward, Future, Option, Swaps, Commodities- Features.
•	Types of investment avenues: Fixed Deposits, Bank Deposits, Provident Funds, Life Insurance, Post Office Savings, Small savings, Gold, Mutual Funds, Equity Shares, Debentures/Bonds, crypto.
•	Initial Public Offer (IPO),
•	Methods of marketing an issue.
•	Book Building process, auction based book building, reverse book building,
•	green shoe option,
•	Eligibility to issue securities,
•	Pricing of Issues: Fixed versus Book Building issues,
•	Allotment of Shares, Basis of Allotment, resource mobilization from international markets (ADR, GDR, Euro issues)
•	Structure & Functioning: The Stock Market in India,
•	Mechanics of Stock Exchanges namely BSE & NSE ,OTCEI– stock market Indices,
•	Listing of securities in stock exchange, Delisting.
•	Trading arrangements, bulk deal, block deal, DMA, negotiated deals, trading and settlement, rolling settlement, internet trading
•	Functions, NSDL,CDSL,
•	Depository participants,
•	Trading and settlement, Rolling Settlement,
•	Do’s and Don’ts for investors.
•	Brokers, Sub-brokers,
•	Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs),
•	Portfolio Managers,
•	Custodians,
•	Share Transfer Agents,
•	Merchant Bankers,
•	Bankers to an Issue,
•	Underwriters, Credit Rating Agencies.
•	K.Natrajan Gordon, Financial Markets and Services , Himalaya publishing house
•	Pathak Bharti V, , Indian Financial System, Pearson Education, New Delhi
•	Gupta N., Gupta Shashi K., Aggarwal N, Financial Institutions and Markets, Kalyani publishers 
Suggested Readings:
•	Agarwal M.R,. Security analysis and portfolio management , Garima Publications
•	Bhole L.M., Financial Institutions and Markets structure, growth and Innovation, Tata Mc Graw Hill, New Delhi.
•	National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Capital Market Core Module.
E-Content:
•	https://www.bseindia.com/static/about/BSE_Ebooks.aspx
•	https://www.bseindia.com/
•	https://www.nseindia.com/
•	https://www.sebi.gov.in/
Reference Journals:
•	Journal of Financial Markets  :
•	https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-financial-markets
•	Indian Journal of Research in Capital Markets: http://indianjournalofcapitalmarkets.com/