Financial instruments 2400-ZEWW782
1. Introduction and rules of assesment.Financial instruments as a part of financial system.
2. Capital market instruments: stocks, bonds, notes, pre-emptive rights, rights to shares, depository receipts, index certificates, index participation units, structured products, subscription warrants, warrants, bill of lading, etc.
3. Investments funds intruments: certificates of investment, participation units, ETFs, special forms of investment funds (money market funds, securitization funds, umbrella funds, hedging funds, etc.).
4. Money market instruments: outrights, REPO's, SBB's, money market bonds, treasury bonds, commercial papers.
5. Deposits, certificates of deposit, saving bonds, different kinds of loans, leasing.
6. Guarantees, stand-by letters of credit, contract clauses.
7. Forwards, futures, options (including exotical and coumpound), swaps (IRS, CS, CIRS OIS, etc.) and other derivatives (including catastrophic and credit derivatives).
8. Bills of exchange, factoring services, forfaiting, debt purchase transactions, asset backed securities.
9. Cheques, money transfers and similar clearing forms, direct debit, payment cards.
10. Clean payment instruments: order payment, traveller's cheque, money orders, and documentary payment instruments: documentary credit, letter of credit, documentary collection.
Type of course
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Learning outcomes
Student is able to recognise different types of financial instruments, their utility and practical applications.
He or she is able to provide an explanation for special purposes for chosing the appropriate financing technics in practical problem solving. Students can prepare the short PowerPoint presentation about financial instruments utilizations in Poland and abroad, working in two-person groups. Student is able to long-live study, chosing priorities of given task, aply instruments to the professional needs KU05, KU06, KK01, KK03, KU04, KU03. KU02, KU01, KW03, KW02, KW01
Assessment criteria
The final grade depends on points received from Power Point presentation (max 12 points), short class test (8 points) and from writen exam (max 32 points). There are no more than two absences acceptable for obtaining the qualifications of the seminar. The presentations are submited to the internet site of the course.
Bibliography
J. Kudła, „Instrumenty finansowe i ich zastosowania”, Keytext, Warszawa 2009
Slides prepared for the course and located at Internet site.
Additional information
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