Course ID
043832
Course Description
This course is designed to introduce you to current issues in finance. The first part of the course is dedicated to what can be broadly defined as financial technology or more commonly, fintech. The second part of the course is dedicated to ESG (Environmental, social and governance) issues. Next, we discuss reforms that have been implemented after the financial crisis of 2007-08, and whether the new bank resolution powers of regulators were effective at reducing markets' expectations that the largest financial institutions are too big to fail. At the end of the course we will cover topics based on students' preferences. At the graduate level, special attention will be given to understanding and critically assessing the available empirical evidence and methods used in the academic literature related to these topics.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
May be convened with
FIN430
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No