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| FINA0010-1 | Organization and Management of Financial Institutions
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| Duration : | 24h Th |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Economical Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, in-depth approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Economical Sciences, didactic approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, didactic approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Business Engineering, didactic approach, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Economical Sciences, Professional Focus in Economic Policies and Analysis, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 5 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus in Entrepreneurship, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Management Sciences, professional Focus, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Management Engineering, professional Focus, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master en sciences de gestion, à finalité spécialisée en management, 1st year |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Master in Management Sciences |  | Deuxième quadrimestre |  | 4 |
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| Holder(s) : | Jacques Berwart |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : | 1. Meaning of the course
- to make the student familiar with the sphere of the finance sector
- to analyse the organisation of credit institutions from the legislation in force (Royal Decree of 03/22/1993 and the circulars of the Banking,Finance and Insurance Commission);
- to explain the balance sheet specific to finance institutions;
- to introduce the main ratios used in the sector.
2. Contents
- Introduction to the banking sector
- Evolution of the sphere of the finance sector
- Structure of the resources and of employments
- Profitability, solvency, liquidity
- Legislation concerning the legal status and supervision of credit institutions
- Law of March 22, 1993
- Main intervening parties
- Prescribed coefficients (equity, liquidity,....)
- Analysis of the balance sheet and of the results account
- Table of management control and main ratios
- Current topics
- Money laundering
- National and international payment systems
- Savings fiscal system |
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| Course objective : | At the end of this course the students will be able to:
- give proof of their acquired knowledge about the working and the organisation of the institutions (C1);
- to explain the contents of the different items of the balance sheet and of the results account of the credit institutions (C1-P2);
- to analyse, on the basis of cases, the strategies developed by different banks and their impacts on the main financial ratios (C3-C4);
- to analyse from a documentary research some specific topics in the finance sector (C4). |
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| Prerequisites : | None |
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| Organization : | 1. Methods:
A1 Teaching
A1 Research on current topics with the writing of a report (feed-back)
A2 'Assistant questioning' hours : questions and answers to prepare the cases and their presentations
A3 Cases study: preparation of cases by the students and report (feed-back)
A4 Reports writing: reports written in group
2. General planning of the course
From March 23rd 2009 : - Wednesday : 8:00 to 10:00 am - Friday : 10:00 to 12:00 am
3. Distribution of the student's work (4ECTS/5ECTS)
A1 Lecture 24h/24h
A1 Documentary research : 12h/24h
A3 Case study : 10h/10h
A4 Reports 10h/14h
Study : 24h/24h
Total : 96h/120h |
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| Written notes : | - Compendium available at the Centre
- Advised reading : to be specified |
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| Assessment : | - Cases study 50%
- Oral examination 50% |
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| Contacts : | Titular professor : J. BERWART
Main assistant : A. BILS |
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