Advanced Financial Markets

Description

By attending this course, you will be understand:

• The key financial institutions and their functions.
• How Fixed Income Markets operate.
• How Equity Markets operate.
• The fundamentals of investing in derivatives.

This course explains the operation of the biggest type of financial market in the world. It demonstrates why risk is an important component in assessing an investment.

The course will wrap with a summary of the key learning points, followed by an action planning exercise with a view to apply the acquired knowledge and skills immediately upon your return to work. Post-course support is also available in relation to the implementation of your action plan, up to six (6) months following course completion.

What you will learn

Financial Markets – The Players

• Types of banks
• Fintech
• Hedge funds
• Other financial institutions

Fixed Income Markets

• Debt Capital Markets
• Money Markets
• The valuation of a bond
• Credit Risk and Ratings

Equity Markets

• Primary Market
• Secondary Market
• Market Indices
• Equity Valuation

Financial Markets – How to Value Equity

• The purposes for valuation
• Equity value and enterprise value
• Valuation Methods

Currency Markets

• Introduction to currency markets
• Types of currency instruments
• Market forces
• Hedging

Investment Risks

• Types of risk
• Risk and return
• Risk budgeting
• Risk management

Introduction to Derivatives

• Types of derivatives
• Use of derivatives in practice
• Exchange traded and OTC derivatives
• How derivatives have caused problems

Financial Markets – Investor Behaviour

• Overview
• Behavioural efficient markets
• Investment decision-making

Course Review

• Summary and recap of key learning objectives
• Action Planning