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- Knowledge
- Knowledge Advanced
- Guide to the Global Financial Markets
- Investment, Commercial and Retail Banks
- Market Players: Buy-Side and Sell-Side, Interaction and Who Does What?
- Regulators: the Regulatory Environment and Current Regulatory Hot Topics.
- Equity Markets
- Major International Stock Exchanges
- Market Participants: the Role of Investment Banks
- Market Indices
- Types of Share
- Investors’ Ratios.
- Bond Markets
- Bond Features: Debt v Equity
- Bond Prices and Yields
- Credit Ratings.
- Money Markets
- Introduction to the Money Markets
- Investors and Issuers.
- Derivatives
- Features of Futures and Options
- Derivative Uses: Speculation, Hedging and Arbitrage.
No prior knowledge is required for this course.
Preparation
You will be required to complete (and if necessary submit) 5 hours of preparation work for the course, which includes some research into a number of current issues relating to global capital markets. This will be made available to you approximately three weeks prior to the course and forms a basis to assist in discussion during the course.
Post-Coursework
Following the course, you will be required to complete (and if necessary submit) a personal development plan.
A2 Maintain the level of competence and legal knowledge needed to practise effectively, taking into account changes in their role and/or practice context and developments in the law
A3 Work within the limits of their competence and the supervision which they need
A4 Draw on a sufficient detailed knowledge and understanding of their field(s) of work and role in order to practise effectively
B1 Obtain relevant facts
B3 Develop and advise on relevant options, strategies and solutions.