Course participants obtain an understanding of financial market structures and the main asset classes traded in the market. This module is part of the certified programme Certified Clearing Specialist and can be booked separately.

Content

Theoretical basics

Main markets and stakeholders
Price givers
Price takers

Market participants and their roles

Prime broker
Clearing broker
Inter-dealer broker
Futures commission merchant

Main asset classes

Equity market overview
Bond market overview
Repo market overview
Futures market overview
Options market overview

Trainer

Paul North has more 20 years experience in developing and presenting courses on financial markets.

Before embarking on a freelance career in financial training, Paul spent 11 years at LIFFE where he developed the trader exam and was involved in the role out of the electronic trading platform.

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