Capital Market Operations
This program offers a comprehensive study of capital markets operations. Money and banking, the role of central banks and the evolving regulatory landscape are reviewed. The program also provides a thorough grounding in the full range of capital market instruments.
· Identify the global trends in volume for various financial products
· Understand how bonds, equity, foreign exchange, and money market products are traded
· Structure and price a plain vanilla bond for the current marketplace
· Identify the key regulators of the financial system
· Describe the primary objectives of capital markets regulation
· Read bond and equity listings and decide whether the deals worked well for the parties involved
· Choose the best derivative to hedge against risk in real-life financial situations
· Calculate the profit or loss on futures trades
· Construct a swap and calculate the benefit of the swap to each counterparty
· Invest the money held by a pension fund both geographically and by asset class
· Describe the role of equity from both the issuer’s and investor’s perspectives
· Distinguish among the different types of stock markets
· Describe the main methods used in equity valuation
· Explain the major steps in the IPO process
· Identify the key participants in the IPO process
Apply knowledge to today’s financial situations
· Capital Markets and Key Participants
· Money Markets
· Foreign Exchange (FX)
· Time Value of Money
· Bond Markets and Risk
· Equity Markets and Trading
· Regulation of the Financial System
· Equity Indexes
· Equity Valuation
· Equity Investment Vehicles
· Introduction to Derivatives
· Futures and Forwards
· Swaps
· Options
· Credit Derivatives
· Equity and Bond IPO Participants
· Timing and Major Steps in IPO Process
Desk Ready Skills Knowledge Check
Anyone seeking to understand capital market operation.