Debt & Money Markets: Concepts, Instruments, Risks and Derivatives

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Syllabus

In this course, we will examine:

Money markets (Short-term financial markets), such as call money markets, treasury-bills markets and REPO markets
The financial instruments traded in these markets and the underlying market mechanisms
The theories governing debt markets including time value of money, bond pricing and bond valuation
The nature, composition, structure and functioning of debt markets covering government securities (treasury-bonds), corporate bonds and mortgages
The risks in investing in the instruments traded in these debt markets, the pricing and trading aspects as well as the regulatory and market mechanisms governing these markets

We will also cover in detail:

Interest rate risk and its impact on the riskiness and volatility of instruments traded in money and debt markets
Address the tools and techniques to manage the heightened level and complexity of interest rate risks
Derivative products such as futures, swaps & options and their role in not only helping institutions to hedge against interest rate risks but also to speculate and make additional profits where possible

Prerequisite

Basic knowledge of statistics, mathematics and familiarity with banking and finance concepts.

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PC Narayan
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IIM Bangalore

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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore ( IIM Bangalore or IIMB ) is a public business school and institute of national importance located in Bangalore, India. Founded in 1973, it was the third IIM to be established, after IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad.

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