Financial Regulation and Supervision

Code:

2ME32

Acronym:

RSSF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Economics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
ME	22	Official Syllabus after 2021-2022	2	-	6	42	162
MFPE	3	Study plan	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

1. To present the theoretical framework of Financial Regulation 2. To analyse the legal framework of the Portuguese financial system 3. To analyse the most relevant cases

Learning outcomes and competences

Acquisition of general knowlwdge on the theme "Financial Regulation" and, namely, on the regulation and supervision of the portuguese financial system.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Chapter 1 – Financial Regulation – a general overview
Chapter 2 – Institutional and legal framework
Chapter 3 - Financial Regulation and Supervision in Portugal
A. Banking regulation and supervision;
B. Insurance and pension funds regulation and supervision;
C. Securities regulation;
D. Financial conglomerates;
E. Money laundering

Mandatory literature

Estado Português; Regime Geral das Instituições de Crédito

Comments from the literature

Bibliography includes the material presented in the classroom, documents distributed by the teacher and portuguese legislation.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation based on slides and discussion of real business cases

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Estudo autónomo	120,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

NA

Calculation formula of final grade

40% * paper + 60% * final examination

Examinations or Special Assignments

There may be an additional oral test to defend the classification obtained in the written test.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Faculty rules

Classification improvement

Regulamento Geral para Avaliação dos discentes de primeiros ciclos e de segundos ciclos da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Porto