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Advanced Financial Instruments for Sustainable Business and Decentralized Markets
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12 WeeksQuick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Important dates
Certificate Exam Date
Start Date : 19 Apr, 2026
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | IIT Kanpur |
The Syllabus
Money, banking & payment systems, Challenges of digitization
- Origin and history of money
- Functions, and characteristics of money
- Basics of banking and design of payment systems, challenges of digitization
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency market
- Blockchain technology overview
- The impact of blockchain on finance, Nakamoto Consensus, cryptography, bitcoin mining, and mechanics, altcoins, different aspects of owning cryptocurrency
- Buying and selling, wallets, exchanges, risks and trade-offs of decentralized networks, technical challenges, Cryptocurrency-portfolios in a mean-variance framework
- Common risk factors in cryptocurrency, asset pricing models, impact of investor sentiments on crypto market, various sentiment indicators like, GSVI, twitter sentiment etc., connectedness with other markets
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
- Emergence of CBDCs across the countries
- The distinction between CBDC and private currencies like Diem
- Different models of CBDCs, the role of the state in the financial system, the future of money
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
- Emergence of CBDCs across the countries
- The distinction between CBDC and private currencies like Diem
- Different models of CBDCs, the role of the state in the financial system, the future of money
Introduction to Climate Finance
- Climate finance
- Environmental finance, Green finance
- Climate change risk, UNFCC, and Kyoto protocol
- Carbon Trading, ESG and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) Funds
Fundamentals of Sustainable investing
- Principles
- Types of screening
- Relationship between financial performance and screening intensity
- Economic and Financial Effects of Environmental Regulation
Major SRI markets
- USSIF-Trends
- Sustainable investors
- Strategies used by sustainable investors
- EUROSIF- 7 responsible investment strategies
- European SRI Transparency Code, EU Green bond standard
European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS)
- Introduction to EU-ETS
- Principles, and objectives of EU-ETS, structure, phases, and reform in EU-ETS
- Allowance allocation mechanism
- Market stability reserve, Major organized exchanges
Emission trading scheme in other countries
- China, US, UK, South Korea, New Zealand, etc.
- Financial instruments in carbon markets
Price drivers in EU-ETS
- Marginal abatement cost
- Energy prices
- Renewable energy supply, weather variation, banking of allowances
Carbon price forecasting and market connectedness
- Volatility estimation
- Financial models for price and volatility forecasting
- Carbon market connectedness with stock, energy, and other commodity markets,
Sustainable investing in other countries
- China, Canada, Australia, India, etc