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Duration 14 hours (2 days)
Course Outline
The Global Capital Markets
- Defining a ‘financial market place’
- The historical evolution of the modern global financial market
- The influence of financial media
- Architectural structure of major capital markets:
- Exchanges, Clearing agencies, and Regulatory bodies
- The recent surge in global investment activity
- Variations in ‘Stock Exchanges’
- The positioning of Stock Exchanges within current market dynamics
- Stock Exchanges in the US, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia
Financial Markets Regulation:
- Capital Adequacy Requirements
- Basel I
- Basel II
- Basel III and its broader implications
- Drivers for New Product Development
Asset Classes and Their Corresponding Markets
- Current trading instruments on Stock Exchanges
- Equities – Common and Preferred shares
- Bonds – Corporate and Government issuance
- Bonds – Fixed, Floating, and Zero-coupon rates; understanding the Yield Curve
- Money Market instruments
- Currency markets
- Motivations for investor buying and selling
- Income generation vs. Capital Gains
- Interdependencies among various asset classes
- The relationship between Exchange-traded and Over-The-Counter markets
Short Term Money Market
- Certificates of deposit
- T Bills
- Commercial paper
- Trade paper & Bank Acceptances (BAs)
- Standard market norms and practices
- Key market participants
Diverse Profiles of Stock Exchange Investors
- General Investors
- Fund managers
- Hedge funds
- Stock Exchange members
- Investment banks, Stockbrokers, Hedge Funds, and Prime Brokers
- Internal market dynamics – the buy-side and sell-side of the industry
The Role of the Stock Exchange
- Locations for trading specific products
- The significance of the OTC market
- Historical development of Stock Exchanges
- Leading Stock Exchanges in the current landscape
- Market architectures in the US, Europe, and Asia
- Asset classes traded across global Stock Exchanges
- Key Primary and Secondary markets
- New York, Euronext, London, Shanghai, and Hong Kong
- The appeal of “listed” companies to investors
- Leveraging Stock Exchanges for liquidity pooling and capital raising
- Strategies for Capital Raising
- ‘Floating’ a company – various methodologies
Clearing & Settlement
- Settlement processes and settlement risk
- Settlement Conventions across major markets
- Processing of Equities, Bonds, and derivatives
- The Derivatives Clearing process
- The Central Counterparty (CCP)
- CCP services offered to Stock Exchanges
- Margin requirements
- The security trade settlement workflow
- Pre-settlement procedures
- Final Settlement
- Common issues – unmatched trades, settlement delays, and failed deliveries
- Stock Exchange Settlement Discipline
- The ‘life cycle of a trade’ – linking the process from execution to settlement
- The function of International Central Securities Depositories (ICSDs) and Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) – including LCH.Clearnet, Euroclear, Crest, Clearstream International, and the DTC
Custody
- The role of Custodians in Stock markets
- Settlement and safekeeping of assets
- Income collection and handling Corporate Actions
- Cash management and funding transactions
- Supplementary services
- Accounting processes
- Stock Lending and collateral management
- Trustee services
- Valuation reporting
Alternative Investments
- Definition of Alternative Investments
- Structured products – Risk and return profiles
- Hedge funds – Risks and control mechanisms
- Venture Capital – Valuation, risk, and control considerations
- Private Equity and Angel Finance
- Application of derivatives in Asset Management
- OTC vs. ETD markets
- Categories of Derivatives in Asset Management
- Futures
- Options
- Risks and controls for derivatives, covering documentation, valuation, and reporting
Management of Quoted Equity Investment
- Risks involved in acquiring securities
- Risks associated with managing securities
- Risks related to corporate actions
- Pricing mechanisms for quoted equity investments
- Primary sources of risk
- General control frameworks within equity investment
- Risks specific to international equity markets
Management of Quoted Fixed Income Investment
- Risks in acquiring and disposing of fixed income securities
- Utilization of credit ratings and related risk factors
- Risks pertaining to the pricing of fixed income securities
- Risk and control measures in corporate fixed income processing
- Risks associated with Government Securities
- Sovereign risk ratings
- Valuation methods for government securities
- Risk and control measures in sovereign bond processing
Market and Credit Risks in Global Market Investing
- Market risk assessment
- Value at Risk (VAR) calculations
- Market risk modeling
- Credit risk evaluation
- Metrics for measuring Credit risks
- Global Market Risks
- Money Market Risks
- OTC Risks
- Exchange-specific risks
Testimonials (1)
The lecturer is very knowledgeable and can substantiate theories with his own personal experiences.