Finance Fundamentals: Financial Services after the Banking Crisis (FutureLearn)

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Finance Fundamentals: Financial Services after the Banking Crisis (FutureLearn)
Explore the UK financial services landscape, how financial firms and products are regulated, and how consumers are protected. The financial crisis of the late 2000s transformed the UK financial services industry. This online course takes stock and examines the industry today.

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You will review the history of the industry leading up to the financial crisis; examine its institutions and the issues they now grapple with; walk down the financial supermarket aisles and see what’s changing with the products on offer; and find out how the industry is now regulated and protects consumers.

The Open University’s Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance created this course, with the generous support of True Potential LLP.


What topics will you cover?

- The historical development of financial services in the UK

- The 2007/08 financial crisis

- The financial services industry after the financial crisis

- The revisions to the regulation of the industry after the financial crisis

- Financial products and new product offerings for consumers

- The pensions revolution in the UK

- How financial firms are regulated

- How financial product sales are regulated

- How consumers are protected and helped in the financial market place

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Explore the origins and development of the UK financial services industry

- Assess and examine the UK financial services industry and the issues it faces following the 2007/08 financial crisis

- Evaluate and review the financial products available to consumers in the financial marketplace

- Identify and understand how financial services firms and financial product sales are regulated

- Explore the support, advice and guidance available to financial services consumers



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