Financial Markets and Sustainability

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This course provides a broad overview of the financial markets, including the structure and function of these markets, the financial products that are transacted on them, and the institutions that operate within them, while addressing how financial markets are evolving in response to the challenges of sustainability. Through the use of case studies, lectures, readings, and project work, students learn how the leading actors in the financial services industry operate, what motivates them, and how they facilitate the flow of capital between those who can provide financing and those who need it. In parallel with this, the course explores how the tools of finance can be used to generate social and environmental returns in addition to financial returns.