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The document outlines the course details for 'Financial Institutions and Market' (ACFN 351) at World Bright College Butajira Campus, including its objectives, content, and assessment methods. The course aims to develop critical thinking skills related to financial markets and institutions, covering topics such as the financial system, interest rates, and the Ethiopian financial sector. Required textbooks and reference materials are also listed to support the course curriculum.

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The document outlines the course details for 'Financial Institutions and Market' (ACFN 351) at World Bright College Butajira Campus, including its objectives, content, and assessment methods. The course aims to develop critical thinking skills related to financial markets and institutions, covering topics such as the financial system, interest rates, and the Ethiopian financial sector. Required textbooks and reference materials are also listed to support the course curriculum.

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WORLD BRIGHT COLLEGE BUTAJIRA CAMPUS

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS


DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

Course Title: Financial Institutions and Market


Course Code: ACFN 351
Credit Hours: 3 Cr Hrs.
Academic Year: 2015 E.C
Degree Program: BA Degree in Accounting and Finance
Pre-requisite: None
Instructor’s Name: Aman Ousman (MSc)
Cell-phone: 0913235337/0965575739
Email: [email protected]

Course Descriptions:
Financial markets and institutions channel trillions of dollars through the economy, affecting business
and consumer decisions and the economic wellbeing of foreign countries. The purpose of this course
is to guide students in developing critical thinking skills as applied to financial markets and institutions.
Topics include the financial system in perspective; financial assets, money and financial transactions;
financial institutions in the financial system; interest rates in the financial system, interest rates in the
financial system, financial markets in the financial system, the regulation of financial markets and
institutions, and overview of Ethiopian financial system.

Course Objective:

The objective of the course is to acquaint the learners with the nature, organization and functioning of financial
markets and institutions including their regulation and control. Moreover, the course provides students the essential
knowledge required to understand the nature and role of the financial system in the economy and the characteristics
and operations of the major financial institutions.

COURSE CONTENTS AND SCHEDULES

Chapter One: An Overview of the Financial System


1.1. The role of financial system in the economy
1.2. Financial assets: role and properties
1.3. Financial markets: role, classifications and participants
1.4. Lending and borrowing in the financial system
Chapter Two: Financial Institutions in the Financial System
2.1 Financial institutions and capital transfer
2.2 Functions of Financial Institutions
2.3 Financial intermediaries and their roles
2.4 Classifications of Financial Institutions
2.5 Depository financial institutions
2.6 Non-depository institutions.
2.7 Risks in Financial Industry
Chapter Three: Interest rates in the Financial System
3.1. The theory and structure of interest rates
3.2. Factors affecting structure of interest rate determinations
Chapter Four: Financial Markets in the Financial System
4.1. Organization and Structure of Markets
4.2. Primary and secondary market
4.3. Money Market
4.4. Capital Market
4.4.1. Debt Market
4.4.2. Equity Market
4.5. Foreign Exchange Markets
4.6. The Derivative Market
Chapter Five: The Regulation of Financial Markets and Institutions
5.1. Purpose of regulation
5.2. Nature of Financial System Regulation
5.3. The forms of regulation
5.4. Arguments regarding regulation
Chapter Six: Overview of Ethiopian Financial System
6.1. Financial Markets & Institutions in Ethiopia
6.2. Financial sector in Ethiopia
6.3. Regulation of financial sector in Ethiopia
6.4. Ethiopian commodity exchange market and its operation
Assessment Methods
Component Weight
Individual assignment 15
Group assignment 15
Mid Exam 20
Final Exam 50
Total 100

Textbook Required:

Fabozzi, Frank J, Franco Modigliani, Frank J. Jones. Financial Institutions and Market 3rd Edition, USA
Frederic S. Mishkin, The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, 8th edition, 2006,
Addison Wesley

Reference Books

Saunders, Anthony and Marcia Millon Cornett. Financial markets and institutions Rose, Peter S. Money
and capital markets: The financial system in an increasingly global economy. 5th Ed

Howells, Peter and Keith Bain (2008, 4e), The economics of money, banking, and finance: a European
text, Harlow, Financial Times and Prentice-Hall (H&B)
Keith Pilbeam (various editions) Finance & Financial Markets, Palgrave Macmillian (332.PIL)
Glen Arnold (2011) Modern Financial Markets, Financial Times and Prentice-Hall

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