To be able to: perform diagnostics of potential participants of financial markets on the basis of SWOT analysis; Strategic planning of the financial intermediary's activities, in particular, to develop a business plan, to formulate basic strategies as strategic alternatives to the financial intermediary activity, depending on the situation on the market and the state of the organization itself (life-cycle stage);
to be able to: perform an analysis of the financial position of the intermediary, to evaluate and control the financial sustainability of operations, solvency and financial reliability of certain companies, to carry out the forecasting of key indicators, and to optimize financial and investment activity by applying financial management methods for the development of management decisions aimed at improving the financial status of participants in financial markets.

prerequisites: "Financial Management" "Insurance Management", "Financial Services Market", "Central Bank and Monetary Policy"

The purpose of the course project is to accomplish the students' specific tasks based on the experience gained in the training of participants in financial markets - insurance companies, banking institutions, leasing companies, credit unions and other financial intermediaries in managing them, in particular developing elements of the strategy of the financial intermediary's activities on the market .

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Партин Г.О. Фінансовий менеджмент: підручник/Г.О.Партин, Н.Є.Селюченко. - Львів: Видавництво Львівської політехніки, 2018. – 388 с
Шелудько В.М. Фінансовий ринок : [підручник] / В. М. Шелудько. – К.: Знання, 2015. – 535 с.

writing of the course project (70%)
defending of the course project (30%)