Financial Services

Syllabus

MBAT411: Financial Services

Unit 1

Financial Services

Meaning and Concepts, Need for Financial Services, Various Types of Financial Services, Fund Based and Non Fund Based, Characteristics and Role of Financial Intermediaries.

Unit 2

Depositories and Financial Services

Commercial Banks and their Changing Role, Functioning of Banks, Financial Services and Banking System. Non Depository Institutions: Finance Companies and Mutual Funds and Pension Funds-Financial Services and Their Role.

Unit 3

Merchant Banking and Venture Capital

The Concept of Merchant banking Services of Merchant Bankers, Merchant Banking in India-Rules Regulation Management of Capital Issues, Fixed Deposits and Debenture Issues, Venture Capital-The Concept and Characteristics, Growth of Venture Capital Services
in India.

Unit 4

Leasing

Concept, Types, Legal and Tax Aspects, Factoring in India, Hire-Purchase, Lease Structuring. Factoring: Concept and Characteristics, Types of Factoring in India, Factoring and Bill Rediscounting.
For-faiting: Meaning and Mechanism of For-faiting.

Unit 5

Credit Rating Services

Concept, Types and Significance, Function of Credit Rating Agencies, Credit Rating Agencies in India, Process of Credit-Rating.