Session 1:

The Banking Sector

Range of banks:

• Central Bank

• Clearing Banks

• Merchant Banks

• Investment Banks

• Foreign Banks

• International Banks

• Universal Banks

• Internet Banks

• Bancassurance

Session 2:

Financial Services

• Regulators: domestic and international

• Exchanges

• Brokers

• Information Providers (Reuters, Telerate, Bloomberg)

Session 3:

Clients

• Fund Managers

• Financial Institutions

• Corporates

• HNW

• Retail

Session 4:

How banks generate income

• Three key areas

• What services does a bank offer?

• Reasons for growth

• Current banking trends

Session 5:

Overview of the Financial Markets

• Money Markets

• Bonds/Fixed Income

• Equity

• Foreign Exchange

• Derivatives

• Futures, Options, Swaps

Session 6:

Internal Geography of a Major Bank

Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office/Operations

Private Banking VS Retail Banking VS Investment Banking

The role of the various departments:

• Treasury

• Credit

• Legal

• Compliance

• IT

• Operations

• Financial Control

• Product Control

• Risk

• Tax

• HR

Session 7:

Jargon Busting – discussing the meaning and interpretation

Of:

• Mine, Yours

• Long, Short

• Hedging, Trading, Arbitrage

• Market Making

• Marking to Market (MTM or M2M)

• Gilts…and more

Course Close