The financial system; Capital markets; An Analysis of the Mechanisms of the Financial System in the economy: Time value of money; Capital Budgeting: an introduction; Valuation of Financial Assets; Bond analysis: an introduction; Risk, Return and Diversification; Efficient Market Hypothesis; Multinational Finance: an introduction; The role of banks within an economy; Banks and other financial institutions; Types of Banking; Banking Services; The role of the central bank; Introduction to Banking Regulations and Supervision: Types of regulations and their limitations; Introduction to Banking Risks; International banking environment