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    GRADUATE SCHOOL

    Financial Economics (Without Thesis)

    ECON 511 | Course Introduction and Application Information

    Course Name
    Funds Management in Commercial Banks
    Code
    Semester
    Theory
    (hour/week)
    Application/Lab
    (hour/week)
    Local Credits
    ECTS
    ECON 511
    Fall/Spring
    3
    0
    3
    7.5

    Prerequisites
    None
    Course Language
    English
    Course Type
    Elective
    Course Level
    Second Cycle
    Mode of Delivery -
    Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course -
    National Occupation Classification -
    Course Coordinator -
    Course Lecturer(s) -
    Assistant(s) -
    Course Objectives To acquaint the graduate students with the very basics of fund management (treasury management) at commercial banks, help them understand market risks, and capital and liquidity adequacy for commercial banks, develop their own interpretations on BASEL I, II, and III.
    Learning Outcomes

    The students who succeeded in this course;

    • will be able to explain general characteristics of financial markets and commercial banks.
    • will be able to analyze a commercial bank according to Basel I, II and III.
    • will be able to explain risk and return concepts.
    • will be able to analyze a fund and its management.
    • will be able to explain general characteristics of Turkish Banking Sector.
    Course Description The course focuses on treasury management issues of commercial banks.
    Related Sustainable Development Goals

     



    Course Category

    		Core Courses
    Major Area Courses
    Supportive Courses
    Media and Management Skills Courses
    Transferable Skill Courses

     

    WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

    Week Subjects Related Preparation
    1 Funds and commercial banks, a quick look at the financial markets
    2 A quick reminder about securities, A quick reminder about foreign exchanges, and trading techniques
    3 Derivatives under the roof of futures exchanges, and over the counter contracts
    4 The relationship between interest rates and bond prices, yield concepts per se, Pricing and handling securities at the Istanbul Stock Exchange, Money market yields
    5 Duration models, GAP analyses, Asset and liabilities management
    6 Managing interest rate risk
    7 Financial futures and interest rate swaps
    8 Use of options on financial futures
    9 Reserve requirement for banks, Capital and liquidity ratios for banks in Turkey, BASELL I, II, III
    10 Fund raising techniques worth mentioning separately, Syndicated loans, REPOs and REVERSE REPOs
    11 Turkish Interbank
    12 Fund utilizations in Turkish banking
    13 Risk and return concepts and calculations, Portfolio management, The Markowitz Model, Expost versus exante calculations
    14 Risk of security, Portfolio risk, Covariance
    15 Offbalancesheet items, Securitization, Mortgage financing
    16 Review of the Semester

     

    Course Notes/Textbooks Mr. Halit Soydan’s own Course Notes for ECON511 and Mr. Halit Soydan’s published book: Capital Markets (Used at present at the State University of Dokuz Eylül in Izmir)
    Suggested Readings/Materials Supplementary reading materials: (In addition to current hot topics of the week as appear at Turkish and international press, dailies, periodicals at electronic media or otherwise): Bank Management by Timothy W Koch, The Dreyden Press; Investment Analysis and Management by Charles P Jones, John Wiley and Sons; The Mathematics of Banking and Finance by Dennis Cox, Michael Cox; Mastering Financial Mathematics by Alastair L Day

     

    EVALUATION SYSTEM

    Semester Activities Number Weigthing
    Participation
    16
    15
    Laboratory / Application
    Field Work
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    Portfolio
    Homework / Assignments
    Presentation / Jury
    Project
    1
    15
    Seminar / Workshop
    Oral Exams
    Midterm
    1
    30
    Final Exam
    1
    40
    Total

    Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    60
    Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
    40
    Total

    ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

    Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
    Theoretical Course Hours
    (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
    16
    3
    48
    Laboratory / Application Hours
    (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
    16
    0
    Study Hours Out of Class
    16
    5
    80
    Field Work
    0
    Quizzes / Studio Critiques
    0
    Portfolio
    0
    Homework / Assignments
    0
    Presentation / Jury
    0
    Project
    1
    25
    25
    Seminar / Workshop
    0
    Oral Exam
    0
    Midterms
    1
    32
    32
    Final Exam
    1
    40
    40
        Total
    225

     

    COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

    #
    		 Program Competencies/Outcomes
    * Contribution Level
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    1

    To improve and deepen expertise in economics and finance.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    2

    To be able to comprehend the interaction between economics, finance and related fields.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    3

    To be able to apply the advanced level knowledge acquired in economics and finance.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    4

    To be able to create new knowledge by combining the knowledge of finance and economics with the knowledge coming from other disciplines and be able to solve problems which requires expert knowledge by applying scientific methods.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    5

    To be able to use computer programs needed in the fields of economics and finance as well as information and communication technologies in advanced levels.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    6

    To be able to think analytically to identify problems in finance and economics and to be able to make policy recommendations in economics and finance based on scientific analysis of issues and problems.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    7

    To be able to develop new strategic approaches for unexpected, complicated situations in finance and economics and take responsibility in solving it.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    8

    To protect the social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages and to be able to institute and observe these values.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    9

    To be able to critically evaluate the knowledge in finance and economics, to lead learning and carry out advanced level research independently.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    X
    10

    To be able to use a foreign language for both following scientific progress and for written and oral communication.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -

    *1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

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