Some project Ideas for MBA Finance students

I would like to list out some ideas for Project work and also empirical study. Pl note that these are are borrowed extensively from the existing financial markets literature.

1. Stock Index Futures Market in India
2. Single Stock Futures Market in India
3. Index Options Markets in India
4. Stock Options Market in India
5. Commodity Futures Market in India
6. Risk Management at NSE
7. Risk Management Using Derivatives at NSE
8. Study of Selected Mutual Fund Schemes in India
9. Study of selected ULIP schemes in India
10. Technical analysis- A study of selected Indicators
11. Study on On-line Trading, Clearing & Settlement
12. Comparitive analysis of  internet trading schemes of Selected Stockbroking firms in Hyderabad
13. Sub-Brokers at NSE : A study in Hyderabad
14. Currency Futures Market in India
15. Currency Options Market in India
16. Study on Commodity Exchanges in India
17. Study of Indian Capital Markets at NSE
18. Study on  Regulation of Indian Securities Market - Case study of SEBI
19. Indian Stock Market Volatility - A Study
20. FII impact on Indian Stock Market
21. A Study on Exchage Traded Funds ( ETFs)
22. Fundamental analysis of different Companies
23. Beta analysis of selected Nifty stocks
24. Study on IPOs at NSE
25. Dividend analysis of Selected Companies
26. Study of Single Index Market Model on selected Nifty Stocks
27. India VIX- A study on Volatility Index
28. Study on PMS Schemes in India
29. Portfolio Construction & Management
30. Study on selected M&A's in India
31. Study of Market Efficiency in India
32. Indian Stock Market Integration with Selected Countries
33. Study on Investor Behavior in Hyderabad

Basic Skills for MBA ( Finance) students

I hope that many students doing project work for their MBA ( Finance) brush up on their following skills.

1. How to type in MS-Word, Using MS-Excel for simple tasks of forming a table etc
2. Browsing for required information on google and othe search engines.
3. Getting required data from websites like http://www.nseindia.com,www.bseindia.com,www.sebi.gov.in/ and othe sites mentioned in a previous post.
4. Basic report writing skills. 

MBA Finance Projects @ BlackSwan

I have the pleasure to interact with MBA Finance students advising on their Projects.

1. Most of the projects deal with  Indian Financial Markets, Risk Management at NSE, Performance Evaluation Of MF Schemes,Fundamental Analysis of Companies, Study of Commodities Markets,Risk Management using Derivatives,Study of F&O Market in India etc.
2. Indian market data is freely available at http://www.nseindia.com,www.bseindia.com,www.mcxindia.com/ and individual MF websites and Company websites for financial data/ Annual Reports.
3. Even though the project study appears simple at conceptual stage, there are lot of details at the implementation level. For ex when trying to do a study on " Performance evaluation of MF Schemes" we have come across the following issues.
4. Which Bench mark to consider ? NIFTY/ BSE 200/ CNX 100
5. NAV frequency ? Daily/ Weekly/ Monthly
6. What is the Risk free Return ?  RBI rate/ SBI term deposit rate
7. Various MF data sources are available. For eg  http://www.amfiindia.com,www.%20mutualfundsindia.com,value/ research, CRISIL, http://www.mf.economictimes.com/, SEBI, Business world and Business Standard sites.
8. For Capital Market related projects  ISMR 2009, NSE Fact Book, Risk Management guidelines are very useful.
9. Some common enquiries students can undertake is regarding examination of Return and Risk of selected instruments ( Equity Futures, Commodity Futures) and compare them on the basis of Volatility.
10. One fruitful study is adequate characterisation of Risk Containment Measures by exchanges ( NSE) in terms of Margins, Capital adequacy norms and their detailed calculation.

Essential Package for MBA ( Finance) students & Fresh Graduates

BlackSwan Financial Marlets School is launching an essential package for MBA Students of JNTU/OU.
This package is planned as three parts which will give solid understanding of Equity markets, Practical exposure to Trading & Exchanges, Corporate perspective on relationship management in Financial services industry.

1. One-Week Crash Course ( Dec27- 31,2010) full time ( 10am - 4 pm) on the subjects  SECURITY ANALYSIS & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT , DERIVATIVES.
2. NCFM - Capital Market Dealers Module & Derivatives Market Dealers Module Training
3. Live project with Share Broker ( Member of NSE)