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Training Course Summary:

Participants will gain an overview of the capital and treasury markets globally and within the City of London especially. They will also obtain an understanding of the market players and their imperatives, a familiarity with the major product types and their uses and a level of comfort with financial terminology and jargon.

Training Course Overview/Content:

Overview of the Financial Markets
The role of financial institutions in the City of London and world markets
The economics of banking
Finance and wealth management.

Short Term Money Market
Certificates of deposit
T Bills
Commercial paper
Trade paper
Market norms and practices
Market participants.
Case studies and exercises

Bond Markets
International bond markets
Domestic bond markets
Pricing techniques of "straight" bonds
Modern, economically true pricing
Running yields, issues of "carry", and "repos".

Bond Variations in Overview
FRNs
Zero-coupon bonds
Index/commodity related instruments
Convertibles and warrants
Market participants: investors, issuers, traders

Introduction to Equity
Types of shares
Procedures for issuance in the primary market
Role of stock exchanges
Secondary market trading.
Perspective of major market participants.
Market participants: investors, issuers, traders.

Treasury Products - Foreign Exchange
Traditional spot and forward foreign exchange
Methodologies and alternatives
The mathematical relationship to money markets
Economics of foreign exchange and forecasting methods
Overview of technical analysis (charting).
Sources of exposure to foreign exchange risk

Derivative Instruments
Overview of the role of derivatives in capital markets
FRAs, Swaps, futures and options
Credit derivatives
The role of hedgers, risk-takers and traders