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Laurea magistrale in Banca e finanza - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage
6
F
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Final exam
15
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activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage
6
F
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Final exam
15
E
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Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°

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S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Teaching code

4S006068

Credits

9

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SECS-P/11 - FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS

Period

Primo semestre (lauree magistrali) dal Oct 3, 2022 al Dec 23, 2022.

Learning objectives

In the first part, the course focuses on the valuation of bonds (both government and corporate), first at the level of individual bond and then at the aggregate portfolio level, in order to appreciate the main management policies, passive and active, of portfolios composed by bonds only and by bonds and derivatives. In the second part, the course deals with the equity evaluation criteria and the way financial markets operate.

Prerequisites and basic notions

Basic notion of financial mathematics

Program

Second part
The evaluation criteria and indicators of the return and risk of equities.
Markowitz's portfolio selection theory.
The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
Equity portfolio management strategies.
Performance evaluation.
The bond and equity markets managed by Borsa Italiana.

Reference material

The topics of the second part of the course are covered in the following chapters of the textbook: 8, 9, 10, part of 12 dedicated to equity portfolios, 13 and part of 16 dedicated to the bond and equity markets managed by Borsa Italiana.

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

Teaching will be developed through lectures aimed at facilitating the understanding and interpretation
of theoretical concepts.

Learning assessment procedures

Regarding the second part of the program, there will be 3 questions (consisting of open theoretical questions and / or exercises to be solved by providing a comment on the results obtained).

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Evaluation criteria

The questions on the second part aim to verify the student's ability to critically analyze the topics covered. The 3 questions will be evaluated in total to a maximum of 14 points.

Exam language

Italiano