FULLY SOLVED BOOK LASY 5 YEARS PAPERS SOLVED PLUS GUESS

Financial Markets and Institutions

 Unit I:
Financial Markets: Financial system and its components, functions; money market, instruments, types,
regulations, Role of central bank in money market; capital markets, types, products, reforms; primary
market, book building process; corporate debt market, financial markets and economic development;
SEBI and recent reforms. (10 Hours)
Unit II:
Banking Sector: Banking sector in India, role of RBI, commercial banks, foreign banks, reports of
important committees, functions of a bank, products, assets and liabilities of banks; Non-performing
assets, growth and performance of Indian banking sector; Regional Rural Banks; E-banking; role and
scope of payment banks, RBI, functions, objectives and reforms; recent trends in banking sector.
(12 Hours)
Unit III:
Financial Institutions: Ministry of Corporate Affairs; Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs); Life
and non-life insurance companies in India, IRDA and recent reforms; Pension Fund Regulatory
and Development Authority; Development Financial Institutions (DFIs); Mutual Funds, instruments,
growth and performance of mutual funds; Housing finance. (10 Hours)
Unit IV:
Financial Services: Merchant banking, Venture capital and private equity; Factoring & Forfeiting;
Credit rating agencies; Underwriting; Portfolio management; Loan syndication, project financing;
brokerage services. (10 Hours