Financial Services (Theory)

Financial Services-
 Introduction, Scope, and importance of financial services
 Causes for Financial Innovation,
 Classification of the Financial Service Industry

 New financial products and services, Innovative financial Instruments, challenges in the financial service
sector, present scenario.

Venture Capital
 concept, features, scope of venture capital,
 methods and importance of venture financing
 Guidelines for venture financing
Mutual Fund Services:
• definition, fund Unit vs share, Organization of the fund
 types of Mutual fund and significance of Mutual fund
 Reason for slow growth, future of mutual fund industry

Leasing-
 Definition, Types, Advantages & Disadvantages of lease,
 Problems faced by the lease Industry in India.
 Accounting and tax aspects of leasing.
 Legal Aspects of leasing
 Factors influencing buy/borrow or lease decision
Hire Purchase-
 Meaning, features, difference between lease and hire purchase,
 Bank credit for Hire Purchase.

Merchant banking:
 concept, Merchant banks vs Commercial banks,
 Scope , problems of merchant banks,
 Services of Merchant Bank in India.
 Guidelines for merchant bankers
Credit cards-
 Meaning, Types, Parties,
 Procedure, Facilities offered to cardholders
 Benefits & Demerits of credit cards.
 Prepaid instruments

Securitization of Debt-
 Meaning, Structure,
 Benefits of Securitization of debts
• Types of securities
Factoring
 Meaning, Functions, Types of Factoring, Modus Operandi, Benefits
 Factoring vs Securitisation, Factoring vs Discounting, Factoring vs. forfeiting