| Category |
Securities |
| Description |
Equities markets are among the most important financial markets in the world. Because of their fast pace and high volatility, equities markets are both complex and highly automated. This course provides participants with a good understanding of equities, their characteristics and the markets, in which they are issued and traded. |
| Content |
- Characteristics of equities
- Types of equities
- Markets for equities: primary vs. secondary; international vs. domestic
- Primary market operations – Initial public offerings (IPOs); capital increases
- Secondary market practice: Trading equities
- Stock exchanges and their operations
- Pricing equities
- Hedging for equities
- Stock market indicators, e.g., pricing-earnings ratios, dividend yield
- Equity indices
- Settlement and custody for equities
- Corporate actions and their impact on equities
- Depository receipts
- Equities and risk
|
| Audience |
up to 12 participants |
| Duration |
1
days |
