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Money and Banking FMGT 4570

Financial Management Course

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International Fees

International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.

Course details

Emphasizes the economic way of thinking by developing a unifying framework to study money, banking and financial markets. This analytic framework uses a few basic economic concepts to organize your thinking about the determination of asset prices, the structure of financial markets, bank management and the role of money in the economy.

Prerequisite(s)

Credits

5.5

Domestic fees

$834.51

Course offerings

Fall 2024

Below is one offering of FMGT 4570 for the Fall 2024 term.

CRN 33619

Duration

Tue Sep 10 - Tue Dec 03 (13 weeks)

  • 13 weeks
  • CRN 33619
  • Domestic fees $834.51
    International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition.
Class meeting times
Dates Days Times Locations
Sep 10 - Dec 03 Tue 18:00 - 22:00 Burnaby NE01 Rm. 319
Instructor

Eddy Fung

Course outline

Course outline TBD — see Learning Outcomes in the interim.

Credits

5.5

Domestic fees

$834.51

Important information
  1. International fees are typically 3.12 times the domestic tuition. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.
Status

Sneak Preview

This section is only available for registration starting Wed May 22, 2024 at 9:00 am (PDT)

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

  • Justify why financial intermediaries exist, and assess the role of transaction costs and informational asymmetry in financial systems.
  • Outline why the relative importance of financial intermediaries and financial markets is different around the world, and how bank-based systems differ from market-based systems.
  • Analyse how risks affects the return of a risky asset, and hence how risk affects the value of the asset in equilibrium under the fundamental asset pricing paradigms.
  • Assess whether stock prices reflect all available information, and evaluate the empirical evidence on informational efficiency in financial markets.
  • Evaluate the main types of risks faced by banks, and use the main techniques employed by banks to manage their risks.
  • Categorize the key reasons for and against the regulation of banking systems, and evaluate why banks need regulation.
  • Compare the differences between fixed and flexible exchange rates and the consequences on the workings of monetary policy.
  • Evaluate the effects of monetary policy in different exchange rate regimes.
  • Assess the main channels of the monetary transmission mechanism, through which monetary policy have real effects on the economy.

Effective as of Winter 2012

Related Programs

Money and Banking (FMGT 4570) is offered as a part of the following programs:

  • Indicates programs accepting international students.
  • Indicates programs with a co-op option.

School of Business + Media

  1. Finance
    Diploma Part-time
  2. Financial Management (Finance Option)
    Certificate Part-time

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