IF4315 Capital Market Regulation in Turkey and in the WorldBahçeşehir 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
IF4315 Capital Market Regulation in Turkey and in the World Fall 3 0 3 6

Basic information

Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Must Course
Course Level: Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi BAHAR KÖSEOĞLU
Course Lecturer(s): Dr. Öğr. Üyesi ABDULLAH YAVAŞ
Recommended Optional Program Components: None
Course Objectives: • To understand the various components of the capital market, its regulations and regulators.
• Analyse the inherent weakness of the financial system and explain the role of law in correcting those deficiencies.
• Outline and discuss the methods and instruments of securities regulation in a range of issues, including Initial Public Offerings, financial intermediaries, securities trading, fraudulent practices and takeovers.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
I. To have a background about capital market laws and regulations
II. To have thorough understanding of capital market instruments
III. To understand capital market activities and intermediaries
IV. To be able to identify the differences among mutual funds, pension funds and investment companies
V. To be able to describe main capital market crimes and punishments and Turkish implications

Course Content

capital market laws and regulations, capital market instruments , capital market activities and intermediaries , main capital market crimes and punishments

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Capital market laws, regulations, notices and resolutions.
2) Capital market instruments, the board of registration, issuance, public offering and sale.
3) Issuers and public joint stock companies, public disclosure of specific situations.
4) Shares and warrants.
5) Forex and sukuk.
6) Bonds and other debt securities.
7) Capital market activities and institutions, intermediaries and intermediation activities.
8) Review
9) Portfolio management firms, rating agencies, mortgage.
10) Mutual funds, pension funds, investment trusts and other capital market institutions
11) Money laundering, laundering proceeds of crime and the informal economy
12) Capital market control, crime and punishment
13) The effects of new Turkish Commercial Law to the capital market
14) General overview of the semester

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: There are no required textbooks for this course. Lecture notes and other course materials will be posted on an intranet site, accessible only to students registered in the class, or will be distributed from time to time.
Bu ders için gerekli ders kitabı bulunmamaktadır. Ders notları ve diğer ders materyalleri İnternet sitesinde yayınlanacaktır veya derste dağıtılacaktır. Sadece derse kayıtlı öğrenciler tarafından erişilebilir olacaktır.
References: None

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Homework Assignments 1 % 10
Midterms 1 % 45
Final 1 % 45
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 55
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 45
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Study Hours Out of Class 14 2 28
Homework Assignments 1 15 15
Midterms 1 30 30
Final 1 40 40
Total Workload 155

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. 5
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. 3
4) Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. 5
5) Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. 4
6) Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. 4
7) Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. 4
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. 3
10) Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. 3