BVS2003 Fund Management in Banking and InsuranceBahçeşehir UniversityDegree Programs ECONOMICS AND FINANCEGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational QualificationsBologna Commission
ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
BVS2003 Fund Management in Banking and Insurance Spring 3 0 3 5
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester.

Basic information

Language of instruction: Turkish
Type of course: Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor SERAP GÖKSU
Recommended Optional Program Components: There are no program components.
Course Objectives: Financial management, financial markets, promote the management of banks and insurance funds

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Define Financial Markets and Institutions.
2. Explan the function of Central Bank .
3. Explain Banking Risks.
4. Able to explain Exchange Rate Systems and eurocurrency markets
5. Calculate the interest on term deposits
6. Able to explain the management of funds of insurance companies
7. Recognize the private pension system and pension investment funds

Course Content

Financial Markets and Institutions, Sources of Funds of Banks, Bank Money Creation Process,Use of Banks and Loans Fund,The role of the Central Bank and the financial system
Banking Risks, Repeating courses and Midterm Exam
Exchange Rate Systems,Eurocurrency markets, Eurobond Markets
Term Structure of Interest Rates and Interest Rates
Insurance companies and fund-raising process. Uses of funds
The functioning of the Private Pension System and pension funds

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Financial Markets
2) Treasury Management
3) TL Management
4) Central Bank and Interbank Market
5) Interbank Markets
6) Over the Counter Markets
7) Pricing of Treasury Bonds
8) Fixed Income Securities
9) Pricing of Fixed Income Securities
10) Derivative Markets- Forward and Futures
11) Derivative Markets- Options
12) Risk Management
13) Types of Risks- Market Risks, Credit Risks, Operational Risks
14) Fund raising process of insurance companies Pension Funds

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Finansal Piyasalar ve Kurumlar, Frederic Mıshkin,(çeviri)Prof Dr. İlyas Şıklar, Prof Dr. Ahmet Çakmak, Yrd Doç. Dr. Suat Yavuz
Finansal Ekonomi, Muharrem Afşar, Aslı Afşar
References: www.bist.gov.tr, www.tcmb.gov.tr
www.tbb.org.tr, www. tsrsb.org.tr, www.egm.org.tr, www.spk.gov.tr

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Midterms 1 % 40
Final 1 % 60
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 60
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 4 56
Presentations / Seminar 2 5 10
Homework Assignments 2 5 10
Midterms 1 1 1
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 121

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. 3
2) Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. 2
3) Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. 1
4) Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. 3
5) Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. 2
6) Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. 2
7) Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. 3
8) Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. 2
9) Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. 2
10) Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. 3