FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTRUMENTS

The course is one of the elective activities of the study program. Its objective is to provide students with the basic knowledge about financial markets and financial instruments. A focus is devoted to financial instruments for SMEs.

Knowledge and understanding:
1) Knowledge and understanding of the operation of financial markets;
2) Knowledge and understanding of the technical and economic characteristics of financial instruments (debt securities and equity).
Applying knowledge and understanding:
1) Ability to use the knowledge to read documents and online information about regulated financial markets;
2) Ability to apply the information about financial instruments in order to assess their yield and risk.
Making Judgments:
1) Ability to select the financial instruments more consistent with financing objectives of SMEs.

Prerequisite: Business Administration.
Students are required to know the fundamentals of Private Law and Corporate Finance.

1. Financial markets.
2. Bonds.
3. Government bonds.
4. Bond market.
5. Stocks.
6. Stock market.
7. Listing and trading.
8. Financial instruments for SMEs.

Mercati e strumenti finanziari, Isedi, 2019.
Additional readings available on Moodle.

Final exam, ten multiple choices questions (20 points) and one open end question (10 points), 30 minutes time. Questions will ascertain the knowledge of the basic concepts presented in the course and the capability to apply it to simple examples.
Students need to answer properly at least six multiple choice questions.

Lectures, guest speakers and classroom and e-learning practice through the Kahoot application.

Italian

Accessibility, Disability and Inclusion.
Accommodation and support services for students with disabilities and students with specific learning impairments.
Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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