The FICC Trader
Learn all aspects of fixed income, currencies and commodities sales and trading at an investment bank. This online course introduces government bonds before covering FICC and specialist products such as rates, credit, foreign exchange, bonds swaps and many more.
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5.5
Hours to Complete
5
Topics
28
Practical exercises
The FICC Trader includes
- US government bond market including TIPS and zero coupons
- European government bond market including index linked Gilts, Gilt strips, and other inflation-linked bonds (e.g. Germany)
- Asian government bond market including JGBi
- Yield curve
- Central bank activity and impact to capital markets
- Credit ratings
- Credit spreads and implied risk premia
- US corporate bond market
- European corporate bond market
- Bonds with specialist including puttable, callable, contingent capital (coco), CLOs, CDOs, convertibles, and exchangables
- Bank loans
- Calculating bond yields
- Calculating bond prices
- Role of DCM versus the trading desk
- FX definitions and quote methodology
- FX spot market
- Cross rates
- Commodity markets
- Options, forwards, and futures
- Interest rate swaps
- Swaptions
- Credit default swaps and credit default indices
- FX and commodity derivatives
- Structured products
- What is collateral?
- Types of collateral
- Credit risk
- Centralized clearing
The FICC Trader
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The FICC Trader
5.5
Hours
28
Practical exercises
1
Exam
Learn all aspects of fixed income, currencies and commodities sales and trading at an investment bank.
Rates Markets and Products
39 video minutes
5 excel exercises
Video minutes 39
Excel Exercises 5
Credit Markets and Products
41 video minutes
10 excel exercises
Video minutes 41
Excel Exercises 10
FX and Commodities
19 video minutes
0 excel exercises
Video minutes 19
Excel Exercises 0
Fixed Income Derivatives
35 video minutes
8 excel exercises
Video minutes 35
Excel Exercises 8
Collateral Management
33 video minutes
5 excel exercises
Video minutes 33
Excel Exercises 5
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