Financial Markets Boot Camp

Description

The Financial Markets Boot Camp is an intensive ten-day course designed to provide a solid preparation for any graduates starting their career in the global financial markets.

ACF provide the most effective in-house graduate training to the world’s largest banks. Now, for the first time, other firms and individual participants can take advantage of our unique blended-learning approach which integrates pre-course study using Acumen, dynamic instruction from our team of first-rate trainers, and simulation using Global Trader – acclaimed as the world’s most powerful trading simulation.

Learning Outcomes

By attending this intensive experiential program, you will:

• Have a solid understanding of the role and functioning of the capital markets.
• Be familiar with a wide range of fixed-income and equity products, their uses and applications.
• Clearly appreciate the features and benefits of derivatives, and the fundamentals of pricing, structuring and hedging.
• Understand how all these products are used in practice by banks and their customers.
• Have the opportunity to apply theory to practice using simulation and intensive interactive case studies.

… and will be able to effectively apply their knowledge immediately.

Who Should Attend

New hires into the capital markets area.

Prerequisites

None

Pre-Program eLearning

Participants will have access to the Acumen eLearning system in order to study the following foundation topics:

• Introduction to Investment Banking
• Introduction to Financial Markets and Products
• Time Value of Money
• Basic Statistics

Seminar Content

Day One

• Review of Time Value of Money
• Money Market Products and Markets
• Bond Maths
• Duration and Convexity

Day Two

• Fixed Income Products and Markets
• Foreign Exchange Spot Market

Day Three

• Foreign Exchange Forwards
• Equities Markets

Day Four

• The Short-Term Yield Curve and Forward Rates
• Futures Markets
• Bond Futures
• Stock-Index Futures

Day Five

• Short-Term Interest Rate (STIR) Futures
• Interest Rate and Currency Swaps
• End-Week Examination and Review

Day Six

• Yield Curve Mathematics
• Swap Pricing and Valuation
• Principles and Characteristics of Options

Day Seven

• Option Pricing – An Intuitive Approach
• Option “Greeks”
• Hedging using Options

Day Eight

• Building Option Portfolios
• Option Trading Strategies
• Caps, Floors, and Collars
• Swaptions and Other Interest Rate Derivatives

Day Nine

• Hedging with Interest Rate Derivatives
• Overview of Credit Derivatives
• Single-Name Credit Default Swaps
• Using Credit Default Swaps

Day Ten

• Index Products
• Risk Management and Value at Risk
• Regulation in the Financial Markets
• Final Examination and Review

Dates and Locations

Date
Date(s): 8 Feb 2021 - 19 Feb 2021

Location
London

Category
Graduate Programs

Other Dates and Locations
Check our course schedule for alternative dates and locations where this course is offered.