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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
FINA0037-1  Bank management
Duration :  30h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Advanced Master in Financial Risk ManagementFirst semester4
Holder(s) :  Jacques Berwart
Language :  French language
Course contents :  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.






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
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 some specific topics in the finance sector from a documentary research (C4).
Prerequisites :  None
Organization :  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
Written notes :  Compendium available at the Centre
Assessment :  Oral examination
Contacts :  Titular professor : J. Berwart
Main assistant : A. Bils


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