The Mechanics of Derivatives and Financial Products

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Course

Distance

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Methodology

    Distance Learning

  • Duration

    16 Weeks

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

How you’ll learn
A new module is released every two weeks
Read the units online, save them to your computer or print them out
Study at your own pace
Efficient and cost effective - no need to travel or take time off work
Apply new skills and expertise to your work straight away

About this course

What you'll learn
The rationale, mechanics and risks/rewards for investors in a variety of financial instruments
These include options, futures, swaps, structured products, exchange traded funds and other collective investment vehicles - considered from the perspectives of the hedger, the speculator and, on the sell side, from the perspective of the originators and structurers
How these instruments function, the markets and platforms upon which they trade, and the motivations behind the selection of such instruments in constructing an investment portfolio

Postgraduate certificate option
You have the option to receive a postgraduate certificate validated by Middlesex University Business School.

You will need to submit an additional marked assignment of 5000 words, based on a continuing case study that runs throughout the duration of the course.

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Subjects

  • Financial
  • Mechanics
  • Trading
  • Investment
  • Risk
  • Fixed Income
  • Exchange Traded Derivatives
  • Market
  • Foreign Exchange
  • Risk Management
  • Treasury
  • Swaps
  • Derivatives
  • Securities
  • Financial Training

Course programme

Core modules
  • Unit 1 - Equities, Global Equity Markets and Indices
  • Unit 2 - Fixed Income Securities
  • Unit 3 - Money Market Securities, Foreign Exchange and Settlement
  • Unit 4 - Exchange Traded Funds and Collective Investment Schemes
  • Unit 5 - Exchange Traded Derivatives: Futures and Options
  • Unit 6 - Key Elements of Swaps
  • Unit 7 - Risk Management with Derivatives
  • Unit 8 - Trading Derivatives, Hedging and Investment Strategies

The Mechanics of Derivatives and Financial Products

Price on request