Terminated in academic year 2018/2019

Fundamentals of Financial Markets

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	154-0360/03
Abbreviation	ZFT
Course title	Fundamentals of Financial Markets
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Finance
Course coordinator	Ing. Kateřina Kořená, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Structure and functions of financial markets, financial intermediaries
Characterisics of banking system
Commercial banks and their role in the banking system and in the economy
Central bank and its role in the economy
Passive banking operations
Active banking operations
Off-balance sheet banking activities
Payment systems and their classification
Instruments of noncash payment system
Types of securities - shares, bonds, other securities
Financial investment
Collective investment
Capital markets participants, stock exchanges, BCPP, RM-S
Czech capital market
Insurance industry and policy
Life insurance
Non-life insurance
Pension funds

Literature

CECCHETTI Stephen G. a Kermit L. SCHOENHOLTZ. Money, Banking, and Financial Markets. 6th ed. New York. MacGraw-Hill, 2020. 736 p. ISBN 978-1260226782.
KANTNEROVÁ, Liběna. Základy bankovnictví. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2016. 232 s. ISBN 978-80-7400-595-4.
VESELÁ, Jitka. Investování na kapitálových trzích. 3. vyd. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2019. 952 s. ISBN: 999-00-018-4966-5.

Advised literature

CIPRA, Tomáš. Praktický průvodce finanční a pojistnou matematikou. 3.vyd. Praha: Ekopress. 2015. 308 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-18-7.
DUCHÁČKOVÁ, Eva. Pojištění a pojišťovnictví. 3. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2015. 306 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-25-5.
REJNUŠ, Oldřich. Finanční trhy. 4. aktualiz. a rozšíř. vyd Praha: Grada, 2014. 768 s. ISBN: 978-80-247-3671-6.

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