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Module 1 Financial Instruments Institutions and Markets
Module 1 Financial Instruments Institutions and Markets
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS…
FINANCIAL MARKETS…
Objectives:
7. By definition, the money market involves the buying and selling of.
B. flows of funds.
D. short-term funds.
PRE-TEST
8. It creates financial relationship between suppliers and users of
short-term funds.
Examples:
Commercial Banks
Insurance Companies
Mutual Funds
Pension Funds
COMMERCIAL BANKS
provide mechanism where savers can
put their excess funds through
deposits
give the depositors interest on the
money deposited to them
lend the money to borrowers
invest the deposits to government
securities and corporate bonds
INSURANCE COMPANIES
categorized into life and non-life
insurance products
receive premium payments from the
insured individuals/companies
Premiums – used to fund claims
Excess premiums – invest but have
to follow guidelines in investing
MUTUAL FUNDS
provide opportunities for big and small
investors to invest in financial
instruments which they would not have
considered on their own, or they may
have considered but do not have time or
expertise to do it.
Investments are pooled and the funds are
invested by professional managers for a
fee.
MUTUAL FUNDS
one has to buy shares of the mutual
fund and the buying price depends on
the NAV of that fund when the
purchase is made.
Examples:
Philam Strategic Growth Fund, Inc.
ALFM Growth Fund, Inc.
United Fund, Inc.
PENSION FUNDS
receive payments from employees and
invest the proceeds on their behalf.
set up so that employees of
corporations or government can
receive income after retirement.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
PREFERREDSTOCKS
COMMON STOCKS
PREFERRED STOCKS
refers to a marketplace,
where creation and trading
of financial assets, such as
shares, debentures, bonds,
derivatives, currencies, etc.
take place.
FINANCIAL MARKET
SECONDARY MARKET
takes place when there is sale of
previously owned securities.
PUBLIC OFFERING
the sale of new securities to
the public.
PRIVATE PLACEMENT
the sale of new securities to one
investor or a group of investors.
RISK-RETURN TRADE-OFF
RISK-RETURN TRADE-OFF
This is a trade-off which an investor
faces between risk and return while
considering investment decisions.
Higher risk is associated with greater
probability of higher return and lower
risk with greater probability of smaller
return.