How the Financial Markets Work

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How the Financial Markets Work - Singapore

Monday July 19, 2010 - Thursday July 22, 2010

Hilton Hotel Singapore
Singapore
SIngapore, Central Singapore

Euromoney Training's course 'How the Financial Markets Work' covers government debt issues, corporate securities and euro-markets and their startling changes in value this past year. Participants will learn how various securities are constructed, the risks they pose, how to value them, how they interrelate, and about the timing of their issuance. The process of selling government and corporate securities is described step by step.

Course overview

'How the Financial Markets Work' is the course that covers government debt issues, corporate securities and euro-markets and their startling changes in value this past year. Participants will learn how various securities are constructed, the risks they pose, how to value them, how they interrelate, and about the timing of their issuance. The process of selling government and corporate securities is described step by step. The shifting role(s) of bankers, the changing complexion of investors, and the sources of recent illiquidity in the bank and bond markets are all described in detail.

Summary of course content

Global short, medium and long term funding and investment alternatives
- How are the investors changing?
- What has been the effect on Asian issuers?
- How has the landscape for financial intermediation changed?
Government securities and yield fundamentals; which have held up best?
Central banks and fiscal policy reshaping markets
Asset- and mortgage-backed securities; applications, continuing concerns
Changing role for credit rating agencies?
Valuing debt and equity securities in volatile markets
Convertibles and debt with warrants
Futures, forwards, swaps and options and their applications
What is the future of credit derivatives?
International linkages: understanding foreign exchange volatility