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SYLLABUS: FI308 BANK MANAGEMENT

 Time and Location:        

  • Thursdays 12:55 pm – 15:40 pm zoom (Normal time: Xin Shang Yuan (新上院) S411)
  • Fridays 12:55 pm – 15:40 pm zoom (Normal time: Xin Shang Yuan (新上院) S411)

Contact Points:

  • Canvas: oc.sjtu.edu.cn（上海交通大学线上课程平台）
    • Announcement
    • Project group up sign up
    • Lecture notes (back up)
    • Lecture video/links (back up)
  • 上海交通大学泛雅　sjtu.fanya.chaoxing.com
    • Lecture notes
    • Lecture video/links
    • Class Assignment
    • Q&A at Discussion Board and other class participation activities
  • Zoom online meeting：https://zoom.sjtu.edu.cn/sign-in （zoom视频会议直播）
    • Live broadcast of the lecture in each week during the class time.（每周上课时间进行直播）
    • 手机超星学习通app
      • Interaction and survey during the live broadcast in each week during the class time. (直播课时互动答题，问卷等)
    • Alternative solution:
      • zoom + ppt (if 超星学习通 does not work but zoom works)
    • Bottomline solution:
      • wechat 课程群语音讨论 +  课程预录视频

Office Hour and Contact:  

  • The most efficient way to contact me is by email or wechat group (QR code available at Canvas), and I will usually reply in 24 hours.
    • Email: nanli@sjtu.edu.cn
    • You can also post your questions in the Discussion Board on Canvas or at icourse163.

Course Objectives:

This course builds on basic financial theory and the principles courses in economics. It addresses topics that are important for managing financial institutions in a rapidly changing international environment. Upon successful completion of the course, student should be able to understand the role of financial institutions in the economy;explain why banks are unique, and therefore merit special attention; to understand the analytical foundation underlying financial institutions management, and be able to use them to analyze important financial issues, including financial crisis; be familiar with risk management techniques to deal with the various risks banks and other financial institutions face.

Prerequisites:

  • FI100 Finance
  • FI005 Money and Banking
  • Students are expected to have some background in basic economic theory (macroeconomics and microeconomics), algebra, differential calculus, statistics, and a disposition to keep themselves informed of current developments in the area of banking and finance.

Note: Please make sure you have adequate background in analytics, linear algebra, statistics, economics and finance. This is a course in finance, with focus on the risk management and quantitative analysis. This course is NOT suitable for students without any training in economics, statistics, analytics or linear algebra.

Textbooks and References:

Textbook:

Reference book：

  • John C. Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions, Second Edition, Pearson, 2010
  • Peter S. Rose and Sylvia C. Hudgins, Bank Management and Financial Services, 9th Edition, International Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2013 (BMFS)
    • Peter S. Rose and Sylvia C. Hudgins, Bank Management and Financial Services, 9th Edition（英文缩减影印版）, 中国人民大学出版社 
    • Peter S. Rose and Sylvia C. Hudgins, Bank Management and Financial Services (中文版), 9th Edition, 机械工业出版社, 2011

Weight of Assessment:

  • Final Exam                             :     40%
  • Class Assignments                 :     30%
  • Presentation and Term Paper :     20%
  • Class Participation                 :     10%

Warning: 

  • Plagiarism is taken very seriously.  Students caught plagiarizing in class assignments, term paper, and/or exams in this course have been severely penalized. Any student caught cheating in the final exam will be failed in this course and reported to the school for further penalty.

Class Assignment:

There will be 3-4 class assignments. Students are encouraged to discuss on assignments, but each student should finish the assignment on her or him own and hand in separate answers.  

Term Paper and Class Presentation:

Students are advised to form a working group of no more than 5 students. Each group should write a term paper and present it in the class. Each group can choose to write a paper on a case study from the list given in the syllabus or a topic related to bank risk management. However, the topic chosen by each group is subject to the approval of the lecturer.

Note: I expect each group to apply the methods/theory learned in the class to analyze the case or topic of your choice. Simple review of the case or literature review of a topic will result in low score.

The following questions should be addressed in your term paper if a case study is chosen,

  1. What has happened and how did it happen?
  2. To your opinion, what are the specific risks involved? You need to present arguments based on data or facts to support your opinion.
  3. As a bank manager, what lesson in can we learn from this case?

The following questions should be addressed in your term paper if self-selected topic is chosen,

  1. What is the question or problem?
  2. Why is this question important or interesting?
  3. How do you address this question, i.e. empirical analysis or theoretical analysis?

Each group should prepare to present the term paper in 20 minutes with 3-5 minutes for Q&A. The presentation slides should be submitted before the presentation.

The term paper should be no more than 20 pages with double spaces and fonts no smaller than 10pt. The data source and references should be clearly and completely documented.

Timeline for term paper and presentation (subject to change)

  1. Week 3-5: Form group and decide on term paper topic
  2. Week 7: Bid for the case study and allocation of the topic.
  3. Week 9-16: Presentation of term paper
  4. On the day of Final Exam: Due date for term paper.

A “Best Presentation” prize will be awarded to the group who does the best job in presentation. Each group needs to evaluate the performance of other groups and the Best Presentation prize will be awarded to the group with highest average score from group evaluation and lecture evaluation.

List of the Case Study and Research Topics:

  • AIG, Allied Irish Bank, Bankers Trust, Barings Bank, China Aviation Oil, Continental Illinois, Daiwa Bank, Lehman Brothers, LTCM, Société Générale,Washington Mutual Fund, Northern Rock, UBS Rogue Trader (2011), Citibank in 2008
  • Online Banking, Mobile Payment, Micro Finance, Bitcoin, FinTech,  and etc.

Class Participation:

Students are encouraged to actively participate in the class discussion. Such activities include good comments, questions, articles and even pointing out flaws and typos in class material.

A “Best Question” prize will be awarded to the student who raises interesting questions and/or makes good comments in the class or on the forum.

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