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The Global Capital Markets

  • Defining a 'financial marketplace'
  • Historical evolution of today's global financial landscape
  • The influence and role of financial media
  • Structure of major capital markets:
    • Exchanges, Clearing Houses, and Regulators
    • The contemporary surge in global investment
    • Different categories of 'Stock Exchanges'
    • The position of Stock Exchanges in modern markets
    • Overview of US, European, Middle Eastern, and Asian Stock Exchanges

Financial Markets Regulation:

  • Capital Adequacy Requirements
  • Basel I Framework
  • Basel II Framework
  • Basel III and its implications
  • Regulatory sources for New Product Development

Different Asset Classes and Their Markets

  • Current trading activities on Stock Exchanges
  • Equities – Common and Preferred Shares
  • Bonds – Corporate and Government Issued
  • Bonds – Fixed Rate, Floating Rate, Zero Coupon, and the Yield Curve
  • Money Market instruments
  • Forex (Currency) markets
  • Motivations for buying and selling by investors
  • Income vs. Capital Gains
  • Interrelationships between various asset classes
  • Interaction between Exchange-traded and Over-The-Counter (OTC) markets

Short Term Money Market

  • Certificates of Deposit (CDs)
  • Treasury Bills (T-Bills)
  • Commercial Paper
  • Trade Paper and Bankers' Acceptances (BAs)
  • Market norms and practices
  • Key market participants

Different Types of Stock Exchange Investors

  • Institutional and Retail Investors
  • Fund Managers
  • Hedge Funds
  • Direct Stock Exchange Participants
  • Investment Banks, Stockbrokers, Hedge Funds, and Prime Brokers
  • Intra-market relationships – The buy-side and sell-side dynamics

The Role of the Stock Exchange

  • Trading venues for various financial products
  • The significance of the OTC market
  • Historical development of Stock Exchanges
  • Major Stock Exchanges in contemporary markets
  • US, European, and Asian Markets – Comparative architecture
  • Asset classes traded across global Stock Exchanges
  • Major Primary and Secondary markets
  • Key players: New York, Euronext, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
  • Attractions of 'listed' companies for investors
  • Leveraging Stock Exchanges for liquidity pooling and capital raising
  • Methods of Capital Raising
  • 'Floating' a company – Different issuance methods

Clearing & Settlement

  • Settlement processes and associated risks
  • Different Settlement Conventions in major markets
  • Settlement for Equities, Bonds, and Derivatives
  • The Derivatives Clearing process
  • The Central Counterparty (CCP) model
  • CCP services provided to Stock Exchanges
  • Margin requirements
  • The security trade settlement lifecycle
  • Pre-settlement phase
  • Settlement phase
  • Potential challenges – Unmatched trades, delayed settlement, bad delivery
  • Stock Exchange Settlement Discipline
  • The 'life cycle of a trade' – Connecting execution to settlement
  • The role of International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) and Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) – LCH.Clearnet, Euroclear, Crest, Clearstream International, and the DTC

Custody

  • The role of Custodians in stock markets
  • Settlement and safekeeping functions
  • Income collection and Corporate Actions
  • Cash management and funding transactions
  • Additional custody services
  • Accounting functions
  • Stock Lending and collateral management
  • Trustee services
  • Valuation reports

Alternative Investments

  • Defining Alternative Investments
  • Structured products – Risks and returns
  • Hedge funds – Risks and controls
  • Venture Capital – Valuation, risk, and control issues
  • Private Equity and Angel Finance
  • Use of derivatives in Asset Management
  • OTC vs. Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD)
  • Types of Derivatives used in Asset Management
  • Futures
  • Options
  • Risks and controls associated with derivatives, including documentation, valuation, and reporting issues

The Management of Quoted Equity Investment

  • Risks associated with acquiring securities
  • Risks associated with managing securities portfolios
  • Risks associated with corporate actions
  • Pricing of quoted equity investments
  • Major sources of risk in equity markets
  • General controls within equity investment
  • Risks specific to international equity markets

The Management of Quoted Fixed Income Investment

  • Risks associated with acquiring and disposing of fixed income securities
  • The use of credit ratings and associated risk issues
  • Risks associated with pricing fixed income securities
  • Risk and controls within corporate fixed income processing
  • Risks associated with Government Securities
  • Sovereign risk ratings
  • Valuation of government securities
  • Risk and controls within sovereign bond processing

Market and Credit Risks of Investing in Global Markets

  • Market risks
  • Value at Risk (VaR) calculations
  • Market risk modelling
  • Credit risks
  • Measuring credit risks
  • Global market risks
  • Money market risks
  • OTC market risks
  • Exchange risks
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