FINANCIAL MARKETS INNOVATION

International Teaching FINANCIAL MARKETS INNOVATION

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0222100133
DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT & INNOVATION SYSTEMS
EQF7
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING
2023/2024

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
630LESSONS
Objectives
THE PURPOSE OF THE COURSE IS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A RIGOROUS METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO THE MOST INNOVATIVE FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITIES OF FUND RAISING AND TO THE INNOVATION IN FINANCIAL MARKETS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE PROFICIENT IN FUNDRASING FOR SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND GREEN FINANCE THANKS TO A THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL BASICS OF THIS NEW FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, WHICH PUTS IN EVIDENCE THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS IN ACCELERATING THE TRANSITION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION.
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITE KNOWLEDGE IS REQUIRED.
Contents
THE COURSE LASTS 30 HOURS (6 ECTS) AND IS ESSENTIALLY BASED ON LECTURES WITH DISCUSSION OF REAL CASES. THE MAIN TOPICS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
- FINANCIAL ACTORS AND THE DEAL TYPOLOGIES INVOLVED (5 H)
- FUNDRAISING, CROWDFUNDING AND ALTERNATIVE FINANCE (5 H)
- DEBT AND EQUITY CAPITAL IN GREEN DEALS (5 H)
- SUSTAINABLE FINANCE AND GREEN BONDS (5 H)
- CLIMATE AND CYBER RISK (5 H)
- AI IN FINANCIAL SECTOR (5 H)
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS BASED ON LECTURES LASTING 60 HOURS (6 ECTS). DURING THE LECTURES IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS, SEMINARS AND DISCUSSION OF CASE STUDIES WILL TAKE PLACE. THE PARTICIPATION TO LESSONS ISN'T MANDATORY BUT IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BECAUSE STUDENTS HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO CONFRONT THE TEACHER WHILE EXMAINING CASE STUDIES. THIS AIMS AT DEVELOPING A CRITICAL THINKING ABOUT THE MAIN INNOVATIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN FINANCIAL MARKETS.
Verification of learning
THE KNOWLEDGE WILL BE ASSESSED THROUGH AN EXAM AND AN EVALUATION WITH GRADES FROM 18/30 TO 30/30. IT CONSISTS IN A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST ON THE CONTENT (EACH QUESTION HAS FOUR ANSWERS, ONLY ONE IS RIGHT) OF THE COURSE AND A DISCUSSION OF A PROJECT WORK IN THE FORM WRITTEN REPORT BASED ON A SPECIFIC TOPIC OF THE COURSE CHOSEN BY THE STUDENT. THE DISCUSSION AIMS AT EVALUATING THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT ALSO THE APPLYING KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENT OF THE COURSE. THE GRADES ARE FROM 18/30 (LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF THE TOPIC) UP TO 30/30 CUM LAUDE (THE STUDENT HAS HIGH KNOWLEDGE AND APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE TOPIC). THE DISCUSSION WILL LAST AROUND 20 MINUTES.


Texts
BOTH PUBLICATIONS
BOOT, HOFFMANN, LAEVEN, RATNOVSKI, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION
AND TECHNOLOGY: WHAT’S OLD, WHAT’S NEW?, ECB, NO 2438 / JULY 2020, AVAILABLE AT HTTPS://WWW.IMF.ORG/EN/PUBLICATIONS/WP/ISSUES/2020/08/07/FINANCIAL-INTERMEDIATION-AND-TECHNOLOGY-WHATS-OLD-WHATS-NEW-49624
LANOTTE,TRAPANESE, FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY: THEORETICAL AND REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS FROM DIGITAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, N.758, APRIL 2023
HTTPS://WWW.BANCADITALIA.IT/PUBBLICAZIONI/QEF/2023-0758/QEF_758_23.PDF?LANGUAGE_ID=1
More Information
SLIDES, SELECTED ARTICLES, CASES AND OTHER MATERIAL ARE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE COURSE WEBSITE
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