Financial Intermediaries I. Function of Financial Intermediaries 1. How are intermediaries helpful to the banking customer/ investors 2. The cost of doing business without intermediary assistance 3.Introduction of intermediaries in the financial market II. Segments of Financial Markets 1. Direct Financing (savers to borrowers) 2. Indirect Financing 1. Depositors funds to make loans III. Characteristics of Financial Intermediaries 1 Role FI play in the financial system 2 Regulatory attention 3 Financial Intermediary vs Financial Intermediary IV. Measuring risk 1. Interest rate risk 2. Market risk 3. Credit Risk 4. Operational risks 5. Managing risk IIV. Summation on all points
