Dec 26, 2024  
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SGPS Catalog 2024-2025

MSF 538 - Financial Institutions and Risk Management

3.00 credits.
This is an advanced course in financial management. This course is aimed at introducing students to the primary financial issues and challenges that arise in the management of financial institutions. This course seeks to provide students with a solid understanding of: (1) terms, facts, and perspectives useful in financial service industries; (2) concepts, tools, and objectives financial institution managers use in framing and resolving various management problems; (3) forces shaping the future industry environment for financial institution managers, such as changes in the information and contracting technologies, changes in the mixture of domestic and global competitors, and interaction of innovation with rules enforced by self-regulatory organizations and government agencies. Specific topics include overview of the financial service industry, interest rate risk, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, capital requirements, and cash flow financial engineering.