In this course you will learn:

This introductory level course is perfect to prepare and expose new candidates to the world of financial markets including sales and support staff. It will also provide a useful refresher to those already familiar to the business.

  • Decipher most jargon associated to the financial markets

  • Identify the motives of hedgers and speculators when trading in securities

  • Distinguish between primary and secondary markets

  • Contrast OTC to exchange traded markets

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome

    2. Content

    1. Back to Basics

    2. Introduction to Markets Division of a Bank

    3. What?

    4. Who and Why?

    5. Primary and Secondary Markets

    6. How?

    7. Exchange Traded Instruments

    8. The Basics of an Exchange Traded Deal

    9. Market Makers

    10. Settlement Dates

    11. Summary slides

    12. Test your Knowledge

    13. Do you have any questions for Lisa?

    1. Lifecycle of a Trade

    2. Risks in Financial Market Transactions

    3. Lifecycle of a Trade and Risks

    1. Introduction

    2. Money Market Characteristics

    3. Monetary Policy

    4. National Authorities and Money Markets

    5. New Monetary Policy Implementation Framework (2022)

    6. South Africa Benchmark Rates

    7. Interbank Money Market

    8. NCD's

    9. Treasury Bills

    10. Repo's

    11. Summary Slides

    12. Test Your knowledge

    13. Do you have any questions for Lisa?

    1. Introduction

    2. Bond Defintions

    3. Bond Characteristics

    4. Fixed Rate (Vanilla) Bond

    5. Floating Rate Note (FRN)

    6. Inflation Linked Bond (ILB)

    7. Zero Coupon Bonds

    8. What is a Yield Curve?

    9. Stylized Yield Curve Examples

    10. Summary Slides

    11. Test Your Knowledge

    12. Do you have any questions for Lisa?

    1. Introduction

    2. ISO Currency Codes

    3. Characteristics and Definitions

    4. OTC vs Exchange Traded

    5. Interpreting Exchange Rates

    6. Spot and Pre-Spot Deals

    7. Cross Rates

    8. Summary Slides

    9. Test Your Knowledge

    10. Do you have any questions for Lisa?

About this course

  • 64 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content