Finance and banking for IT specialists

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33 courses

Basics of Financial Markets. Cash Equities & Equity Derivatives

This training helps participants understand the stock market and its financial derivatives. Trainees will receive a basic theoretical knowledge that will help them develop the necessary skills needed for project activities that require knowledge in this area. Case studies and test sessions are included.

  • duration 8 hours

Basics of Financial Markets. Fixed Income & Fixed Income Derivatives

This training helps participants understand the fixed-income market and its derivatives. Trainees will receive a basic theoretical knowledge that will help them develop the necessary skills needed for project activities that require knowledge in this area. Case studies and test sessions are included.

  • duration 6 hours

Basics of Financial Markets. Credit Derivatives

This training gives participants a better idea of how the credit derivatives market works. Trainees will receive a basic theoretical knowledge that will help them develop the necessary skills needed for project activities that require knowledge in this area. Case studies and test sessions are included.

  • duration 3 hours

VaR and Market Risk

In this training we deal with concepts such as risk management in investment banking, risk factor modelling, quantitative estimation of market risk with VaR approach, sensitivity calculation and sensitivity usage for the PnL calculation of different scenarios related to risk factors behavior.

  • duration 5 hours

Options

The scope of this training session is to answer the most important questions related to options – the main attributes of the option’s trade, types of options as well as option exercise styles. The course also covers types of options with respect to the underlying asset option is written on, valuation of options, option Greeks and their use for the risk management of option trades. Furthermore we will also be discussing about the main option trading strategies and exotic options types.

  • duration 6 hours

Asset and portfolio management

One of the biggest challenges faced by individuals and institutions is deciding how to invest for their future needs. For individuals, the goal might be to fund their retirement needs. For institutions such as insurance companies, the goal is to fund future liabilities in the form of insurance claims, whereas endowments seek to provide income to meet the ongoing needs of institutions such as universities.

  • duration 8 hours

Hedge Funds

The course gives a key features of hedge funds 

  • duration 5 hours

Custodians

The course gives a key features of the Custodians services

  • duration 5 hours

Technical Analysis

The course helps the audience understand the basic principles of Technical Analysis by studying the major chart

patterns and the most popular mathematical indicators used by analysts.

  • duration 6 hours

Exotic Options

The course gives a key features of different types of exotic options

  • duration 3 hours

Credit Risk

The course gives a general understanding of credit risk, its types and possible ways of its management

  • duration 3 hours

Trading: Core Principals

This training covers the core principals of trading which can be used by individuals/institutions in their decision-making process to buy/sell financial instruments.

  • duration 22 hours

Bank Lending

The course gives a key features of the Bank Lending 

  • duration 6 hours