• Profitability Analysis
• Planning and Monitoring of Target Figures in Profitability Management
• Introduction to Risk Management
• Change in Interest Rates Risk Management
• Credit Risk Management
• Application of Strategy Concepts
• Simulation of Banking Business
• Dealing with Changing Framework Conditions

Interactive lecture, exercises, computer based business game

After completion of the module, participants recognise the characteristics and terminology of comprehensive banking management. They are able to apply the corresponding concepts in a target- and problem-oriented manner, to analyse the economic and political environment of a bank and to react appropriately to changes in framework conditions.

They are additionally able to apply their knowledge in new and unfamiliar situations and to deal with limited information.

They supply solutions on professional issues and manifest competence in dealing with competitors and colleagues.

• Written examination with 90 minutes editing time (70%)
• Assignment (30%)
• Obligatory class participation

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module

International Accounting
> Basics of tax accounting
> Deferred Taxes: Deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets
> Tax accounting process
> Effective tax rate and tax reconciliation

The Economics of Taxation
> Theory of Optimal Taxation
> Taxation and Saving Decisions
> Taxation and Investment Decisions
> Taxes and Capital Structure

Interactive lecture, case studies.

The module International Accounting and Taxation introduces the issues of deferred taxes and an effective tax rate. Deferred taxes mean a future tax liability or asset, resulting from temporary differences between the accounting value of assets and liabilities and their value for tax purposes. Deferred taxes are used to calculate the effective tax rate, which shows the effective tax burden of a group of affiliated companies. After completion of the course on International Accounting, the students have at their disposal comprehensive knowledge of deferred taxes and the effective tax rate.

The course of International Taxation provides a comprehensive understanding of the impact of taxation on saving and investment decisions as well as the impact on capital structures. After completion of the course, the students are familiar with the fundamentals of the economics of taxation to the extent that they can explain the influence of taxation on investment and financing decisions.

The lecture materials, legal foundations, accounting standards and illustrations of facts relating to the exercises as well as possible further materials including selected literature are available on the Hochschulforum. Additionally, all the recommended literature is accessible at the library.

1 written exam with 90 minutes editing time (80% of module grade)
1 presentation (20% of module grade)

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module.

Extracurriculare Activities comprise of various activities that are not linked to the Curriculum of the MSc in Banking and Financial Management, which are optional and further support the studying of the Master programme.

• Instruments on the Futures Market: Forwards, Futures, Options and Swaps
• Significance of Yield Curve
• Evaluation of Forwards, Futures and Swaps
• Characteristics of Option Prices
• Evaluation of Options According to Black/Scholes and Binomial Model
• Derivative Elements in Structured Products
• Greeks and Volatility Smiles
• Exotic Options
• Selected Aspects of Risk Management (e.g. Value at Risk, Backtesting, Stress Testing)
• Hedging Strategies
• Financial Engineering of Various Finance Instruments
• Operational Risks

Interactive lectures with exercises

After completion of the module, the students recognise the most significant derivative instruments and the particularities of financial engineering. They have at their disposal comprehensive knowledge of the significant principles governing determination and evaluation of derivatives and are able to mirror the current stage of research on financial engineering.

Additionally, they master advanced hedging procedures, which they apply in a target-oriented manner in the areas of risk management. Because of their acquired specialised knowledge, they are able to meet complicated challenges in financial engineering. They are also able to identify and conceptualise abstract problems, such as the preparation of a special risk-profit profile and handle Operational risk.

• Utilising and identifying financial instruments and their application in practice
• Taking into consideration the yield curve in the evaluation of derivatives and relating to it
• Differentiating valuation approaches for forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as exotic options.
• Explaining the use of Greeks and volatility smiles
• Illustrating the fundamentals of risk management
• Contrasting special risk management concepts
• Developing and examining hedging strategies as a means of risk reduction
• Analysing financial engineering for various financial instruments
• Coping with Operational risk

• Written examination with 80 minutes editing time
• Assignment

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module

• Review of relevant economic concepts and topics
• International Monetary Trade
• Portfolio and Asset Management
• Banking
• Discussion of Case Studies

Interactive lectures, case studies

After completion of the module, the students are able to recognise and analyse challenges in the practice of banking. They can explain suggestions for solutions and thereby integrate their theoretical knowledge. In discussions with instructors and fellow students they are able to assess basic approaches to solutions, to suggest their own solutions and to enlarge on concepts.

