FIN 685 – Banking Regulation
General Information
This course provides an in-depth look into selected topics in financial regulation. The course will be offered in three blocked all-day sessions. The first session will analyse financial regulation from the perspective of a commercial bank manager. The second session will analyse financial regulation from the perspective of a financial regulator, such as the European Central Bank. Core themes throughout the course will be the proper assessment and management of financial risks in accordance with the existing regulatory framework for banks. Students will be tasked with a graded group assignment that provides the opportunity to translate the knowledge acquired in the first two sessions into practice by analysing regulatory issues for existing banks. Groups will present their results in the final session.
Admission to the course is limited to 25 students. Students who want to participate in the course need to (1) register via Portal2 and (2) send an application to the chair via email. Please refer to the “Registration” tab below for more details.
Further Information
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students will have a thorough understanding of some of the key features of the current regulatory framework for banks and how they affect banks and regulators. Students acquire tools to assess and manage central regulatory banking risks. Students will have analyzed, prepared a report on, and presented results on regulatory issues facing a real bank.
Prerequisites
Formal:
There is no formal requirement. FIN 590 Financial Institutions I is recommended as a preparation for this course.
This is a course with restricted attendance. Students who want to partipiate in the course need to both register in Portal2 and send an application to the chair. Please refer to the “Registration” tab below for more details.
Registration
Registration is via Portal2 (matriculated students only). Admission to the course is limited to 25 students. After registering via Portal2, students need to send their application to the chair via email (sabrina.yufang.sun@uni-mannheim.edu).
The application should contain the following materais in one combined PDF document: 1) electronic transcripts of records, 2) resume, 3) a brief statement of max. 200 words indicating prior courses taken in banking and finance and/
or related practical experience, in particular internship or work experience in the banking sector.
Contact Person
Sabrina Yufang Sun, M.Sc.
Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
L 9, 1–2 – Raum 204
68161 Mannheim
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