Certified Securities & Capital Markets Professional Program

About the Course

Curriculum - This course equips students with the essential knowledge about securities operations and the life cycle of a trade. We delve deeper than just the basics, exploring the "why" and "how" behind each business process, supported by real-world examples. We'll cover investment management, trading, post-trade processes, and securities servicing, going beyond the basics to understand the business applications, functional features, architecture, and data that underpin them. Full curriculum details are available upon clicking Enroll.

Engage in meaningful discussions with industry professionals. We'll equip you with the knowledge to discuss transformation opportunities and industry trends confidently by providing in-depth insights into the core capital markets domain.
Learning Content Delivery and Live Office hours - Master the core capital markets topics in just 20 days. Deepen your learning with interactive live office hours. Get invited to monthly office hours where we'll address your questions and provide insights from real-world projects and industry experts.
Get Certified Mondayskills.com is building a database of vetted talent within the BFSI industry. Once you complete the course you will have the opportunity to acquire Capital Market professional certification from SkillBoard - USA (check certification and eligibility on www.skillboard.org). We will provide you one pre-paid voucher (valid for two month from the date purchase of this course) that can be used to book your Skill Board certification exam.

Meet Your Instructor

Ajit has 20+ years of experience working in the Capital Markets Business Operations, IT services and consulting. As a Partner and Practice Head of Wipro Asset & Wealth Management Practice he led a team of 250+ securities and capital markets business analysts and domain consultants. During his tenure at Wipro Ajit has worked on 50+ technology and functional consulting engagements with Custody Banks, Asset Management Firms, Brokerages, and Investment Banks across US and Europe. Ajit holds an Engineering degree with MBA in Finance.

Ajit Nair

Ex Practice Head, Wipro

Course curriculum

1. A message from the instructor
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1. Day 1 Introduction
2. Introduction to Capital Markets
3. Comparison - Investment Bank V/S Investment Management firms
4. Primary & Secondary Markets
5. Buy Side V/s Sell Side Firms
6. Market Participants - Issuers
7. Market Participants - Investment Banks
8. Market Participants- Broker Dealers
9. Market Participants - Investors
10. Securities Market Ecosystem - Trading Venues
11. Securities Market Ecosystem - Clearing House, Depository and Custodian
12. Securities Data Providers
13. Regulators
14. Closing comments
15. Quiz - Market Participants
1. Day 2 - Intro
2. Introduction to Investment Instruments
3. Equities
4. Fixed Income Securities
5. Mortgage Backed Securities
6. Asset Backed Securities
7. Debt Securities - Day Count Convention
8. Risk in Fixed Income Securities
9. Derivatives
10. Quiz - Investment Instruments
1. Introduction to Pooled Investment
2. Mutual Funds
3. ETFs
4. REITS
5. Hedge Funds
6. PE Funds
7. Quiz - Pooled Investments
1. Introduction to Client Onboarding & Static data setup
2. Regulatory Onboarding
3. Functional Architecture - KYC Platform
4. Static Data setup
5. Static data set up screen mockup
6. Quiz - Client Onboarding
1. Introduction - Reference Data & Market Data
2. Introduction - Securities Reference data
3. Instrument Data
4. How Reference data is created
5. Source of Reference data - Netflix IPO document
6. Entity Data
7. Reference data system - Data feed processing
8. Functional Architecture - Reference data system
9. Understanding Market Data
10. Market Data Journey
11. Reference data & Market Data quiz
1. Introduction to Front Office
2. Investment Research
3. Investment Research - Fundamental Analysis
4. Investment Strategies - Institutional Asset Managers
5. Investment Strategies - Hedge Funds
6. Model Management
7. Role of IT in Inv Research and Model Management
8. Front Office Quiz
1. Introduction
2. Investment Management Models1 - Outsourced CIO & Fiduciary Management
3. Investment Management Models 2 - Inhouse Management & Consultant model
4. Investment Management services marketing
5. Investment Management deal process
6. Investment Policy Statement
7. Portfolio Construction
8. Portfolio Management System
9. Pretrade Compliance
10. Pretrade Compliance Rules Engine
11. Quiz - Front Office 2
1. Introduction to Trading
2. Transition to Electronic Trading
3. Equity Trading
4. Fixed Income Trading
5. Order Simulation
6. Trade Execution
7. OMS EMS
8. Order flow and FIX messaging
9. Order Types
10. Module Quiz
1. Introduction
2. Trade Life Cycle
3. Trade Capture
4. Trade Enrichment
5. Trade Validation
6. Trade Reporting
7. Introduction to Trade Matching , Affirmation & Confirmation
8. Trade Affirmation & Confirmation
9. Trade Matching
10. Clearing & Settlement Forecasting
11. Module Quiz
1. Introduction to settlement
2. Settlement Instructions
3. Communication of Settlement Instructions
4. Settlement Terminologies
5. Settlement Process
6. DTC Settlement Flow
7. Failed Trades
8. Module Quiz
1. Introduction
2. What are Corporate Action Events
3. Corporate Action event announcement
4. Corporate Action event types
5. Why companies announce corporate action events?
6. Corporate Action event processing
7. Key dates in corporate action event processing
8. Risk in corporate action event processing
9. Recap
10. Corporate action events and terminology pdf
11. Corporate Action Quiz
1. Introduction
2. Introduction to NAV
3. Book of Records - ABOR , IBOR , TBOR
4. Key Accounting Terms
5. Fund Accounting cycle
6. NAV Calculation
7. Cost Basis
8. Module Quiz
1. Introduction to Hedge Funds
2. Hedge Fund Subscription Redemption Mechanics
3. Hedge Fund Structure
4. Hedge Fund Fees
5. Module Quiz
1. Introduction to Reconciliation
2. The Reconciliation Process
3. Reconciliation Breaks
4. OTC Reconciliation
5. Quiz - Reconciliation
1. Introduction and Market Participants
2. The Trade
3. Settlement
4. Trade Revenues
5. Trade Execution
6. Trade Lifecycle - Termination
7. Trade Lifecycle - Corporate Events
8. Default and Interest Rate Risks
9. Market Place Structures
10. Product Infrastructure and Summary
11. Module Quiz
1. Derivatives Definition
2. Introduction to OTC
3. Types of Derivatives - ETD, CCD, OTC
4. Swaps Trade Life cycle
5. Interest Rate Swap
6. Total Return Swap
7. Currency Swap
8. Credit Default Swap
1. Introduction to Collateral Management
2. Collateral Management Terminology
3. Collateral Management Process
4. Collateral Management in Motion - Example
5. Uncleared Margin Rules
6. Quiz - Collateral Management
1. Introduction
2. Market Risk
3. Credit Risk
4. Liquuidity Risk
5. Operational Risk
1. Introduction to Performance
2. Terminologies - Performance Measurement
3. Time Wighted Return - Money Wighted Return
4. Attribution
5. Benchmark

About this course

$149.00
162 lessons
12 hours of video content