The Mechanics of Derivatives and Financial Products
Course
Distance
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Methodology
Distance Learning
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Duration
16 Weeks
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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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.
Reviews
Subjects
- Financial
- Mechanics
- Trading
- Investment
- Risk
- Fixed Income
- Exchange Traded Derivatives
- Market
- Foreign Exchange
- Risk Management
- Treasury
- Swaps
- Derivatives
- Securities
- Financial Training
Course programme
- 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