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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

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