Understand Banks & Financial Markets

The world of financial markets: participants, products, trading motives, pricing and structure

Created by: Michiel van den Broek
Finance Trainer & Consultant

What Will I Learn?

• Improve you skills to work in the finance industry
• Understand financial products and the language of finance
• Identify the 3 types of money and how banks create money
• You will learn what different types of banks do and how they make money
• Overview of the 3 financial product categories to trade capital, foreign currencies and risk
• Understand the emotions that drive Risk Management
• The different types of derivative products and why they are traded in high volumes
• Know the root of the 2008 financial crisis and how it can be prevented
• Know how, why and by whom products are traded on financial markets
• What is the role of Central Banks and their influence
• How money is created
• Overview of the payment prcoess
• Risk management basics
• Prepare for GARP or ACI certifications
• Capital market products (equity; bonds)
• Money markets
• Currency markets, spor transactions and foreigen exchange
• Derivatives use for risk management
• Interest Rate Swaps
• Credit risk and yield curve

Requirements

• None

Target audience

• This course is for everybody that wants to know what is happening in the world of banking
• If you work for a bank, insurance company, pension fund or other finnacial institution
• If you do business for financial institutions, e.g. as IT professional, Consultant, Controller; Accountant; Human Resources, Legal advisor.
• If you want to understand what is needed to prevent a major financial crisis.