• Written examination with 60 minutes editing time
• Assignment
• Obligatory class participation

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module

• Function of Financial Markets
• Regulation of the Financial System
• Monetary Policy
• Banking Regulation
• Going Public, IPO`s
• Underpricing and Underperformance
• Merger and Acquisitions Process
• Merger Motives
• Defence Measures
• The Role of Investment Funds in Investment Banking
• Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds

Interactive lectures, exercises, business-scene simulation

After completion of the module, the students have at their disposal comprehensive knowledge in the specialised area of investment banking, so that they are readily able to integrate theoretical knowledge of financial markets and relate various views to each other. They understand how both subject areas are connected and are able to mirror the current state of research.

Furthermore, they conduct research projects within a specified framework, while applying advanced investigative techniques. Thus they identify and define new and abstract problems and develop appropriate solutions for it. Their detailed solutions that were developed together with colleagues as well as peers, are presented to an audience of experts.

• Written examination with 90 minutes editing time
• Assignment with presentation
• Obligatory class participation

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module

• Global Financial Environment
• International Parity Conditions and Exchange Rates
• The Foreign Exchange Market and Derivatives
• Foreign Exchange Exposure
• Financing and Investing in the Global Firm
• Working Capital Management
• Investment and Financing Decisions in Entrepreneurial Settings
• Deal Structuring
• Evaluation Instruments for Entrepreneurial Ventures
• Harvesting Strategies
• Discussion of the Methods of Individually Selected Journal Articles

Interactive lecture, exercises, seminar

After completion of the module students have at their disposal a comprehensive and integrated knowledge of the majority of core issues in International Business Finance und Entrepreneurial Finance. They also have an analytical comprehension of the procedures and methods. With their acquired knowledge and abilities they are able to independently solve problems in the discussed field.

Students can apply procedures and techniques that are specialised and consistently state-of-the-art and identify, conceptualise and define new and abstract issues and problems in international corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance and communicate comprehensively with professionals and laities.

As part of the final assignment participants prepare research papers on assigned topics or smaller empirical or analytical research projects, and apply exact technical procedures and methodologies. They show their capability to deliver and explain results of their own seminar project in a presentation and in a question and answer session. Students are able to communicate at a professional level reflecting various degrees of expertise in front of an audience of specialists and critically comment on projects of other seminar participants and verify their remarks.

• Written examination with 90 minutes editing time
• Assignment
• Term paper
• Presentation
• Obligatory class participation

Web-based online evaluation upon completion of module

This summer semester 2013 students have the option to participate in the Erasmus IP 2013 with focus on "Renewable Energy Finance" OR can take part in the Seminar in Finance course as per lecture schedule.

During the Erasmus IP students will take part in various workshops and have to prepare a paper, followed by a presentation.

Erasmus IP: 9. - 21. June 2013
Seminar in Finance: Presentation on 21. June 2013

Registration:
Erasmus IP: banking@uni.li
Seminar in Finance: Intranet

Diese Lehrveranstaltung bereitet Studierende gezielt auf das FCE Exam vor.
Sprachliche Fertigkeiten auf der verlangten Kompetenztstufe sowie Testkompetenz werden gefördert.

Verständnis der Testanforderungen.
Grösserer Wortschatz und bessere Grammatikkenntnisse.
Schreib-, Lese-, Hör- und Sprechkompetenz für das FCE Exam entwickeln.

Anwesenheitspflicht: 80%
1 schriftliche Prüfungen

Diese Lehrveranstaltung bereitet Studierende gezielt auf das FCE Exam vor.
Sprachliche Fertigkeiten auf der verlangten Kompetenztstufe sowie Testkompetenz werden gefördert.

Verständnis der Testanforderungen.
Grösserer Wortschatz und bessere Grammatikkenntnisse.
Schreib-, Lese-, Hör- und Sprechkompetenz für das FCE Exam entwickeln.

Anwesenheitspflicht: 80%
1 schriftliche Prüfungen

Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in ARCHITECTURE

The compact projects are an obligatory course in the winter semester 2012/13.
Participation in all components of the compact projects is part of this commitment. Your attendance is compulsory.
The students' performance in the compact projects will be graded by the lecturers.
The compact projects shall only be satisfied if this was graded positively and 3 mandatory lectures were attended.
The success of the students is rewarded with 2 ECTS.


Bachelor's programme in BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

The compact projects are part of the first semester module "Kompaktprojekte".
The students' performance in the compact projects will be graded by the lecturers.


Other programmes

The compact projects are extracurricular courses.
The students' performance in the compact projects will be graded by the lecturers.
The success of the students is rewarded with 2 ECTS.

Projektdetails und Informationen zur Anmeldung auch unter www.uni.li/kompaktprojekte.