Financial Markets And Treasury Instruments (Full Course)
Last updated 4/2022
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Language: English | Size: 4.13 GB | Duration: 4h 55m

A Guide to the Most Commonly Used Financial Instruments, and How Businesses Use Them to Maximize Financial Efficiency
What you'll learn
The purpose and functions of a treasury department
Working Capital Management
Knowledge of treasury products (in terms of features, benefits, risks and their use in risk mitigation strategies)
Money market instruments, pricing & market conventions for trading (Negotiable Certificates of Deposit, Treasury Bills, The Repo Market, and Commercial Paper)..
Debt: the main types of debt facilities and their characteristics
Equity: Introduction to the Capital Asset Pricing Methodology (CAPM), and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)
The Business Lifecycle (launch, growth, maturity, and decline) and its effect on revenue, debt, and working capital
Business day conventions, and day-count conventions used by traders in financial markets
Simple and compound interest and discount rates
Central or Reserve banks, their functions and how they operate
Explanation of various rates quoted in the market (Fed Funds, Repo, Prime, Discount, Overnight etc.)
An introduction to derivative products (forwards, futures, options, and structured products combining all of the above)
An introduction to replicating portfolios and no-arbitrage pricing assumptions
The fixed-income market (forward-rate agreements, interest rate swaps, and bonds)
Foreign exchange markets (market conventions, cross exchange rates, forward exchange contracts, and cross currency swaps)
Requirements
Basic financial literacy and basic mathematical ability
Description
Are you a junior analyst working in a financial role? Do you wish to receive a solid grounding on the most important financial instruments that are used by companies to solve their everyday financial problems or maximize their financial efficiency?Do you want to understand how the systems of central (reserve banks), inter-bank markets, capital markets and equity markets fit together?If you answered yes to any of these questions above then this course is for you! The Financial Markets and Treasury Management Course brings together all of the knowledge I have acquired in my studies of Advanced Mathematics of Finance, combined with my years of experience as a dealmaker at one of the largest investment banks in Africa. In today's ever-changing and unpredictable world, multi-disciplinary knowledge is vital in expanding one's problem solving toolkit. The concepts taught in this course are extensive and cover a broad area of financial markets (from government treasury, to corporate treasury), and most of the commonly traded financial instruments seen in these markets.Use this course to broaden your area of expertise in general financial markets, and deepen your understanding of how all the various cogs in the system align and come together to form the financial ecosystem underpinning the global economy.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Section 2: Working Capital Management
Lecture 2 Working Capital Management
Section 3: Debt
Lecture 3 Debt
Section 4: Equity
Lecture 4 Equity
Lecture 5 Bonus Lesson 1: Characteristics of Betas
Lecture 6 Bonus Lesson 2: Levered vs Unlevered Betas in Company Valuations
Lecture 7 Case Study: WACC, Share buy-backs and Government Stimulus
Section 5: The Business Life Cycle
Lecture 8 The Business Life Cycle
Section 6: Financial Markets
Lecture 9 Financial Markets Part 1: Key Terms and Concepts
Lecture 10 Financial Markets Part 2: Business-day and Day-count Conventions
Lecture 11 Financial Markets Part 3: Simple and Compound Rates of Interest
Section 7: Money Market Instruments
Lecture 12 Money Market Instruments Part 1: Treasury Bills
Lecture 13 Money Market Instruments Part 2: NCDs and Other Money Market Instruments
Section 8: The Central or Reserve Bank and Various Rates Quoted in the Market
Lecture 14 The Central or Reserve Bank and Various Rates Quoted in the Market
Section 9: Arbitrage
Lecture 15 Arbitrage
Section 10: Derivative Products
Lecture 16 Derivative Products Part 1: Forwards
Lecture 17 Derivative Products Part 2: Futures
Lecture 18 Derivative Products Part 3: Options
Section 11: The Fixed-income Market
Lecture 19 The Fixed-income Market Part 1: FRAs
Lecture 20 The Fixed-income Market Part 2: PV01
Lecture 21 The Fixed-income Market Part 3: Features of Bonds
Lecture 22 The Fixed-income Market Part 4: Bond Pricing
Lecture 23 The Fixed-income Market Part 5: Risk Measures for Bonds
Lecture 24 The Fixed-income Market Part 6: Repos and Buy/Sell Backs
Section 12: Foreign Exchange Markets
Lecture 25 Foreign Exchange Markets Part 1: Features and Cross Exchange rates
Lecture 26 Foreign Exchange Markets Part 2: FECs and Cross-currency Swaps
Junior analysts working in treasury or financial departments, or experienced professionals looking for a refresher course on the theoretical concepts behind the functioning of financial markets
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