The goal of Mastering the Essentials of the Global Financial Sector is to offer a basic understanding and overview of the financial markets, the global financial industry, and the macroeconomic factors that influence capital flows. An analysis of important financial asset classes, portfolio theory, asset allocation, and risk management are added as supplements.
The course will look at how financial institutions operate and how resilient they are, as well as the activities of buy-side and sell-side firms in relation to financial products, securities, and derivatives, the global regulatory environment, and the potential for financial activity to trigger episodes of financial instability and systemic risk. Additionally, it will discuss risk management strategies, Basel III's effects, and other laws and regulations that have been passed in response to the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Use your analytical talents in the global capital markets.
Gain a thorough understanding of contemporary financial methods.
Display high levels of proficiency in the field of financial regulation.
Describe how financial instruments interact in contemporary markets.
Utilize cutting-edge methods for financial risk management
Utilize your understanding of best practices in the buy-side or sell-side of financial institutions.
This course is designed to be beneficial for the full spectrum of management personnel, including senior executives, working within the banking sector, asset management companies, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, hedge funds, as well as those engaged in risk controls in middle and back office functions within the financial services sector.
The course is also beneficial for the customers of financial services.
Maturity transformation model
Deposit insurance
Resolution
Living wills
Bail in instruments
Insurance companies
Asset/liability management
Risk tolerance
Economic capital
Structure and functions of Investment Banks (IB’s)
Financing
Client facilitation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Contrast business models of buy side firms
Asset managers and sell side firms
IB’s
Fund management
Pension funds
Defined benefit versus defined contribution
Investment management
Performance ratios
Benchmarks
Passive versus active
Hedge funds
Hedge fund size
Assets Under Management (AUM)/incentive fees business model
Regulatory oversight
Monetary policies of US, EU, UK, Japan and China
Quantitative Easing (QE)
Outright Monetary Transactions (OMT)
Capital controls
Traditional tools of open market operations
Liquidity provisioning, reserves
Unorthodox techniques
QE/asset purchase programs
Yield curve characteristics
Influence of short term rates on long rates
Macro-prudential tools
Scope and purpose
Status of non-discretionary policy guidelines
Taylor ratio
FX reserves management
Role of EM central banks in managing FX rates
Implications of interest rate policy normalization for asset markets, impact on EM
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