Students explore the different financial intermediaries in our economy, the financial risks they are exposed to, and how these risks are measured and managed. Topics include the types of financial institutions including deposit-taking institutions, insurance companies, securities firms, investment banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and finance companies; regulation of the financial industry; measuring risk including interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, off-balance sheet risk, foreign exchange risk, sovereign risk and technology and other operational risks; managing risk through the use of derivatives, loan sales and securitization; and managing risk through deposit insurance and other liability guarantees and capital adequacy standards.

* Prerequisite: Completion of FNCE 3150, FNCE 3170, and FNCE 3180 with a minimum grade of C- in each, or an equivalent course.

* Note: Credit is not granted for both FNCE 4190 and BBUS 4190.

COURSE CODE

COURSE NAME

ACCT 2210 

Financial Accounting 

ACCT 2250 

Management Accounting

ACCT 3200 

Intermediate Financial Accounting 1

ACCT 3210 

Intermediate Financial Accounting 2

BLAW 2910 

Commercial Law

ECON 1900 

Principles of Microeconomics

ECON 1950 

Principles of Macroeconomics

ECON 2320 

Economics and Business Statistics 1

ECON 3040 

Managerial Economics

ECON 3330 

Applied Statistics for Economics

ECON 4330 

Forecasting in Business and Economics

FNCE 2120 

Financial Management

FNCE 3150 

Portfolio and Equity Analysis

FNCE 3180 

Derivative Securities

FNCE 4130 

Advanced Financial Management

FNCE 4190 

Financial Institutions Management

MKTG 2430 

Introduction to Marketing

ORGB 2810 

Organizational Behaviour

STAT 1200 

Introduction to Statistics