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Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
Version 2013-2014
FINA0037-1  Bank management

Duration :  30h Th
Number of credits :  
Advanced Master in Financial Risk Management4
Lecturer :  Jacques Berwart
Language(s) of instruction :  
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
Learning outcomes of the course :  
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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
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
Recommended or required readings :  
Compendium available at the Centre
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
Titular professor : J. Berwart
Main assistant : A. Bils



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