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 Office Hours:
After the lesson
Teaching Staff:
Mr. DAVID ZAKEN
Course/Module description:
See Course aims
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:
See Course aims
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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