UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA 
BEA321: Banking and Financial Institutions 
Final Examination Guide and Notes 2026 
 
- Part 01. About This Guide 
- Part 02. Sample Final Examination Paper 
- Part 03. Suggested Solutions to Final Exam Paper 
- Part 04. Final Examination - Hints and Tips 
 
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University of Tasmania - BEA321: Banking and Financial Institutions

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025 - 2026

University	University of Tasmania
Study Level	Undergraduate
Unit Code	BEA321
Unit Name	Banking and Financial Institutions
Notes Title	Final Examination Guide and Notes
Page Length	28

This authentic examination guide provides you with an excellent opportunity to familiarise yourself with the content and format of the updated final examination 2026 for the BEA321: Banking and Financial Institutions at the University of Tasmania, and to practise useful exam techniques. It focuses on core exam questions, with clear, simple diagrams that are easy for you to understand and recall in the final exam. This guide will enable you to take the final examination with complete confidence.

This is a third-year unit and a compulsory unit in the Economics Foundations and Finance majors in the Bachelor of Economics. The unit examines the Australian and international financial systems and analyses the different roles of intermediaries and markets and the role they play in the flow of funds in the economy, the use of financial instruments such as debt, options and other derivatives to manage risk in banks, prudential supervision, regulation and risk management.

The topics to be covered include:

Overview of the financial system; the role of markets and intermediaries; flow of funds.
Why Do interest rate change? How do risk and term structure affect interest rate?
Are financial markets efficient? Why Do financial institutions exist?
Central banks: A global Perspective
The RBA and Australian monetary policy
The Taylor Rule The money market and the bond market
The stock market and the mortgage market
Foreign Exchange markets
The international financial system
Fixed exchange rate and monetary policy

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University of Tasmania - BEA321: Banking and Financial Institutions

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