IDS 2500 - Financial Information Systems

Institution:

Yeshiva University

Subject:

Information & Decision Science

Description:

This course discusses how modern financial markets function as a network of systems and information flows, and how to use information technology for decision making in trading and managing customer relationships. The first part of the course describes how systems facilitate various kinds of payments and settlement mechanisms, enable financial markets such as exchange and ECNs, and support inter-institution communication. The second part of this course describes how traders, analysts, and risk managers use systems to cope with the vast amount of data on the economy, markets, and customers that flow into their systems each day.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 960-5400

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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