Thank you for sending your enquiry! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Thank you for sending your booking! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Course Outline
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
14 Hours
Testimonials (1)
The lecturer is very knowledgeable and can substantiate theories with his own personal experiences.