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| FINA0037-1 | Bank management
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Jacques Berwart |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 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 |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 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 |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Compendium available at the Centre |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Titular professor : J. Berwart
Main assistant : A. Bils |
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