Module FINN41215: Bank Management

Department: Finance

FINN41215: Bank Management

Tied To

• N3K109: Finance
• N3K209: Finance (Accounting and Finance)
• N3K309: Finance (Corporate and International Finance)
• N3K409: Finance (Finance and Investment)
• N3K709: Finance (Economics and Finance)
• N3KC09: Finance (Financial Technology and Banking)

Pre-requisites

Corequisites

Excluded Combinations

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 an in-person 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 Blackboard.