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Syllabus Regulation and Banking - 55770
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Last update 18-10-2022
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Business Administration

Semester: 1st Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: David Zaken

Coordinator Email: david.zaken@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: After the lesson

Teaching Staff:
Mr. DAVID ZAKEN

Course/Module description:
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Course/Module aims:
The aim of the course is to provide students a tools for analysis banking structure, operations, characteristics, risks inherent in its operations, and its corporate governance; As well as tools for analysis of the economic, technological, regulatory and public environment (local and global), which the banking system operates.

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
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Attendance requirements(%):
80

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecture and exercise

Course/Module Content:
1. Banking system environment;
2. The structure of the banking system in Israel;
3. Risk management - credit risk, market and liquidity risks and operational risks;
4. Capital and capital adequacy;
5. Accounting aspects - fair value, provision for losses and reporting;
6. Corporate governance and compliance risk management;
7. Regulation - regulatory principles

Required Reading:
1. John C. Hull, Risk Management and Financial Institutions (3rd ed.), 2012.
2. David Ruthenberg, Bank Management in Israel, 2002.

Additional Reading Material:
1. Looking Back at Israel's Banking system (1965 to 2012), Meir Heth, 2015.
2. The banking system in Israel, Annual Report - 2021, the Bank of Israel.
3. The Basel Committee for Banking (BIS website):
Core principles for effective banking supervision, September 2012.
External audits of banks - final document, March 2014.
Corporate governance principles for banks, July 2015.
Guidelines for identifying and dealing with weak banks, July 2015.
4. The Financial Stability Board: Principles for an Effective Risk Appetite Framework, November 2013.
5. Banking Supervision Regulations (Bank of Israel website).

Grading Scheme :

Additional information:
A project work be required instead of a test.
 
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