The City & Financial Markets - Introduction

Course level

Introductory

Delegates

This course will be of benefit to those who are a new, recent or potential recruit to the financial services industry with little or no knowledge of the City. If you wish to gain a good understanding of financial instruments and the markets on which they trade, then this intensive one-day course is for you.

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Overview

At its heart, the City is a market place just like any other. But, it can often seem so much more complicated than that.This intensive one-day course introduces, in a logical and jargon-free way, the basic structure and operations of the City's financial markets. No prior knowledge of the City or financial markets is assumed.

Learning outcomes include obtaining a greater understanding of:

• Financial Risks Faced by Companies and how the City Can Mitigate Them
• The Players - A Description of the Functions of:
• Investment banks
• Commercial banks
• Private banks
• Hedge funds
• Other financial institutions
• Role of the Central Bank and Regulator
• What does the Central Bank do?
• Role of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Currency and Money Markets
• Currency market - Spot and forward
• Money markets - T-bills, certificates of deposit and repos
• Interest rates - Process of setting rates and implications for the macroeconomy
• Interest rate swaps
• Bond Market
• UK gilts
• Corporate bonds
• Ratings agencies
• Warrants and convertibles
• Eurobonds
• Equity Markets
• Nature of shares - Ordinary and preference
• Primary market - New issues of equities
• Secondary market trading
• Market indices
• Investor ratios - Earnings per share, Price/Earnings ratio
• Introduction to Derivatives
• Futures - Definition and terminology, using futures: speculators/hedgers
• Options - Definition and terminology, simple uses of options: calls and puts
• Interest rate swaps
• Commodity markets
• Insurance and Shipping Markets
• Lloyd's of London
• Baltic Exchange

"A CPD certificate of completion will be provided by BPP Professional Education Limited upon request, following attendance."

Course Dates

Location	Dates	Time	Availability
London	08 Sep 2020	9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Spaces	Book Now
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