Financial Regulation

Code:

2ECON17

Acronym:

RSF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Agrupamento Científico de Economia
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	16	Bologna Syllabus	1	-	7,5	56	202,5

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 of the portuguese financial system.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Chapter 1 – Financial Regulation – a general overview
Chapter 2 – Institutional framework
Chapter 3 - Main issues in Financial Regulation
Chapter 4 - The Portuguese Financial Sector
Chapter 5 - Financial Regulation in Portugal
A. Banking regulation; B. Insurance and pension funds regulation; 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
Trabalho escrito	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Estudo autónomo	160,50
Total:	202,50

Eligibility for exams

NA

Calculation formula of final grade

40% for a paper and 60% for a 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