Unit 1
Financial System: Meaning and components of financial system- Financial Markets in India – Role and Importance of Financial Markets – Types of Financial Markets: Money Market – Capital Market
| Course Name | Financial Markets and Institutions |
| Course Code | 24COM247 |
| Program | B. Com. (Honours/ Honours with Research) in Taxation and Finance |
| Credits | 3 |
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Financial System: Meaning and components of financial system- Financial Markets in India – Role and Importance of Financial Markets – Types of Financial Markets: Money Market – Capital Market
Money Market: meaning, importance and role of money market – call money market- treasury bills market – discount market – commercial paper market – certificate of deposit – money market in India –RBI regulation on money market.
Capital Market: meaning and classification – Government securities market –Industrial loan market
– Mortgage market – Credit guarantee market – bond market – DFIs in India: IFCI, SFCs, IDFC, ICICI, SIDBI and NBFCs – role of DFI in industrial development in India- Capital market regulations: SEBI – role and functions.
Industrial Securities Market: Primary market – meaning, importance and functions – methods of floating new issues– pricing of issues and book building process. Secondary market and stock exchanges – role and functions – trading mechanism – settlement system – various innovative financial instruments, bitcoin, cryptocurrency etc.
Financial institutions: Definition – Significance – Types: Banking and Non-Banking Financial institutions- Functions- Services: Banking Services, Insurance Services, Investment Services and Other Services- Role of financial institutions in the economy- Challenges faced by the institutions.
Course Objective:
To introduce students to the role and functioning of financial markets, financial products that are traded in such financial markets and institutions associated with financial markets
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able:
CO1: To understand the different types of financial markets in India and their importance.
CO2: To understand the RBI regulations in the working of money market
CO3: To understand different types of capital markets and the regulatory role of DFI, SEBI, SFC, IDFC, SIDBI, NBFC, and ICICI.
CO4: To understand the industrial securities market- Primary and secondary and its functions.
CO5: To understand the types of financial institutions and the challenges faced by theseinstitutions in facilitating economic transactions.
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