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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Trends and Innovations in Financial Markets

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 154-0566/01
Abbreviation TIFM
Course title Trends and Innovations in Financial Markets
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Finance
Course coordinator Ing. Martina Novotná, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to securitization
Basic concept of asset securitization
Motives and process of securitization
Originators and investors of the asset securitization market
Residental mortgages and securitization
Securitization of commercial mortgages and consumer loans
Asset-backed securities
Collateralized debt obligations
The current asset securitization market
Introduction to alternative investments
Hedge funds
Private equity
Structured products

Literature

CHAMBERS, Donald R., Hossein KAZEMI and Keith H. BLACK. Alternative Investments: An Allocator's Approach. Hoboken: Wiley, 2021. ISBN 9781119651697 .
MADURA, Jeff. Financial Markets and Institutions. Boston: Cengage, 2021. ISBN 978-0-357-13079-7 .
TURI, Abeba N. Financial Technologies and DeFi. A Revisit to the Digital Finance Revolution. Cham: 2023. ISBN ISBN978-3-031-17997-6 .

Advised literature

BODIE, Zvi, Alex KANE and Alan J. MARCUS. Investments. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. ISBN 978-1-260-57115-8 .
JONES, Colin A. and TREVILLION, Edward. Real Estate Investment. Theory and Practice. Cham: Palgrave, 2022. ISBN978-3-031-00967-9 .
SHRIER, DAvid L. and Alex PENTLAND. Global Fintech. Financial Innovation in the Connected World. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2022. ISBN 9780262543668 .