1. Financial system, main functions of financial system. Financial markets, financial intermediaries.
2. Securities and their characteristics - general definition of securities and their classification according to various aspects. Properties of securities.
3. Capital market, capital market instruments. Primary market, secondary market - characteristics.
4. Money market, money market instruments. Short-term financial instruments yields and their calculation. Discount.
5. Shares and the principle of equity securities. Features, forms and transferability of shares. Basic calculations related to shares.
6. Bonds - the principle of bonds, criteria of their classification and types of bonds.
7. Basic calculations related to bonds. Bond rating and its importance.
8. Financial investment - the principle and phases of the investment process, basic objectives of investing. Yield, risk and liquidity measurement. Historical and expected return. Sources of systematic and unsystematic risk.
9. Stock exchanges - history, definition of stock exchange, elements of stock exchange system. Trading on stock exchanges. OTC market.
10. Primary issues - organization of primary issues, importance of primary issues, prospectus of the issuer of securities, primary issues in the world. Information obligation of financial market participants.
11. Collective investment - individual versus collective investment, advantages and risks of collective investment. Basic collective investment entities.
12. Types of funds, investing in funds.
13. Supervision and regulation on financial markets, basic ethical principles on financial markets.
14. Current state of financial markets, lessons learned from crises. Expected trends in financial market development.
2. Securities and their characteristics - general definition of securities and their classification according to various aspects. Properties of securities.
3. Capital market, capital market instruments. Primary market, secondary market - characteristics.
4. Money market, money market instruments. Short-term financial instruments yields and their calculation. Discount.
5. Shares and the principle of equity securities. Features, forms and transferability of shares. Basic calculations related to shares.
6. Bonds - the principle of bonds, criteria of their classification and types of bonds.
7. Basic calculations related to bonds. Bond rating and its importance.
8. Financial investment - the principle and phases of the investment process, basic objectives of investing. Yield, risk and liquidity measurement. Historical and expected return. Sources of systematic and unsystematic risk.
9. Stock exchanges - history, definition of stock exchange, elements of stock exchange system. Trading on stock exchanges. OTC market.
10. Primary issues - organization of primary issues, importance of primary issues, prospectus of the issuer of securities, primary issues in the world. Information obligation of financial market participants.
11. Collective investment - individual versus collective investment, advantages and risks of collective investment. Basic collective investment entities.
12. Types of funds, investing in funds.
13. Supervision and regulation on financial markets, basic ethical principles on financial markets.
14. Current state of financial markets, lessons learned from crises. Expected trends in financial market development.