FIN 485 Financial Institutions & Intermediaries

An analysis of applied financial and macroeconomic theories to the U.S. banking system and regulatory environments within the contexts of today’s emerging interstate, international and global financial services intermediaries. Risk management challenges are considered including cost of funds, interest rate risk, credit policy, liquidity, use of capital, non-interest income and expense, issuances of fixed-income securities and fiduciary-portfolio management. Prerequisite(s): ECO 201 and FIN 340. 3 hour(s).