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This document outlines the syllabus for the B.Com. (General) Degree Course Core-XI: Financial Services course at the University of Madras effective 2020-2021. The course aims to enable students to understand various financial services and the financial services sector. It is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as merchant banking, public issue management, money markets, stock exchanges, leasing, factoring, securitization, venture capital, credit rating, and pension funds. The syllabus provides objectives, outcomes, unit descriptions, textbook and reference book recommendations, and web resources for the course.

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Syllabus FS

This document outlines the syllabus for the B.Com. (General) Degree Course Core-XI: Financial Services course at the University of Madras effective 2020-2021. The course aims to enable students to understand various financial services and the financial services sector. It is divided into 5 units that cover topics such as merchant banking, public issue management, money markets, stock exchanges, leasing, factoring, securitization, venture capital, credit rating, and pension funds. The syllabus provides objectives, outcomes, unit descriptions, textbook and reference book recommendations, and web resources for the course.

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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS

B.Com. (GENERAL) DEGREE COURSE


SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2020-2021

BGE-CSC11
CORE-XI: FINANCIAL SERVICES
Common to BCom(A&F) as VI Sem.Elective, BCom(BM),
BCom(CA)-VI Sem. & BCom(ISM)
Inst.Hrs : 5 YEAR: II
Credits : 4 SEMESTER: IV

OBJECTIVES:
 To enable the students to understand the world of financial services.
 To facilitate the understanding of the various Financial Services.
OUTCOME:
 On the completion of modules, the students will understand the various financial services.

UNIT I: Introduction
Financial Services - Concept - Objectives - Functions - Characteristics - Financial Services Market -
Concept - Constituents - Growth of Financial Services in India - Financial Services Sector Problems -
Financial Services Environment - The Forces - Players in Financial Markets

UNIT II: Merchant Banking and Public Issue Management


Definition - Functions - Merchant Bankers Code of Conduct - Public Issue Management - Concept
- Functions - Categories of Securities Issue - Mechanics of Public Issue Management - Issue
Manager - Role of issue Manager - Marketing of Issue - New Issues Market Vs Secondary Market.

UNIT III: Money Market and Stock Exchange


Characteristics - Functions - Indian Capital Market - Constituents of Indian Capital Market - New
Financial Institutions and Instruments - Investor Protection - Stock Exchange - Functions -
Services - Features - Role - Stock Exchange Traders -Regulations of Stock Exchanges -
Depository - SEBI - Functions and Working.

UNIT IV: Leasing and Factoring and Securitisation


Characteristics - Types - Participants - Myths about Leasing - Hire Purchase – Lease Financing
Vs Hire Purchase Financing - Factoring - Mechanism - Functions of a Factor - Factoring -
Players- Types - Operational Profile of Indian Factoring - Operational Problems in Indian
Factoring - Factoring Vs bills Discounting - Securitisation of Debt- Parties involved- Steps of
securitisation - Types of securitisation- Advantages- Limitations – SARFAESI Act 2002- Background-
Purpose of the Act- Main provisions

UNIT V: Venture Capital, credit rating and pension Fund


Origin and Growth of Venture Capital - Investment Nurturing Methods - Mutual Funds - Portfolio
Management Process in Mutual Funds - Credit Rating System - Growth Factors - Credit Rating
Process - Global and Domestic Credit Rating agencies - Pension Fund - Objectives - Functions -
Features - Types - Chilean Model - Pension Investment Policy - Pension Financing.
UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Com. (GENERAL) DEGREE COURSE
SYLLABUS WITH EFFECT FROM 2020-2021

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Michael W. Brandi – Money, Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions –Cengage, New
Delhi
2. Gurusamy S, Essentials of Financial Services, Vijay Nicole Imprints, Chennai, 2014

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Gomez Clifford, Prentice Hall of India, Financial Markets, Institutions and Financial
Services,2008
2. Meir Kohn, Financial Institutions and Markets, Oxford University Press
3. Rajesh Kothari, Financial Services in India: Concept and Application, Sage publications,
2012, New Delhi.
4. MadhuVij & Swati Dhawan, Merchant Banking and Financial Services, Jain Book Agency,
2000, Mumbai
5. Vasant Desai, Financial Markets and Financial Services, Himalayan Publishing House Pvt.
Ltd,2000,Mumbai

WEB RESOURCE:
1. www.rbi.org
2. www.sebi.org
3. www.nse.org

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