1. Role of financial markets and institutions
• Role of financial markets,
• fundamentals of financial institutions (types of financial institutions),
• financial institutions industry (structure and competition)
• financial regulation (types of financial regulation).
2. Banking sector
• Types of banking (classification of banks according to different aspects),
• international banking (bank entry into foreign markets),
• central banking (the role of a central bank),
• bank regulation and supervision.
3. Overview of commercial banking
• The bank balance sheet and income structure,
• basic banking and general principles of bank management,
• off-balance sheet activities,
• measuring bank performance.
4. Nonbank operations
• Importance, overview and main activities of selected nonbank institutions,
• mutual and investment fund industry,
• investment banks, security brokers and dealers,
• insurance companies and pension funds.
5. Insurance companies
• Insurance company operations (rate making, claims settlement, etc.),
• financial operations of property and casualty insurers (balance sheet, income statement),
• life insurance companies (balance sheet, income statement),
• measuring financial performance of insurance companies.
6. Overview of insurance contracts
• Basic parts of an insurance contract,
• characteristics of life insurance (types and variations of contracts),
• the liability risk (basics of legal liability),
• homeowners and other insurance contracts.
• Role of financial markets,
• fundamentals of financial institutions (types of financial institutions),
• financial institutions industry (structure and competition)
• financial regulation (types of financial regulation).
2. Banking sector
• Types of banking (classification of banks according to different aspects),
• international banking (bank entry into foreign markets),
• central banking (the role of a central bank),
• bank regulation and supervision.
3. Overview of commercial banking
• The bank balance sheet and income structure,
• basic banking and general principles of bank management,
• off-balance sheet activities,
• measuring bank performance.
4. Nonbank operations
• Importance, overview and main activities of selected nonbank institutions,
• mutual and investment fund industry,
• investment banks, security brokers and dealers,
• insurance companies and pension funds.
5. Insurance companies
• Insurance company operations (rate making, claims settlement, etc.),
• financial operations of property and casualty insurers (balance sheet, income statement),
• life insurance companies (balance sheet, income statement),
• measuring financial performance of insurance companies.
6. Overview of insurance contracts
• Basic parts of an insurance contract,
• characteristics of life insurance (types and variations of contracts),
• the liability risk (basics of legal liability),
• homeowners and other insurance contracts.