INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MARKETS: INTEREST RATES AND FX

PROGRAM OUTLINE

What are the financial markets and why do we have them?
What are the various financial instruments and how to they trade?
Who are the various platers and what do they do?
Where does my role fit into the big picture?

This course aims to answer these questions. 

PRE-REQUISTES

None required.

CONTENT

– Bond characteristics, the good and the bad news
– Basic bond pricing without a calculator
– Differenced between government and corporate markets
– Credit spreads
– Credit ratings
– Convertible bonds
– Credit default swaps

COURSE DURATION

This class is offered in four separate half-day units that run concurrently. These can be taken separately but there are themes that run through the units.

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE?

People new to the business, have recently switched asset class to those whose role is not so close to markets on a daily basis.

MODULES

These courses are included in this module

INTEREST RATE CALCULATIONS

To gain an understanding of the markets, terminology, and numerical workings of interest rates.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE FUNDAMENTALS

To understand the language and market of foreign exchange.

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FORWARDS, FUTURES & SWAPS

To introduce the products, explain who uses them and why.

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OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES

To introduce the basic building blocks of risk management and structured products, explain who uses them and why. Attendees will also learn how to put options together to create option strategies which are regularly traded in the market

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