The course will enable the students to-
Course Outcomes (COs):
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Learning outcome (at course level) |
Learning and teaching strategies |
Assessment Strategies |
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FSG 324 |
Financial Markets and Services |
The students will be able to –CO63..Describe the key terminology of Financial Services and markets and outline the challenges in the financial services sector. CO64.Gain an understanding about various aspects of primary and secondary markets. CO65.Compare and Contrast the various types of financial products and services of stock exchange, and Illustrate their benefits and limitations. CO66.Analyze various mutual fund schemes, compare and contrast different types of mutual funds. |
Approach in teaching: Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Team teaching
Learning activities for the students: Field activities, Presentation, Giving tasks |
Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving Numerical problems in tutorials, Assignments, Class Presentation |
Financial Market: Concept, Classification- Money Market, Capital Market, Mortgage Market, Long Term Loan Market, Short Term Loan Market, Money Market vs. Capital Market.
Financial Services- Introduction, Scope, Causes of financial Innovation, new financial services, Innovative financial Instruments, challenges in the financial service sector.
Primary Market -Meaning, distinction and Relationship between New Issue Market and Stock Exchange.
Secondary Market- Introduction, Services of Stock Exchange, listing of Securities, Online Trading- concept, Features and Advantages, Recent Development of Stock Exchange
Factoring - Meaning, Functions, Types, Factoring in India.
Forfaiting - Meaning , Working, Benefits, Drawbacks and Factoring in India.
Mutual Funds
Concept of a Mutual Fund; Concept of Mutual funds, Role of Mutual Funds in Financial Markets
Types of Mutual Funds -Open-end Funds/Closed-end Funds, Tax Exempt/Non Tax Exempt Funds, Exchange Traded Funds, Liquid Funds, Equity Funds, Debt Funds, Hybrid Funds. Recent trends in Mutual Funds industry in India.
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• Gordan, Natrajan” Financial Markets & Management of Financial Services” Himalayan publication, New delhi
• Vasant Desai, “Indian Financial System”, Himalayan Publication
• Gold Smith.R.W. “Financial Institutions”
• Khan M.Y “Indian Financial Theory and Practice”,Vikas Publishing House.