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The Global Capital Markets

  • Defining a 'financial market place'
  • Historical evolution of today's global financial market
  • The influence and role of financial media
  • Structure of major capital markets:
    • Exchanges, Clearing Houses, and Regulators
    • The contemporary surge in global investment
    • Variations among 'Stock Exchanges'
    • The position of Stock Exchanges in modern markets
    • Key Stock Exchanges in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia

Financial Markets Regulation:

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

Different Asset Classes and Their Markets

  • Current trading instruments on Stock Exchanges
  • Equities – Common and Preferred shares
  • Bonds – Corporate and Government issuances
  • Bonds – Fixed-rate, Floating-rate, Zero-coupon, and the Yield Curve
  • Money Market instruments
  • Currency markets
  • Investor motivations for buying and selling
  • Income versus Capital Gain objectives
  • Interrelationships among various asset classes
  • The connection between Exchange-traded and Over-The-Counter (OTC) markets

Short Term Money Market

  • Certificates of Deposit
  • Treasury Bills (T-Bills)
  • Commercial Paper
  • Trade Paper & Banker's Acceptances (BAs)
  • Market norms and standard practices
  • Key market participants

Different Types of Stock Exchange Investors

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

The Role of the Stock Exchange

  • Venues for product trading
  • The significance of the OTC market
  • Historical development of Stock Exchanges
  • Premier Stock Exchanges in current markets
  • US, European, and Asian Markets and their distinct architectures
  • Asset classes traded on Stock Exchanges globally
  • Major Primary and Secondary markets
  • New York, Euronext, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong
  • The appeal of 'listed' companies to investors
  • Leveraging Stock Exchanges to pool liquidity and raise capital
  • Methods of Capital Raising
  • 'Floating' a company – Various methods

Clearing & Settlement

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

Custody

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

Alternative Investments

  • What are Alternative Investments?
  • Structured products - Risks and returns
  • Hedge funds - Risks and Control mechanisms
  • Venture Capital Valuation issues, Risk and Control
  • Private Equity/Angel Finance
  • The 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
  • Risk associated with corporate actions
  • Pricing of quoted equity investments
  • Major sources of risk
  • General controls within equity investment
  • Risks associated with international equity markets

The Management of Quoted Fixed Income Investment

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

The 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 Risks
  • Exchange risks
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