FINA0054-1 : Fund Industry

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Study programmes 2012-2013

Last update : 18/06/2013

FINA0054-1

Fund Industry

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in Law, Professional Focus in Business Law, 2nd year		6

Master degree in Management, professional focus in Banking and Asset Management, 2nd year		5

Master degree in Economics, professional focus in Economics and Finance, 2nd year		5

Master degree in Management, professional focus in Financial Analysis and Audit, 2nd year		5

Lecturer :

Danielle Sougné

Language(s) of instruction :

English language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Course contents :

Created in collaboration between HEC-ULg and KBL, the KBL Chair proposes this course on fund industry. Its goal is to provide Business and Law students (as well as anyone interested in making a career in the mutual fund industry) with an overview of the mutual fund industry regarding basic principles as well as the different sorts of jobs. This course is practice-oriented and is built around Luxembourg mutual fund industry standards. Luxembourg is by far the European leader (and second in the world behind the United States) in the mutual fund industry with more than 11 000 funds managing around 1 800 billion Euros. Financial services in Luxembourg represent more than 44 000 employees contributing to almost one third of Gross Domestic Product.
The course is articulated around 11 main parts. All these parts are presented by experts in mutual funds from the academic as well professional world (KBL, EFA, Deloitte & Touche, Arendt & Medernach, la bourse de Luxembourg, Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen).
- Part 1: Introduction to mutual fund markets
- Part 2: Plurality of products
- Part 3: The different investment vehicles
- Part 4: Creation of a mutual fund and organization of its social life
- Part 5: Fund administration
- Part 6: Custodian bank and trust company
- Part 7: Organization of mutual fund surveillance
- Part 8: Pension funds
- Part 9: Basic principles of fiscal law for mutual funds in Luxembourg
- Part 10: Admission to quotation (specialization: law)
- Part 11: Principles of fund commercialization (specialization: management)

Learning outcomes of the course :

Overview of mutual fund markets

Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Lectures: presentations by academic and professional experts
Classes take place during the second semester (2h/week).
Workload repartition:
Lectures : 9*2h =18h (common program) + 1*2h (specialization)
Case studies