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International Banking & Finance LUBS 3150

International Banking & Finance LUBS 3150. Key facts. Module leader: Francesco Vallascas ( fv@lubs.leeds.ac.uk) Semester: 1 Credits: 10 Professional exemptions: - Pre-requisites:

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International Banking & Finance LUBS 3150

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  1. International Banking & FinanceLUBS 3150

  2. Key facts • Module leader: Francesco Vallascas (fv@lubs.leeds.ac.uk) • Semester: 1 • Credits: 10 • Professional exemptions: - • Pre-requisites: • LUBS1940 Economics for Management, or LUBS1950 Economics Theory & Applications 1ANDLUBS1915 Introduction to Financial Accounting, or LUBS1235 Introductory Financial Accounting, or LUBS1220 Accounting for Managers, or LUBS1035 Foundations of Finance

  3. Focus of the module • Banking Theory (Why do banks exist?) • Diversification and Internationalization in Banking • Regulation (focus on recent regulatory changes: Basel III, reforms in the UK and in Europe ...) • Central Banking • Banking risks and risk management • Bank Failures (determinants and case studies) • Financial Crises (especially the recent crisis: the shadow banking system, the impact of securitization....)

  4. Assessment • 2-hr written exam paper in January (100%). • The exam paper consists of two parts: • Multiple choices plus short questions (50%). • One essay (three topics) (50%).

  5. Core text / key reading • In order of importance (though subject to changes): • 1. Casu, B, Girardone, C, & Molyneaux, P, (2006) Introduction to Banking, FT PrenticeHall (A NEW EDITION SHOULD COME SOON). • 2. Heffernan, S, (2005) Modern Banking, Wiley. • 3. Mishkin, F, The economics of money, banking and financial markets, International edition, Pearson Addison Wesley, most recent edition. • Reading Pack (for seminars) available at the beginning of the course. Selected articles suggested for each lecture.

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