| Foundation | 10 days | Live |
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): 17 May 2021 - 28 May 2021
Location
London
Category
Graduate Programs
Other Dates and Locations
Check our course schedule for alternative dates and locations where this course is offered.