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Securities Industry Overview

THE PROGRAM
Understanding the securities industry does not come easily. It is a very large and complex market where securities worth several billions of dollars are traded and settled every day.
  • What are securities?
  • Who are the players in the market and what are their roles?
  • What are the key business and systems challenges for the new millennium?

SECURITIES INDUSTRY OVERVIEW is a training seminar based on a securities market model designed to help answer these and other questions in a succinct modular format. The seminar presents an overview of the various US and Non-US security products and a model of market participants and their roles. Within this model, business and systems requirements for trading & investment management, securities accounting, and custody processing are described for industry participants such as:

  • Banks
  • Brokers
  • Insurance Companies
  • Mutual Funds
  • Investment Advisors
  • Domestic & Global Custodians

Seminar Contents

1.0 SECURITY TYPES
1.1 Equities
1.2 Debt
1.3 Money Markets
1.4 Mortgage Backeds
1.5 Asset Backeds
1.6 Derivatives
1.7 Non-US Securities
1.8 Foreign Exchange
1.9 Mutual Funds

2.0 SECURITIES MARKET MODEL
2.1 Issues
2.2 Underwriters
2.3 Investment Managers
2.4 Brokers
2.5 Exchanges & OTC
2.6 Clearing/Depository Organizations
2.7 Custody Banks

3.0 INVESTMENT MANAGERS
3.1 Banks
3.2 Brokers
3.3 Insurance Companies
3.4 Mutual Fund Companies
3.5 Investment Advisors

4.0 BUSINESS AND SYSTEMS FUNCTIONS
4.1 Investment Management & Trading
4.2 Custody and Securities Operations
4.3 Securities Accounting

5.0 SECURITIES INDUSTRY CHALLENGES
5.1 Global Markets
5.2 T+1 Settlement
5.3 Straight Through Processing



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