Whether a one-day overview or a five-day in-depth programme, we are able to work with you to develop a course that meets your specific requirements. Our areas of expertise are shown below.
Training for Prospective and New Member Firms -
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- Bespoke courses tailored to suit your specific learning requirements
- Through live market feeds, learn how equities are traded and how markets operate
- Understand how the UK equity markets are monitored and regulated
Introduction to the City and capital markets
- Major markets
- Who are the major players?
- Structure of investment banks
- Buy-side versus sell-side
Overview of equity markets
- What is equity?
- Primary and secondary markets
- Participants
- Trading
- Regulation
Overview of debt markets
- What is debt?
- Participants
- Features and methods of raising finance
- Pricing
- Relationship to interest rates
- Equity versus debt
Derivatives and other financial instruments
- Futures
- Options
- Swaps
- Commodity derivatives
- Credit derivatives
- Uses of various derivative products and key participants
FX and money markets
- Uses of FX and types of transaction
- Relationship to interest rates and FX price movements
- Who uses these products/markets and why?
Global economic climate
Interest rates
Macro-economic view
Corporate finance/M&A
- Who are the key players and in which type of institution?
- Interaction between corporates and investment banks
- Main types of transactions and structures
Investment management
- Portfolio management
- Asset allocation
- Hedge funds
Risk
- What is risk?
- What are the major kinds of risk?
Insurance market and cross over with capital markets
- Risk transfer and the reinsurance market
Regulation of the market
- Regulatory framework and its evolution
- The FSA and its role in regulating the UK market
- Market abuse and money laundering
If you wish to find out more about our in-house offerings, please call +44 (0)20 7797 4368.