Module ECON40A15: Bank Management

Department: Economics and Finance

ECON40A15: Bank Management

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

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Excluded Combination of Modules

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Aims

• Develop knowledge of key concepts and issues in banking related to the management of lending processes, bank funding structure, liquidity & risk management, and performance measurement.
• Develop critical understanding and appreciation of current theoretical and empirical research in banking and its applications to professional practice in financial services.

Content

• Bank business models and financial statements
• Interest Rate Risk Management
• Lending and loan portfolio management
• Bank funding structures
• Liquidity risk management
• Capital adequacy
• Trends and challenges in the banking industry

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of the module students should have:
• Developed an advanced knowledge of core banking principles and practice of traditional and contemporary bank business models.
• Developed a critical understanding of the issues and risks of items from bank financial statements.
• Explored the most recent advancements in the relevant academic literature and its relevance for the banking industry.

• By the end of the module, students should have developed highly specialised and advanced technical, professional and academic skills that enable them to:
• Explain and critically evaluate the purpose of banks and their business models.
• Identify, measure and manage the various risks that banks face.
• Critically evaluate the impact of trends and challenges in the banking industry on a bank’s business model.

• Written communication
• Planning, organising and time management
• Problem solving and analysis
• Using initiative
• Adaptability
• Numeracy
• Computer literacy

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching is by lectures and seminars. Learning takes place through attendance at lectures, preparation for and participation in seminar classes and private study.
• Summative assessment is by means of a written examination.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Formative assessment, and feedback, may take a number of forms such as oral feedback on work prepared by students for seminars; answers to questions either discussed during a seminar or posted on DUO.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University