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Course Outline
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
14 Hours
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The lecturer is very knowledgeable and can substantiate theories with his own personal experiences.