OPF:FIN809M Financial Sector Transformatio - Course Information
FIN809M Financial Sector Transformation
School of Business Administration in KarvinaWinter 2007
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Guaranteed by
- prof. RNDr. Stanislav Polouček, CSc.
Department of Finance and Accounting – School of Business Administration in Karvina - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
- Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
- European Integration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Finance (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Corporate Finance (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
- Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, B_SYSINF)
- Marketing and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
- Social Management (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
- Course objectives (in Czech)
- The goal of the course is to explain basic features of financial sector transformation in Central European countries. It covers topics as a conception of money and functions of money in a market economy, a position and role of financial institutions, financial instruments and financial markets in a market economy. The specific topics cover mergers and acquisitions in banking sector, competition and concentration in financial sector and influence of voucher privatisation on financial sector. Privatisation of banking sector will be covered, too. The course considers specific conditions of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary during transition onto a market economy in the light of recent changes in European Union, respectively European Monetary Union.
- Syllabus (in Czech)
- Topics covered:
1. Financial system
Financial system as a complex of financial instruments, financial markets and financial intermediaries. Lenders and borrowers. Transition of savings into investments. The financial system and the real economy.
2. Financial and banking sector structure
Financial and banking sector structure: theory and practise. Growing number of banks during transition process. Small and large banks. Competition in banking sector.
3. Mergers and acquisitions in banking sector
Banks, branches, and offices. Mergers and creation of value. Bank mergers and acquisition strategies. Reasons/hypotheses for bank mergers. The nature of the acquisition premium. Regulatory concerns: safety, stability, and structure.
4. Privatisation of banking sector
The initial economic environment for privatisation. The restructuring of property rights. Forms of privatisation. Large privatisation: theory and practise. The role of banks and nonbanking financial institutions in privatisation. Banks privatisation in transition countries.
- Topics covered:
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2007, recent)
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